What is your recoil threshold poll?

[Hand Skills]

Those cartridges look like they use a quarter of a pound of powder each. 8 pounds of powder gets you 32 rounds efficient aren't they.

Haha, yup, and contrary to the claim in the video, 4 bore is not the biggest shoulder fired rifle in the world.

I did a little research, and apparently there is at least one chap in England making 2 bores, which are even bigger.

"True cannons begin with 4 bores, as this is the size of most swivel cannons. Anything larger tended to break out of the mounting on a ship's rail. Giles Whittome's 2 bore rifle is twice that size. The cartridges are all hand-made and cost $100 apiece. They can also be made loaded with smokeless powder, and that does reduce the recoil. "

"As of this time, no Americans have fired the 2 bore rifle, only Englishmen, Scotsmen, and Russians. It's a shame that no American with deep pockets has bought and fired one, leaving the glory of handling this brute to the aforementioned nations. It galls me to think of the Russian owner of a 2 bore saying "Amerikantsy slishkom slaby, chtoby vladet' I strelyat' iz etoy vintovki." (Translation: "Americans are too weak to own and fire a rifle like this.")"

The Tyrannosaurus 2-Bore: Most Powerful Sporting Rifle - Firearms News

Since the 2 bore is the most powerful sporting rifle ever made, it is only fitting that it would honor the most powerful predator of all time, the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

www.firearmsnews.com

 

[WYO300RUM]

I used to be a Goodyear guy, but the last couple sets were less than impressive.
I've been running Coopers in various forms for awhile and have had no complaints.

I always liked Cooper's . Cost less also. I never got as many miles out of them though. I've had a couple sets on each of last two trucks (21 yrs ). After these Good Years wear out I'll probably buy some Cooper's again. I RECOIL less when I buy them

 

[memtb]

I have used Coopers in many years, so this comment may be irrelevant, but I as disappointed in them wearing very fast! memtb

 

[MtPockets]

The last set of tires on my company truck were Goodyears. I doubt I got 40k out of them.
The Coopers I replaced them with did about the same but the bump steer went away so I got another set of them.
I run Coopers on most all of my personal rigs too, even my 5th wheel camper and tandem dually flatbed wear Coopers.

 

[jessej]

I'm very picky about some things. Tires are one of those things. Must be quiet, great traction, be extremely tough, and get many many miles. Toyo at2s did this better than any tire I've ever ran. Of course they quit making them. "Improved" them and now call them at3s. Luckily I still have a new set in storage. Bought 2 extra sets when they announced the change.

 

[WYO300RUM]

I have used Coopers in many years, so this comment may be irrelevant, but I as disappointed in them wearing very fast! memtb

I've noticed that also . I figured that the cost less be it still doesn't even out. Maybe their rubber is softer. Many years ago I noticed Firestone , remember them ? They wore out faster than Goodrich and Good Year. Goodrich All Terrain Radials wore good.

 

[jessej]

I've told this story here before, been a while.

In my teenage years, me and a few buddy's experimented with a 12 gauge single barrel. Started cuttin and splicing shells. Adding length a little at the time. Adding shot, leaving the powder charge un changed. As the "engineer" of this project, I delegate testing to someone else. We made it to 6" in shell length, stuffed full of crossman BBs, when the gun gave up. Stock busted, action still intact. That's probably the hardest recoil I've ever witnessed.

I epoxied the stock pieces back together. My son squirrel hunts with it still today.

 

[Ol' Red]

I've told this story here before, been a while.

In my teenage years, me and a few buddy's experimented with a 12 gauge single barrel. Started cuttin and splicing shells. Adding length a little at the time. Adding shot, leaving the powder charge un changed. As the "engineer" of this project, I delegate testing to someone else. We made it to 6" in shell length, stuffed full of crossman BBs, when the gun gave up. Stock busted, action still intact. That's probably the hardest recoil I've ever witnessed.

I epoxied the stock pieces back together. My son squirrel hunts with it still today.

You have got to be a distant cousin.

 

[jessej]

Sometime, I'll hafta tell y'all about the time we poured up our on slugs

 

[Ol' Red]

Sometime, I'll hafta tell y'all about the time we poured up our on slugs

And I might tell you about the time my younger brother and I tried to shoot shotgun shells with a piece of blackwall pipe and a BB gun. But only if I've had some whiskey.

 

[PBramble]

Building a 300 RUM. I'll have to let you know.

 

[jessej]

Building a 300 RUM. I'll have to let you know.

Make it come in at 7 lbs. no break. Load yourself up a 180 accubond over an even 100 grains of RL25. That should push your recoil limit to its max.

 

[Kolt95]

The recoil doesn't seem like an issue but since I started running a can I really dislike the concussion of brakes.

 

[Calvin45]

The recoil doesn't seem like an issue but since I started running a can I really dislike the concussion of brakes.

I can agree on that one. No suppressor experience but I think I'm more likely to flinch from the massive blast in my face from an aggressive brake than I am from getting slammed in the shoulder hard. I find that pressure wave distinctly hard to shoot well with on guns with those tank style brakes. I try to keep both eyes open for the whole "firing event" and it's really hard to do that with those aforementioned aggressive tank style brakes in conjunction with bigger cartridges generating lots of gas volume. Can feel the pressure wave hit your face. No thank you.