Recoil

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300 PRC is fine

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.

Yep! When I first Shot my Wood 7x57 Stutzen it had a lop that was too long for me, a hard plastic butt plate and no comb raiser, (for a stock made to be used with irons primarily, so way too low for optics). Let's just say that even though it was only 7x57, you knew when you were shooting it

 

[Scipio]

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.

As has it in Europe in general I believe. I do Wonder just how strong the late resurgence of the 9.3x62 in Scandinavia for example would have been, had it not been for the similarly timed popular spread of suppressor use.

 

[Scotty99]

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.

Indeed the tax stamp fee was reduced to $0 as of 1/1/2026 but the requirement for them to be individually licenced and the applicant having to be fingerprinted, photographed and complete ATF Form 4 still puts a lot of people off, meaning most still hunt with unsuppressed rifles.

 

[Greener Jim]

Indeed the tax stamp fee was reduced to $0 as of 1/1/2026 but the requirement for them to be individually licenced and the applicant having to be fingerprinted, photographed and complete ATF Form 4 still puts a lot of people off, meaning most still hunt with unsuppressed rifles.

The tide is very much turning, huge increase in suppressor use whilst hunting in the sub-40 demographic.
The barrier was money, and now hunting suppressors are out under $400 with no Gov fee. Their use is only going up, which is a good thing.


Regardless, and back to the point, .270 and .243 are both low recoil in appropriate rifles.

 

[KimE]

As has it in Europe in general I believe. I do Wonder just how strong the late resurgence of the 9.3x62 in Scandinavia for example would have been, had it not been for the similarly timed popular spread of suppressor use.

The resurgence of 9,3*62 started before suppressors were common, bear and wildboar became more common in the 2000s. It started with older Husqvarna rifles in 9,3 and later more modern but still unthreaded, too get a license for a supressor in Sweden about year 2000 you needed a medical report of hearing loss. Later it became more easy to get a suppressor and from 2023 you only need license for the rifle to buy a suppressor.

 

[Scipio]

The resurgence of 9,3*62 started before suppressors were common, bear and wildboar became more common in the 2000s. It started with older Husqvarna rifles in 9,3 and later more modern but still unthreaded, too get a license for a supressor in Sweden about year 2000 you needed a medical report of hearing loss. Later it became more easy to get a suppressor and from 2023 you only need license for the rifle to buy a suppressor.

Thanks for answering Kim, and very interesting. I guess many found the recoil of the 9,3x62 unsurpressed ok then.

 

[WalkedUp]

I always send these… but in Africa also 308 is a child’s calibre. My 9 year old with his 100 yard Blesbok.