Recoil

[KimE]

"Relax and enjoy" E Kieth

 

[bowji john]

I never really worried about recoil until I shot a 600 Nitro double rifle owned by a chap who was a ft bigger than I am with a LOP to match

NEVER again

505 Gibbs is a bit sharp

458 Lott is significant

404 Jeff is just fine

I don't know about 300 PRC but the rest of those on the image above are insignificant

Clever analysis though

 

[NP435]

I would like to say I never notice recoil, that is a lie. At 338-win mag levels unpleasant at best. At 40 mm grenade launcher it was interesting but not horrible the really wide butt plate on the M-79 made it tolerable. In handguns never will i shoot the 500 SW ever again 12 was enough. 44 mag not bad.

 

[kieran222]

I laughed when he said that the 243 was used by women and kids who might be sensitive to recoil. Interesting

 

[Triggermortis]

Don’t underestimate a .410g pistol with 3” mag cartridges, it’s not pleasant, its LOUD and just as punchy.

 

[Dickie]

Many factors to take into account poor fit and lightweight for calibre all have input on felt recoil.

 

[Scotty99]

I laughed when he said that the 243 was used by women and kids who might be sensitive to recoil. Interesting

It is true in the US the .243 is viewed by many as a ladies or youth cartridge.

 

[ianevans]

I use a 426 rigby in Africa. Shooting at live animals never feel the recoil but on the range testing zero not pleasant even had another stock made to give straighter push but still not good
Having moderator made for it for next trip

 

[muddy42]

Most shooters say they are not bothered by recoil, but that they get the best accuracy with something small like a 243/222/223/22 etc. Funny that. I do think recoil affects accuracy - in weird ways short term and long term. I'm not ashamed to say I have a flinch, that I have to work hard to counteract. It started when I used an ill fitting (too short a stock) unmoderated 270 for a summer when still a teenager.

 

[Sniper308]

I have shot many different calibres, and I don’t mind shooting any of them. However I must say I much prefer shooting the smaller ones. For me a .223 is a dream. Can shoot all day and have no pains afterwards. The largest I own is a 6.5 creedmoor, and to be honest I don’t think I’d go bigger. It’s not too much recoil by any means, and it’s more than manageable, but I just prefer the lack of recoil from .223

 

[Klenchblaize]

 

[25 Sharps]

I never really worried about recoil until I shot a 600 Nitro double rifle owned by a chap who was a ft bigger than I am with a LOP to match

NEVER again

505 Gibbs is a bit sharp

458 Lott is significant

404 Jeff is just fine

I don't know about 300 PRC but the rest of those on the image above are insignificant

Clever analysis though

300 PRC is fine

 

[Scipio]

Most shooters say they are not bothered by recoil, but that they get the best accuracy with something small like a 243/222/223/22 etc. Funny that. I do think recoil affects accuracy - in weird ways short term and long term. I'm not ashamed to say I have a flinch, that I have to work hard to counteract. It started when I used an ill fitting (too short a stock) unmoderated 270 for a summer when still a teenager.

i believe that sort of thing can indeed hurt you, and require retraining to sort out the flinch/feeling of about to be hurt, and tensening up, when pulling the trigger. I believe it can be done via dry firing and through shooting air guns and then rifles with low recoil as well.

But i also I do suspect, that besides just what you shoot, it's how it fits too and how your technique is. If the same shooter, shoots an ilfitting 308 poorly, he or she might feel it more than if the same shooter had shot a well fitting larger bore, with good technique. But we live and we learn, hopefully.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Recoil and flinch - make friends of both.
One you will always encounter to different levels depending on what you are shooting at the time. The other might just surprise you - next time you are at the range get a pal to load your rifle/pistol (sorry we still have the latter) a few times and not tell you when there's an empty chamber waiting for you…

 

[HallyButt]

Gunfit is more important than people realise… when I first starting rifle shooting (having shot shotguns forever) my first ‘try’ range session; was with a very old 308 which was a hard wooden stock and fit an oompa lumpa … the recoil was incredible to the point that I avoided that caliber like the plague much preferring 30-06 my friend had.

 

[25 Sharps]

I laughed when he said that the 243 was used by women and kids who might be sensitive to recoil. Interesting

That is generally how it is perceived in my shooting circle, women, kids and invalids.

 

[VSS]

It is true in the US the .243 is viewed by many as a ladies or youth cartridge.

As is the .270

 

[Scotty99]

As is the .270

Indeed but the .270 does have a bit more kick than the .243. The other consideration is that in the US moderators / suppressors are very rarely used for hunting, mainly due to the $200 tax stamp that has to be paid to acquire one.

 

[Confidis]

If you suffer from recoil, simply place one of your tampons between stock and shoulder.

 

[Greener Jim]

Indeed but the .270 does have a bit more kick than the .243. The other consideration is that in the US moderators / suppressors are very rarely used for hunting, mainly due to the $200 tax stamp that has to be paid to acquire one.

There is no $200 fee on a tax stamp for NFA items, and that includes suppressors.
Also, hunting with a suppressor is legal in the vast majority of states, and their use has skyrocketed.