7thCavScout
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.460 Weatherby Mag..It was cool fall day and it was literally knocking snot out of my nose and down the side of my face.
Hardest kicking gun you've ever shot?
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both bbls at once of 10ga loaded with 000 buck for long gun. I stayed on my feet .454 Casull in the 5 shot revolver - can't remember brand. actually I fired several cylinders and shot it fairly well at a 75' target. no gloves, barehanded
Inebriated
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Both barrels of a Stoeger 18" with Brenneke Black Magics... The 3" variety.
mortablunt
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It was either an M1870 Gasser or it was a Browning Auto5 with a 20 in barrel in 12ga with a hot load deer slug.
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SmokeJensen
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Grandpa's single shot 12ga. The gun seems like it only weighs a few ounces. I was about 17 and I missed a deer with my pump. So pops made me use the single. At first I was happy because it was so light but I realized something was up when everyone kept grinning and laughing at me.
We all take off walking to our stands and on the way to mine my grandpa hollers on the radio that he jumped a dozen or more deer and they're heading my way. I jump up on a stump so I could see over the 4-5 foot pines along the trail. Within a minute or so the deer hit the trail infront of me. I pick out an old fat doe and throw the bead on her. Cock the hammer. Squeeze the trigger. Bam!!!! The kick cause me to fall off the stump. I'm laying on my back in a 4' pine. I jump up. Reload. And look for the doe. She is laid up exactly where I shot her. The old single folded her up like a cheap suit.
That was and still is one of the sweetest shotguns I've hunted with. If it just didn't kick so hard.
We all take off walking to our stands and on the way to mine my grandpa hollers on the radio that he jumped a dozen or more deer and they're heading my way. I jump up on a stump so I could see over the 4-5 foot pines along the trail. Within a minute or so the deer hit the trail infront of me. I pick out an old fat doe and throw the bead on her. Cock the hammer. Squeeze the trigger. Bam!!!! The kick cause me to fall off the stump. I'm laying on my back in a 4' pine. I jump up. Reload. And look for the doe. She is laid up exactly where I shot her. The old single folded her up like a cheap suit.
That was and still is one of the sweetest shotguns I've hunted with. If it just didn't kick so hard.
mgregg85
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Both barrels on a stoeger 12ga shotgun while firing from the hip, ended up needing stitches, not the smartest thing i've ever done.
sherman123
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My 340PD with full house .357s. I love that gun it makes me feel alive like no other.
I always laugh at the movies/TV shows where the BG (or the GG) hide behind something flimsy -- like a tree.
That said, my 500S&W is a pussycat compared to my 458 WinMag loaded up w/ 500 grainers. I can rapid fire it offhand w/o any problem at one of the tracked-target frames I program to rapidly move toward me from 35 down to five yards at the club. But five shots off the bench for 100-yd seasonal/pre-trip sight-in and I'm getting a real headache.
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The Hardest Kicker
I've fired 300 Win Mags, 338's, a lightweight 375 H&H, and 12 gauge shotguns with plastic butt plates; but none of those kicked as hard as my Rossi 92 .454 Casull with heavy Buffalo Bore Ammo.
At only 5 pounds that little sucker really smacks you.
I've fired 300 Win Mags, 338's, a lightweight 375 H&H, and 12 gauge shotguns with plastic butt plates; but none of those kicked as hard as my Rossi 92 .454 Casull with heavy Buffalo Bore Ammo.
At only 5 pounds that little sucker really smacks you.
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Nice looking hogleg there. Looks like it has power out both ends. Do the grips help any? I note they are custom. I thought my old h&r 36 inch 10 loaded with 1& 3/4 ounce slugs was hard kicking. It do raise the barrel alot. The .458 win. mag. amd 525 grain boolites moves the shoulder futher back.
Nice looking hogleg there. Looks like it has power out both ends. Do the grips help any? I note they are custom. I thought my old h&r 36 inch 10 loaded with 1& 3/4 ounce slugs was hard kicking. It do raise the barrel alot. The .458 win. mag. amd 525 grain boolites moves the shoulder futher back.
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my nova is pretty brutal since it doesnt weight much
VT Deer Hunter
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I don't remember the model but it was a Mossberg 12 ga. with a deer slug. OHHHH!
Pistol: Leinad .410 derringer. You earn the bruises on your palm when you pull the trigger. A box of 20 and you'll wish you hadn't...I can tell you that much from experience.
Rifle: Enfield No. 5 "Jungle Carbine". Nothing like 10 painful shots to remind you that you're a man. Not sure who it is was worse for, the guys on the giving or recieving end of these rifles.
Rifle: Enfield No. 5 "Jungle Carbine". Nothing like 10 painful shots to remind you that you're a man. Not sure who it is was worse for, the guys on the giving or recieving end of these rifles.
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Hardest kicking gun?
Square bridge Mauser chambered in 505 Gibbs / 535 grain bullet.
Square bridge Mauser chambered in 505 Gibbs / 535 grain bullet.
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klutchless
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Empire state armory 12ga my dad had the barrel tuned to shoot at turkey matches.Loaded it with a #4 high brass just to see what it did on a paper plate. walked off 30 yards pulled down and cut her loose.I couldn't feel my entire right arm had a bruise for about a month but cut that plate almost in half with a hole dead center I could put my fist through.It is a 34 inch barrel single shot I still bring it out to show some tacticool dudes new isn't always best.Boy that thing makes you feel like your having a heart attack.
