Most painful rifle kick you've personally experienced

[hdbiker]

At about 50 years old a friend talked me into going turkey hunting. I marched out to K-Mart and bought a new NEF 12 gauge 3 inch mag full choke single shot shotgun and a box of Remington 3 inch magnum shells loaded with 2 ounces of #4 shot. Went to the range to try it out. I kneeled down on one knee for balance and fired .PAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!, knocked me over backwards to the ground. Sold that gun and bought a Mossburg 500 Mossy Oak camo ported pump gun' hdbiker

[Wyosmith]

2 bore!



Looking for volunteers.
No experience or brains necessary. (In fact, brains are a discouraged.)





Now now....don't push and shove. No need.











Form a neat orderly line.



















Now is good.








Nice straight line....it would start with,...one!

Come-on... we are going for one here.



















One?










































(cowards!)

[stagpanther]

I have a string and know how to tie a knot to the trigger--count me in!

[SansSouci]

Not even close: A Guide Gun with 400 grain bullets at max load. I'd hate to be on the wrong end of it.

[dmoserwy]

It was after school with a friend. I must have been 9 or 10 years old at the time. His Grandpa let us shoot his .270. That was the biggest gun I had ever fired at that time. I remember the recoil and I loved it. It hurt, but I would have stayed all afternoon shooting that rifle if he would have let me.

[4570Tom]

Brother in law's Remington pump in 35 Whelen from the bench. Hard plastic "recoil pad".

Near misses (thankfully): Same BIL had a break action single shot 10 gauge. He offered to let me shoot some slugs and buckshot through it. I had enough sense to decline.

Bought an H&R 12g single shot shorter barreled turkey gun from a guy. He really didn't like it. He included 9 rounds of a 10 round box of 3.5 inch magnum turkey loads. Might explain his dislike. I still have all 9 rounds.

[AzShooter]

Years ago at a Range Day I was stupid enough to shoot a 4 bore Side By Side. I didn't have a problem with it but I sure don't want to do it again. Recoil was INTENSE.

[random guy]

2 bore!

That is awesome. At one time I'd have been willing. Hell, I'd still try it but there would be something between me and the buttstock, be it a luxurious recoil pad or something...anything to spread the recoil force out.

[stagpanther]

.22 LR Remington

That and an BB ultra magnum.

[darkgael]

The most painful experience that I have had was with this item:


It is what J.D.Jones calls the 50-70-750. Simply, it is a BMG bullet seated in a 50/70 Gov't case and fired through one of Jones' fast twist barrels (1-8") at subsonic velocity - about 900 fps.
The barrel fits on my T/C Encore.
I had put a scope on it, loaded some rounds and gone to the range to test.
The first shot broke my shooting glasses. Surprise? Yep. The second shot knocked the back up glasses off.
In the Encore, the recoil pulse is so fast that I could not keep the scope out of my eye. I had to go to a LER.
I have a few heavy kickers, that cartridge is the only one that has caught me out.

[stagpanther]

Use a goalie mask?

[TXAZ]

Wyosmith,
Would you mind posting a picture of the whole 2 bore rifle?

[Wyosmith]

A few. I never got good photos of it when it was 100% finished but I have some of it in various stages of completion.

Here are both sides with the stock done, but not the metal finish. No engraving yet either.




Here are a few close ups after metal work was done, but nothing full length.

[Wyosmith]

[Wyosmith]

Oops. That last one is also of the metal unfinished. It should have been posted at the top of the pictures.

[jerryd]

Weatherby 460 mag 1 shot was enough!

[TXAZ]

Wyosmith, great work of art. Thanks for posting.
And I'll happily remove my name from consideration to firing that beast and stick to my 'wimpy' .50 Cal.

[briandg]

three inch magnum twelve gauge slug. No pad. Yep, that left a mark.

[Targa]

That two barrel is insane yet beautiful, thanks for posting. Im with ya on the 3" magnum Brian, really packs a wallop.

[5whiskey]

I would shoot the 2 bore after I saw you shoot it. FWIW my worst kick is from a Yugo 24/47 Mauser shooting very full house Romanian milsurp (the good kind from the 70s that would shoot near 1 minute and wasn't corrosive). Shooting that from the prone much would knock fillings loose from your teeth (yes literally). And I've shoot the medium magnums (7mm, 300, and 338), a good bit of 50bmg, and 45-70 from a guide gun (pretty sure the rounds were downloaded some as recoil was much milder than I expected). None were as bad as the 8mm out of my rifle.

[briandg]

Holy bouncing bodies, bat man that two bore belongs in doom or quake!

Let me make sure that I get this.

THAT DOg THROWS A HALF POUND BALLL!?

[Wyosmith]

Yup. It's a true 2.
3,500 grain ball.

[Targa]

That's unreal

[briandg]

Two things I'd consider doing with it.

First, I'd try sending it around to the biggest, greatest gun shows in the country, taking $500 for a shot. Only a completely trustworthy handler.

Second, I'd offer it up to safari hunters, again, sending a trusted bearer handler, and collect five to ten thousand for the trip and expenses.

God almighty, the cost of just taking big five game, that is added on to the cost of the safari trip is breathtaking. A guy who is ready to spend thirty thousand or so to hunt buffalo might not even flinch at the opportunity to use the epic, iconic two bore black powder rifle. Elephant? I've read that a successful hunt, including harvest costs may run over fifty to seventy thousand dollars from your front door back to your front door.

[briandg]

I'm guessing that the charge is going to be less than ten percent and you velocity will run over one thousand, give or take?

Will it go through a four to six inch timber? I'm guessing not... worst possible SD and penetration. I've seen black powder balls bounce back from oak trees.