Double rifle--over and under chambered for the 9.75 by 54R. European made with steel buttplate. Beautiful gun, first rate engraving and furniture to die for! Brutal is not the word for this firearm--one shot and headache for the rest of the day. The owner shot this thing off the bench for 20-30 rounds!
Hardest kicking gun you've ever shot?
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Bud Tugly
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Another vote for the H&R 12 gauge. Mine only had a 2 3/4" chamber and was brutal with slugs or high-brass loads.
I can't imagine 3" or 3 1/2" shells in one.
I can't imagine 3" or 3 1/2" shells in one.
earlthegoat2
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Single shot 10 gauge. This is a good one for the light and fast crowd.
otcconan
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I might sound like a wuss for saying this, but mine was my brother's 1903A3 Springfield. Way more recoil than a Ruger .44 Magnum lever action.
But then, I am 5'4" and weigh 110. That's why I hunt doves with a 20 instead of a 12.
Oddly, I have a Chilean Mauser chambered for 30-06 and sporterized as a hunting rifle, and it doesn't kick nearly as much. I shoot it a lot.
But then, I am 5'4" and weigh 110. That's why I hunt doves with a 20 instead of a 12.
Oddly, I have a Chilean Mauser chambered for 30-06 and sporterized as a hunting rifle, and it doesn't kick nearly as much. I shoot it a lot.
tactikel
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Mossberg 835 with Win. 3.5" buckshot (54 pellets of #4 buck) -It kicked so hard I started laughing
76shuvlinoff
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Not a fan of nor do I have much experience with brutal kicking firearms.
Worst for me was my Wards Hercules 12 ga single with slugs. The stock is so short my thumb busted me in the nose when I fired it and that was probably the worst part... then I cut a foot off the barrel and learned where to place my thumb. Since my shoulder is wrecked from a murdersyckle incident I shoot this one from the hip these days.
Worst for me was my Wards Hercules 12 ga single with slugs. The stock is so short my thumb busted me in the nose when I fired it and that was probably the worst part... then I cut a foot off the barrel and learned where to place my thumb. Since my shoulder is wrecked from a murdersyckle incident I shoot this one from the hip these days.
rustycrusty
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My Browning BPS 3 1/2" with #4's. Kicks 2X as bad as my 3 1/2" Benny Nova!
It is worse than two other BPS's that others owned and I shot to compare.
about 30 different people have shot this gun only my son and I shot it twice in a row, the rest shot it one time and said that was enough! Browning says nothing is wrong with the gun and won't even look at it!
It is worse than two other BPS's that others owned and I shot to compare.
about 30 different people have shot this gun only my son and I shot it twice in a row, the rest shot it one time and said that was enough! Browning says nothing is wrong with the gun and won't even look at it!
rswartsell
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Never had much trouble with 12 ga., lucky I guess. Moved up gradually on handgun but still the first shot from a SBH .44 mag was a revelation. Had a definitely unpleasant cumulative effect from bench-resting a day's worth of Remington 700 30.06. Had a Pachmayr decelerator pad installed after that.
But I am going to vote with ridgerunner for the Winchester 70 .458. Damn, I don't have any reason to do THAT again.
But I am going to vote with ridgerunner for the Winchester 70 .458. Damn, I don't have any reason to do THAT again.
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sharpshooter1212
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.557 t-rex. got a chance to shoot one at a range near ft walton florida, and it was by far the most rediculus gun i have ever seen. the shock knocked my hat off.
Fred Fuller
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Back in the mid-1970s a friend had a Boys rifle ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_anti-tank_rifle ) that had been rebarreled/converted to .50BMG. It still had the 'harmonica' style muzzle brake that didn't really do much if anything to help with recoil.
Makes me appreciate the 'shark brake' on my Serbu... and haven't ever found anything else as bad as that Boys.
lpl
Makes me appreciate the 'shark brake' on my Serbu... and haven't ever found anything else as bad as that Boys.
lpl
SwampWolf
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What could possibly be "wrong" with it to recoil harder than you like?
rustycrusty
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That is what I wanted to know. I wanted to send it back for them to check it out but the Jackalope I spoke with just made sarcastic remarks about me not being able to handle "a little recoil". He completely ignored me when I told him that NO ONE would shoot it twice. Also no other BPS I've come across kicks like that. As light as the Ben Nova is it still kicks less than the BPS. The BPS with 3" shells is worse than the Nova with 3 1/2" shells. I suspect the barrel is not bored quite right, just a guess. NO guess on the chances of ever getting me to buy another Browning. They USED TO be great guns.
