What is your recoil limit?

[rr2030]

That'll make you pee down your leg!

Indeed it do.

 

[makurtz]

30 rnds on the AR50A1.

Have not found my limit yet. 20 rnds max a session is the most I have budgeted for myself so far.

 

[Outwest]

My 300 wby and 300 wsm are going to be going down the road.
I do not enjoy shooting them anymore.
The wby has a brake and I still don't enjoy it anymore.
At 72 years young I will keep the 270 wsm and the 25-06.
They will do anything that I will want to and be fun to shoot.

 

[Rocketvapor]

I drag out the hotter pistols when my wrist is acting up.
Knocks the bone spurs down and all is fine
I don' have shoulder issues, yet, but like shooting the old battle rifles.

Have to say that the 22N for 60 to 80 rounds is NOTHING.

 

[DeerHunter82]

30-338 doesn’t feel very good.

 

[PopCharlie]

I shoot an M1 Garand. Thats enough recoil for me. About 100 rounds is all I can tolerate. It thumps me pretty hard.

PopCharlie

 

[rjtfroggy]

With my shoulder torn up maybe I could shoot a BB gun.

 

[n.c.outlaw2024]

Reminds me of the Youtuber who claims recoil ain't no big deal. He even has a t-shirt that says She Be Kickin'. I bet he goes home with a sore a$$ shoulder or wrist. Lol.

 

[bennett ford]

84 and painfully deaf in my left ear. I'm thinking about a couple of TCU based cartridges to clean out my bullet cache before I go. In the meantime, thank goodness for understanding neighbors and pellet rifles.

 

[pertnear]

I'm primarily a deer hunter. When I hunt the Hill Country of Texas I use a 6.8 SPC. In South Texas, where the deer are bigger I use a .270. As to my limit, I'd say a .30-06/180gr.

If I really, really had to hunt dangerous game, I'd force myself to learn to shoot a .375 - at least well enough for 3 shots!

 

[Jeff Porter]

If I keep the round count reasonable and I can shoot up to the 300WM without developing a horrible flinch lol.

Worst recoil I ever had to deal with was 12 ga. Remington Core Loct Ultra 3" sabot slugs. I had been shooting 3" Copper Solids with no issues and I saw these were faster and flatter so I bought two boxes to try in my 870 rifled slug gun. First slug made my shoulder feel like I had been hit with a sledge hammer. I thought maybe I didn't have it pulled in tight and it got a run at me. So I shucked the second one in and gripped it firmly. This time in addition to feeling like I was tearing parts off of my shoulder, I also got a fat lip from bearing down on the stock. Gave the remaining 8 slugs to a buddy with an 11-87 gas gun.

I probably should have sent the box back to Remington as I am sure they were overloaded.

One other bad recoil experience was with an AR-10 gas gun shooting 185 Juggernauts. I had been playing around with a couple of different butt stocks and forgot to swap out the buffer to the .308 carbine buffer when i decided on a UBR stock that had a standard AR-15 buffer in it. My buddy shot 22 rounds at 1000 yards with it and scored well but he would curse after every shot. He had a horrible headache on the way home too. I figured out about the buffer when I went to clean the rifle... I apologized to him about his concussion.

 

[Doug Casner]

Those 3.5 inch mags are the kickinest thing I ever shot. My browning will shoot 2.34 to 3.5. I started shooting 3in. mags at turkeys, when we had turkeys, lots easier on ya. Doug

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

Let me tell you, Older Guys,. A "Braked",.. 6.5 CREEDMOOR,. Launching, 123's or 130 grainer's,.. IS,. the "Cure" for those,. .300- .338 Win. Mag.,.. "Flinches",.. In due, TIME !
NO charge for,.. this, "Tip" ! ( ENJOY !! )

 

[rr2030]

For me, there's a distinction between my recoil limit and what I find unpleasant to shoot. As I mentioned earlier, my recoil limit is reached when the rifle's energy is transferred directly to a specific spot on my shoulder that has been surgically repaired, causing intense pain. On the other hand, 'unpleasant' refers to my 7 lb 30-06 or my Hawken loaded with hunting Maxi-Balls and 3 Pyrodex pellets, which can sometimes make my mouth bleed. While I can tolerate and practice with the unpleasant, I avoid anything that's painful or potentially damaging.

 

[rr2030]

Let me tell you, Older Guys,

Please define "older guys"

I am wondering if it's time to stop buying green Bananas.

 

[cwebster]

Anything shot from a sitting position at a bench is going to feel like twice the recoil. I can shoot my 20ga citori all aftenoon at clays, but 2 shots from a benchrest position over the crony taught me a lesson.

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

@ rr 2030,..
I "dropped Down" from the .338 Win Mag ( 210's / 225 grain, Bullets ) in My 50's to, a .270 Weatherby then, a .270 WSM with, 140's @ 3,200 FPS then gave, the .270 WSM to my grandson at 75 when, I quit, Hunting Elk.
Got the 65 Creed about 3 Years ago and am Loving, the 130 gr. ELD-M's AND,.. the LIGHT Recoil !
My .338 W Mag.,.. "Flinch" IS, GONE,.. Finally !! ( All I gotta Do is, Remind myself that, NONE of, My Rifles can HURT,.. me,.. anymore ! )
I'm 77 Now and Look forward to, shooting my, Braked 6 XC and 6.5 Creed when, the Weather "Cools" again !
My Family of 4 Hunters, enjoys Field shooting positions, on,. 10-11 inch, steel Plates.
My 14 y/o grandson Has my, .270 WSM and it's now,. PVA, Back Country, "Braked" and he can shoot, 15 rounds of, Practice at, "Prone" or sitting over stix, easily with My, Full Power 140 gr Berger, Elk Load !
Hopefully, His dad, can put him on, a Bull,. this Year !
You're NEVER to Old, to shoot, a 6.5 Creedmoor ( with,. the Lighter, Bullets !! )

 

[MGYSGT]

.308 with 169gr serria.

 

[fatelvis]

.308 with 169gr serria.

I’ve been dying to try out that new bullet. I hope that it flies as well as the 168SMK

 

[Chappy]

Still too young to let recoil affect me. Routinely hunt with and shoot a 35 Whelen.