Recoil - Holy Cow
Weight - 30 Tons
Recoil is an odd thing.
I used to shoot with a good friend who I worked with. He had just bought a John Wayne Commemorative model 94 in 30-30 and I had just got a Siles 54 cal. Sharps.
To me the 30-30 hurt my shoulder and the Sharps was just a big push. For him it was just the opposite.
He weighed around 140 and I around 240.
To me a Walther .380 seemed to recoil nearly as bad as a Ruger Super Blackhawk in .44 mag.
Good article. A little biased against single barrel shotguns I think.
I would like to see a blast suppressor design that cuts the blast, smoothens the recoil, still pushes the gas forward, and not need government permission.
I shot a friend’s Desert Eagle a couple of times and my hand felt like I just played catch with Roger Clemens.
Smoothest recoil was a .270 Win. Whip.
Good article. Thanks for posting.
“Practice, practic, practice.” - Simo Hayha
One of the worst guns as far as recoil I’ve owned was a 20 gauge Beretta 687L O/U with 26” barrels. I only had it for a short while. It was lightweight and it kicked like the proverbial mule with 7/8oz loads. I’m not normally recoil sensitive, but I couldn’t wait to get rid of that evil little gun. I had a JP Sauer 20 gauge side by side of about the same weight, and the recoil wasn’t nearly as bad as that Beretta.