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Originally Posted by Art Eatman
I've never really paid a lot of attention to the style of recoil. Folks say that big bores are somewhat lower pressure (.470 Rigby, e.g.) and that''s why the recoil is more of a push than a sharp kick. I dunno.
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I believe that a lot of "push instead of a hard kick" stems from the fact that a rifle chambered for those African calibers weighs at least 12 pounds and may weigh 14 up to 16 pounds.
Your shoulder stopping a 16 pound rifle that's been accelerated backwards to a velocity of 10 ft. per second is going to feel different than your shoulder stopping a 4 pound rifle going 20 ft. per second, even though both have the exact same recoil energy.