MetalgodZ
NES Member
This is something I want to find out, firsthand.Where does the .338 Lapua fit in terms of recoil in comparison to the .300 win mag, 50 cal Barrett and others?
Sounds like I need to attend more instructor shoots.Thanks for the compliment. It takes a real man to admit it hurts, so anybody that does is OK by me.
There's far worse than a 300 Win Mag out there, and I've got a couple of them (458 Win Mauser Mark X and 338 Lapua Rem 700P).
338 Lapua is considerably more than the 300 Win Mag, but less than the 50 BMG.
Fffffffffff that. I just bought a Savage 110 w/ a 26" barrel, the standard wood stock, and a brake. Need to throw some rings on it and see how it groups before I see whether it's going to be a full rebuild, or just minor tweaking. I haven't shot one before, so I'm interested to see how bad it really is. I've shot a lot of .30-06, which isn't unpleasant at all, and a Barrett .50 which was sufficiently tamed by the brake as to be tolerable. OTOH, I've shot quite a bit of 3.5" 12ga, which is decidedly unpleasant - It's still the only thing which I can't help but flinch when I know it's the next round.His 300 is one of the new lightweight ones. Basically plastic.
I do still want a full-sized, steel-framed 44/454/500. Short of the really ridiculous loads, I find both pretty easy to shoot.Actually a 454 Casull is hard on the wrist not shoulder, same for the 480 Ruger and 500 S&W.
On the other hand, I did shoot a S&W Airlight snub with +P carry loads and the heavy Buffalo Bore 180gr this weekend. While I didn't end up bleeding from the cylinder release as some of the other shooters did, I have positively ZERO desire to ever repeat the experience. Nothing else I've shot comes close to sucking as badly.
No doubt, snappy sucks. Both in pistol and rifle.I had a Ruger#1 in .375 h&h. I didn't think it was that bad at all. A heavy push to be sure, but not painful.
I also had a trim little Husquvarna in 30-06. That thing was no joy to shoot. Way too snappy. .300 is a snappy hurt.