Hardest kicking gun you've ever shot?

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Hello friends and neighbors // It would have to be the first gun I ever shot.

I was in Boy Scouts, 11years old and we were on an early spring trip to a mountain cabin. Around 12 Boys and 3 adults, one the Scout Master.

One of the adults thought it would be funny to have us shoot his .30-06 at a milk carton. I happened to be first.
I still remember him using a tape measurer to get the butt "exactly" 1/2" inch from my shoulder. That was unforgettable recoil,to cheek and shoulder, I'm 49 now and I still remember.

He got his though, I promptly dropped, what I think was a Winchester 70, onto the rocks and he went from laughing to cussing without a pause.

The Scout Master came over and showed me how to actually shoulder a rifle, before mine got too sore or the shock wore off ,and shoot the milk carton.

I remember some of the older Scouts teaching me a bit with a .22 rifle the next day and even that qualified as recoil after the .30-06.

Of the firearms I have now, it would have to be the H&R, Ducks Unlimited "Ten Thirty", a single shot ten gauge, using 3 1/2" 00buck.

A great choice for a whitetail man drive in the S.C. brush or a HD funnel plugger, 18 pellets with a touch of the finger is hard to beat.

 

[Bravo2uniform]

Both barrels...

When I was a kid we had this old 12 gauge double barrel with rabbit ears. I cocked both ears and fired once...and both barrels went off at the same time.

Yes it hurt and yes, I dropped it like a bad habit. I still hunted with it but I was so gun shy after that, that I would only load one barrel at a time!

 

[Cactus66]

My great great grandpas 8guage shotgun lol he got it to protect our family/ranch from the poncho villa invasions. We still have about 40 papershells so my grandpa and I went and shot it....let's just say I'm sticking to my 12 haha

 

[Messenger Guard]

.458 Win MAG, 500 gr. out of a Ruger #1.

 

[mesinge2]

Snubbie S&W 500 Magnum. I fired 6 rounds. If I fire a 7th from that gun in 50 years it will be too soon.

 

[788Ham]

I remember my Pop had a Spanish made Zabala 10 ga. SXS, 3 1/2" shells, man that snot sucker would beat you to death! Fired that shotgun goose hunting one time, never tried it again!

 

[XxWINxX94]

12 gauge slug in an old Winchester model 12. Did not expect the recoil to be that much at all.

Ouch.

 

[idaho81]

My parents has matching custom rifles one chambered in .284 win the other 7mm STW.

My brother and I were shooting pumpkins that were floating down the river behind our house. long story short I mistook the Dads STW for the .284 took a snap shot.....and hit the deck. Had a great scope cut and bruised cheek. That made me a life long hater of the 7MM shooting time western.

 

[McCall911]

Probably the hardest kicking gun I ever shot was my old Winchester Model 370 12 gauge single shot that I owned when I was a kid. My uncle taught me to focus on what I was shooting at instead of the recoil, so I built up a tolerance.
However the most unpleasant recoil that I experienced was shooting a very lovely Sauer Model 90 Stutzen (full stock carbine) in .30-06. I suppose it was due to the light weight of the carbine, but shooting that thing hurt!

 

[Sniderman]

Single shot H&R 162, 3" slug barrel.

Since I learn slowly, and forget quickly, every few years I'll look at it in the safe and think "I haven't shot that thing for a while, Ought to take it out,,,"
One shot later it all comes back to me why I hadn't taken it out for years!

Any one here looking for a "Good" single shot 12? HeHeHe,,,,

 

[pikid89]

the worst i ever shot was a enfield jungle carbine...dont know why but that thing kicked the snot out of us (me and my buddy)

 

[gatornavy]

Barret 99 in .50 BMG without the break just to see the difference with and without the break. the break is there for a reason i will never, ever make that mistake again, it got shoulder and face simultaneously.

 

[Mark8252]

Hardest Kick

The biggest kick recieved personally came from a friends 50cal handgun. The biggest kick from a rifle personally came from a 45-70 I used to plink with. I as a rule do not own firearms with a lot of recoil. Just not fun to shoot for me.

 

[Cromlech]

S&W 629 Classic .44 Magnum.

Only rifles that I have shot were in 5.56x45 NATO and .22LR chamberings. Nothing too harsh.

 

[garyw]

My old H&R 349 12ga Bolt action. The barrel was cut down to 20" and it was really only good for slugs. Boy did it knock me around when I lit off a round.

 

[waidmann]

The old H&R 10 ga. full choke goose gun loaded with 3.5" #4 Buck.

 

[moharrow]

77 cal blunderbuss with buck and ball load

left my sholder with an interesting bruse

 

[lizziedog1]

New England

Years ago I had a deer tag for an area that was shotgun only. I decided to buy a New England Single Shot slug gun with a rifled barrel. It was cheap and accurate. But it also kicks the snot out of you.

 

[Russ Jackson]

Mossberg 195k bolt action 12 ga. I was 14 and still remember it. The 16 ga version wasn't much better. Why does it hurt more when you shoot a can then a bird? You can go bird hunting all day and never feel it. You shoot a bunch of milk jugs you wake up with a bruise and a sore shoulder...Russ

That 12ga bolt is worse than a 10ga single shot H&R.

 

[Hangingrock]

a 155 gun.

 

[bob9125]

a 155 gun.

Pig or Self Propelled?

 

[Topkick]

ghitch75;
Sir, where in the world did you find that mag. ext. for the 11-48? I surely would like to find one like it!!



Topkick

 

[sansone]

300 win mag

 

[TylerPearce]

A friends pump 12g with 3.5 inch turkey loads.

And believe it or not, the least pleasant gun I have ever shot was my remington 870 tactical with a knoxx recoil reducing stock. I don't know why, but it just wasn't fun, even with cheap target loads. It didn't hurt my shoulder at all. It hurt my cheek(something about the springy recoil didn't like my cheek weld). I got a headache after 7 shots.

I shoot 12 gauge pumps all the time, usually a buddy's mossberg 500 with a wooden stock, but this one and I just didn't get along very well.

 

[TylerPearce]

That and a bolt action 12 gauge with slugs. Don't know the brand, all I know is it had a detachable magazine.