Resist Evil
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I was 14 years old on a DeMolay shooting club outing at the range. We just shot .22 longs with our bolt actions.
On this occasion, one of the chapter Dads brought a strange (to me) old-timey-looking rifle with an octagon barrel and a hammer that when cocked back, would click three times in its rotation. Setting the end of the stock on the ground, the rifle was taller than some of us teens. Caliber? .45-70.
After only ever having seen .22 longs and shorts in real life, those cartridges were humongous. The case head was the diameter of the adult's thumbnail. We each were allowed a single round because at 65 cents a piece (in 1967), they were very expensive!. One kid broke his nose with his thumb hitting it from the recoil and one was knocked backwards to land on his backside. When I took my shot, relative to my height, weight, and recoil experience, it was the hardest kicking gun I ever shot.
On this occasion, one of the chapter Dads brought a strange (to me) old-timey-looking rifle with an octagon barrel and a hammer that when cocked back, would click three times in its rotation. Setting the end of the stock on the ground, the rifle was taller than some of us teens. Caliber? .45-70.
After only ever having seen .22 longs and shorts in real life, those cartridges were humongous. The case head was the diameter of the adult's thumbnail. We each were allowed a single round because at 65 cents a piece (in 1967), they were very expensive!. One kid broke his nose with his thumb hitting it from the recoil and one was knocked backwards to land on his backside. When I took my shot, relative to my height, weight, and recoil experience, it was the hardest kicking gun I ever shot.
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Worst I've ever shot was my son's NEF 12ga single with 3" mag turkey loads. My son, a friend, and I were shooting and we tried the 3" in my Winchester 1300 and my friend's Mossburg 500. They were barely different than the skeet loads. I tried one in the NEF, figuring it would be no big deal. My son pulled the trap, I fired, and when he looked over at me I was gone. It stutter stepped me back about 2 feet and nailed my index finger on the trigger guard and my middle finger on the back of the trigger guard. I was shaking my hand out for several minutes (my shoulder wasn't too happy either) Of course, when I offered it to my friend he tried it too (wouldn't we all?) and the same thing happened to him. My son was a bit smarter and wouldn't try. I fired a .454 and though it definitely lets you know it's there, it just feels good. I get much more muzzle flip from my wife's H&R topbreak in .32 S&W short. One other (useless) weapon I shot was a Remington 760 carbine pump action in 30-06 with a scope firing Winchester 220 gr Silvertips. That thing is too short to be accurate, too light for that round, and the pump action and short barrel would be for close woods range, but the scope would slow you down too much to use it for that and '06 isn't the best short woods cartridge. We had a slip on Pachmeyer recoil pad on it, so it didn't hurt, but it put my soulder back about 7" seated and leaning into it. Compared to that, my Czech Mauser 8X57 is a BB gun.
melt
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My Remington 11 Riot...anything that is recoiled operated and needs a shoulder to slam to cycle correctly is going to leave a mark.
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In terms of free recoil, the heaviest kicker was and is a Ruger #1 in .416 Rigby.
The most violent kicker - in terms of the speed of the recoil pulse - is an odd cartridge loading - a 750 grain BMG bullet seated in a 50-70 Gov't case and fired at subsonic velocity, maybe 900 fps, through a fast twist Encore barrel. It's the only firearm that has ever caught me out with the scope. The recoil pulse is so fast that the gun is back in the eye (safety glasses) before the body has moved away. I had to go to a scout mount in order not to get hit.
The heaviest kicking pistol is a T/C Encore in 500 S&W, shooting 600-700 grain cast bullets .
Shotgun.....I was out grouse hunting. I was carrying a 12 ga. SXS. I was walking slowly through some knee high scrub, mixed blueberry and barberry, when I kicked up a turkey that had been huddled in the brush. It came up right from under my feet...Surprise!.....It was about as big as a B-52. It didn't even register as a turkey to the reptile part of my brain. The gun came up and went BANG!! - both barrels. I missed the bird. Only afterwards did I feel the effect.
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The most violent kicker - in terms of the speed of the recoil pulse - is an odd cartridge loading - a 750 grain BMG bullet seated in a 50-70 Gov't case and fired at subsonic velocity, maybe 900 fps, through a fast twist Encore barrel. It's the only firearm that has ever caught me out with the scope. The recoil pulse is so fast that the gun is back in the eye (safety glasses) before the body has moved away. I had to go to a scout mount in order not to get hit.
The heaviest kicking pistol is a T/C Encore in 500 S&W, shooting 600-700 grain cast bullets .
Shotgun.....I was out grouse hunting. I was carrying a 12 ga. SXS. I was walking slowly through some knee high scrub, mixed blueberry and barberry, when I kicked up a turkey that had been huddled in the brush. It came up right from under my feet...Surprise!.....It was about as big as a B-52. It didn't even register as a turkey to the reptile part of my brain. The gun came up and went BANG!! - both barrels. I missed the bird. Only afterwards did I feel the effect.
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Do crew-served weapons count?
I'd have to say it's my Stevens 311A the only time I fired both barrels. Had to try it; ok, I tried it. Ow.
I'd have to say it's my Stevens 311A the only time I fired both barrels. Had to try it; ok, I tried it. Ow.
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