Get it in writing from Browning that they will not look at the gun after hearing your claim. Get Browning to agree that if independent gunsmith finds a problem that would cause excessive recoil, they will fix the gun and reimburse for fee of gunsmith.
Then give gun to gunsmith and see if there is actually something wrong with it. If not, then you're just a wuss.
If so, send to Browning, along with the invoice from the gunsmith's evaluation.
Then give gun to gunsmith and see if there is actually something wrong with it. If not, then you're just a wuss.
If so, send to Browning, along with the invoice from the gunsmith's evaluation.
Cosmoline
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The Ithaca featherlite with Brenneke magnums was one of the most intense kickers I've ever shot. It felt like the shotgun was coming apart--because it was! It didn't break but it was getting wiggly. I don't think they intended for it to be shot with anything that potent.
The Styer-Mannlicher straight pull carbine shooting amped up surplus was very brutal as well.
Also the Iranian Mauser carbine with full power 8x57JS. And of course the Ruger No. 1 firing .45-70+P mega-slugs
But overall the very worst recoil I ever had was from my .54 smooth rifle flintlock. I screwed up the load and the ball got stuck on soot half way down the barrel. I must have been chatting with someone and didn't notice. It didn't kaboom, but it punched me so hard that my chest hurt for a week.
The Styer-Mannlicher straight pull carbine shooting amped up surplus was very brutal as well.
Also the Iranian Mauser carbine with full power 8x57JS. And of course the Ruger No. 1 firing .45-70+P mega-slugs
But overall the very worst recoil I ever had was from my .54 smooth rifle flintlock. I screwed up the load and the ball got stuck on soot half way down the barrel. I must have been chatting with someone and didn't notice. It didn't kaboom, but it punched me so hard that my chest hurt for a week.
"tenite stocked Stevens 94 made in the 1940's"
Shotgun like I started out using.."Pops" shotgun was the 16-Ga version, Mdl 94B with that 'tenite' stock/forend. Not sure hwen made, though.
Toss-up in handguns...One of those "Ultra-Light-Tanium" S&W's w/full-house .357Mag loads, or Shooting Budd's "Amercian Deringer" , again w/.357 full-house loads.
Shotgun like I started out using.."Pops" shotgun was the 16-Ga version, Mdl 94B with that 'tenite' stock/forend. Not sure hwen made, though.
Toss-up in handguns...One of those "Ultra-Light-Tanium" S&W's w/full-house .357Mag loads, or Shooting Budd's "Amercian Deringer" , again w/.357 full-house loads.
45crittergitter
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In no particular order:
.378 Wby. Mag., no brake
.416 Rem. Mag., about 9#, no brake
12 ga., 3-1/2", 2-1/4 oz. turkey loads, 7# gun
.458 Win. Mag. single shot
If Boddington weighs in, he's gonna win this one - I just read of his experience with a .600 that doubled on him...
.378 Wby. Mag., no brake
.416 Rem. Mag., about 9#, no brake
12 ga., 3-1/2", 2-1/4 oz. turkey loads, 7# gun
.458 Win. Mag. single shot
If Boddington weighs in, he's gonna win this one - I just read of his experience with a .600 that doubled on him...
reckless carolinian
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Hey 45, did you read his article on the .700? Took 3 men to keep him from falling on his backside.
QUICK_DRAW_McGRAW
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mosin nagant thus far
dancer
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The one that leaves you in pain for the rest of your life... In my case, a Remington Model 11 semi-auto shooting 2-3/4" 0-buck (at mistletoe in the top of a red oak tree!). Blew out a cervical disk 12 years ago. Post-surgical arthritic deterioration means that I take narcotic pain meds every day, plus other side effects. It wasn't the gun or the loads but probably the elevation of the barrel plus a too-relaxed attitude about the effort.
ChefJeff1
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Mossberg youth, 12 gauge with slugs. I sold it.
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