1. 378 Weebee pushing a 300 Gr nosler digits short of 3000 fps
2. 10 guage BPS shooting 2 0z high vel. turkey loads

these are some light, hard kicking shotguns!

.340 Weatherby fibermark....absolutely brutal, fast and hard. I'd rather pull both triggers at once on my double rifle.

There were two. First was a #3 Ruger in .375 Win with full power loads. The curved butt plate was responsible. Because of the way the butt plate was fitted it would have been a major job to install a recoil pad. Mostly shot reduced cast bullet loads while I had it and they weren't bad.

Second was a model 24 Savage 22 LR over a 20 gauge barrel. The stock was set up for a scope (high) and when factory shotgun loads were used the stock recoiled into my cheek. I thought it was going to be carved off my face. It sat in the safe for a long time but eventually it went down the road.

Jim

The first time I saw a photo of Ingwe in a leopard print thong! Damn near cracked my head open!

I had a 460 Wby for about 12 years. Kinda enjoyed it back when I was younger. It had a set trigger and would shoot nice groups. The 600 grain Barnes were a bit much, though. A young lady watching me shoot it one day commented it made every part of my body shake.

More recently, I had a 7.82 Lazzeroni Warbird. Off the bench with 180's, it would pivot the rifle verticle.

Besides those I've had 375's, 338's, various flavors of 300's and, living in Iowa, more than my share of slug guns. Never had a scope eye.

Also had many magnum handguns including Casull's, and 460 and 500 Smiths. But the worst kicking painful SOB ever has been a 12 oz 357 with full house loads. Never again!

An un-brakes .460 weatherby will teach ANYONE a thing or two about recoil...make sure your hands are sweat free as well...grins

To the person who asked why a BPS 10 gauge, well if you have to ask.....it is the best tool for the job. Those who have them understand. Small ducks at long range need both pattern density and enough jam to kill. That only comes from larger shot sizes and payloads due to crappy steel shot ballistics.

As to the .357 with full power loads, why not exactly? A gun at home does no good. A 10oz Jframe pistol goes real nice in the pocket and is never left at home. .357 hard cast rounds for 4 leg critters and .38's gold dots for 2. NYPD has filled up a couple arks with them.

You don't have to shoot full house all the time, but if you bought one and NEVER shot it with .357 you should turn in your man card!

378 Bee with no brake.

Lightweight 300 Win Mag. It would kick me in the face so hard that I literally thought i was going to get a concussion. A few rounds and I had a headache.

The 45-70 Marlin lever was no picnic either though...