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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: wapitirod] #110622 06/13/2012 10:10 PM
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 Originally Posted By: wapitirod


I have a customer that has a 470NE in an Encore.


Thats just wrong. I've fired the .470NE and the .500NE in Krieghoff double rifles and there was nothing fun about it.

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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: archr610] #110625 06/13/2012 11:20 PM
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First; a lwt 6 pound center grip XP 100 in 9.53 (375) Hellcat firing a 300 grain bullet. Second a 15" Encore in 458 Govt. (45-70 IMP) firing a 500 grain bullet. Either will get your full attention.
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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: Dekker] #110635 06/14/2012 2:06 AM
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My 480 Ruger with 8 3/8" bbl (RAGING BULL)

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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: 480rugah] #110638 06/14/2012 2:17 AM
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I have to amend my list and put my .500 Maximum (525s at 1,350 fps) in second place after the .50 Alaskan.


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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: matt52] #110639 06/14/2012 2:23 AM
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Recoil? What's recoil?


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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: wapitirod] #110645 06/14/2012 2:42 AM
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 Originally Posted By: wapitirod
Recoil? What's recoil?


The numbness between my ears!


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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: Whitworth] #110647 06/14/2012 2:56 AM
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recoil is so subjective. my son is firing guns that recoil nearly 2-3x as hard as what was billed as unshootable 40 years ago. he was just never told it was too much or that he should struggle with it. ya just gotta find ways to keep it from hurting, whether the pain is coming from your hand/wrist/or your forehead.

Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: tradmark] #110653 06/14/2012 4:41 AM
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Ya my son at 13 used my 480 6" raging bull to take a Buffalo and a hog. He also shoots the BFR 45-70 with lever evolution ammo in it.


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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: tradmark] #110655 06/14/2012 5:12 AM
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 Originally Posted By: tradmark
recoil is so subjective. ..........................


Exactly. Shooter size, age, physical shape, hand/arm strength, hand size, finger length, body position, (can be different from shooting position depending...) handgun type/style, scope/no scope, barrel length, weight, balance, grip (thickness, material, size, style, etc.), material used for grips/forend, shooting position, gloves/no gloves, weather temp, standing, sitting, etc. are all factors that are really not constants in the handgun shooting world. What recoils "a lot" to you may or may not be the same to me, and vice versa. And a brake does not really enter into this subjectively except to make the felt recoil less, which negates the actual question.

Even your mood and general personality are factors. Genetics are a factor; ie. pain tolerance is mostly genetic; the list goes on and on.

So reasonably, we each have our own recoil tolerance limits; and that is as it should be. Doesn't make anybody any better or any tougher or more macho; it just is what it is.

That said, my FA 83 4 3/4" bbl. in 500WE with heavy 440 gr. loads got my attention real fast. I since sold it; not because of the recoil; rather because I sorely needed the money at the time.







Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: Gregg Richter] #110658 06/14/2012 6:22 AM
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that's why it is very very important to be honest with yourself. i know many guys that shoot traditional bows well. very very few if any i've ever met do not shoot 70 pound bows better than a 45 pound bow. even if they are accurate with the heavier bow, they are more accurate with the lighter bow. same with these guns. find your limit where accuracy breaks off and it will still kill your intended quarry, then you've found the right cartridge for the game you seek. answers the question of what's enough gun.

Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: Whitworth] #110659 06/14/2012 6:36 AM
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 Originally Posted By: Whitworth
 Originally Posted By: wapitirod
Recoil? What's recoil?


The numbness between my ears!




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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: tradmark] #110692 06/14/2012 10:20 PM
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 Originally Posted By: tradmark
and it will still kill your intended quarry, then you've found the right cartridge for the game you seek. answers the question of what's enough gun.


I agree and also add when it quits being fun. Some can handle and deal with recoil of large caliber handguns and shoot them reasonably well but when you can't enjoy it because your so focused on controlling recoil it's time to as you said trad" be honest with yourself".


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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: TimBob] #110724 06/15/2012 6:06 PM
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Mine was my SRH .454 with the stock grips, it was BRUTAL!!!


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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: matt52] #110808 06/17/2012 3:30 AM
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It's a toss up between my 45-70 and 375 jdj contenders. They both let you know you pulled the trigger but in different ways. One is a push straight back and the other rolls back more. 45-70 has 16" ported barrel and 375 jdj has no porting and is 14". Love to shoot them both regularly.

Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: DeerDad] #110812 06/17/2012 4:18 AM
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Good point; one detail I left out was the "type" of recoil produced; some are more of a push and others are a severe snap.







Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: Gregg Richter] #110822 06/17/2012 5:40 AM
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lighter bullets pushed fast tend to snap more to me, big bullets slower tend to push more, big fast bullets to both and are not my favorite things in the world.

Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: tradmark] #110881 06/17/2012 8:07 PM
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I have seen quite a few 480 Rugers so I wanted to throw this out there…

The platform in which you shoot the round does make a difference. I have a 480 SRH that anemic to my 17in Full Bull Encore barrel in 375 H&H AI, and that was with the muzzle break & Pac grips...

I am not trying to say that “I am more holy than though…” I guess I just wanted to throw it out there because I can’t tell any difference in shooting my 9.5 SRH in 44 and 480. However, I guess I should point out that the 44 was shooting 310gr HCGC @ 1400 fps and the 480 was shooting a 325 HCGC @ 1400 fps and both revolvers were scoped…

Ps, The 375 H&H was a shooter, but no fun to shoot. It no longer claims residence at my house… LOL


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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: TCTex.] #110896 06/18/2012 12:31 AM
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I have to say hardest handgun to hold onto is my LCR in .357 mag. when running full house 158grn any loading. The little grips and 17 ounce weight make it seem worse than either of my .41s or my SP's in .308, 7mm-08 or 30-30. I don't carry hot .357s in the little rascal but periodically I can't resist shooting a few.


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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: nuclearweasel] #110958 06/19/2012 3:56 AM
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Amazing but believable; it all has to do with the Total Package; plus fit of the handgun to the hand, and all the other variables mentioned...

I'll bet that li'l monster has a pretty good bark to go with the bite!







Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: Gregg Richter] #110961 06/19/2012 4:14 AM
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I had a Bond Arms derringer in for an action job the other day and when I test fired it all I had besides full house loads were some handloads with 250gr cast running around 1000-1100 fps and in that little package it barked and bucked pretty good.


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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: wapitirod] #110964 06/19/2012 1:32 PM
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I guess that is what I was trying to say... LOL

The question was the heaviest recoiling handgun, not round... My friend has a 380 auto that is the worst I have EVER shot... I would rather shoot my 480 SRH any day of the week over his little squirt...

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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: wapitirod] #111185 06/23/2012 9:20 PM
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For me anyway, it's my S&W JRC 500 with no compensator, when it goes off, I know exactly where all the arthritus is in both hands?

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Wow, those 500 S&W rounds actually look little in the picture... LOL


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Re: Whats your heaviest recoiling handgun? [Re: Ernie] #111289 06/25/2012 11:58 PM
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My Khanke 82 with 425s at 1440fps. I have been too chicken to try the 600gr stuff in it. It will launch a 600gr somewhere around 1300fps. It aint much of a plinker. reflex264


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