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300 WM: rifle weight vs. felt recoil
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<blockquote data-quote="Frog4aday" data-source="post: 2142036" data-attributes="member: 9308"><p>Disregarding muzzlebrakes, and just going off rifle weight (11lb vs 9lb), using 180gr bullet @ 3,000fps, using 75 grains of powder, you can calculate recoil ENERGY and VELOCITY. How that translates to what you'll feel & what is tolerable to your body is unknown. Factors like LOP, stock shape, recoil pad types & thickness, & more all come into play. But running the numbers shows this:</p><p>11lb gun = recoil energy 24.14 ft/lb </p><p>& recoil velocity of 11.88 ft per sec</p><p></p><p>9 lb gun = recoil energy 29.5 ft/lb </p><p>& recoil velocity of 14.52 ft per sec</p><p></p><p>What I found with my titanium (light) .308 Win was the recoil energy was in the tolerable range (theoretically) but the recoil velocity was most unpleasant & not well tolerated. I love hunting with this rifle but hate bench work with it. It hurts more than my .338WM. That recoil VELOCITY will get to you.</p><p></p><p>I'd heard people describe the recoil of an appropriate weight .375 H&H mag as tolerable as it felt more like a big shove vs that of a .338WM, which comes back at what feels like a quicker speed. Having experienced both, I "get" what people are saying. There is a definite difference in the perceived recoil btwn the two.</p><p></p><p>Long way of saying, without a muzzlebrake (which I personally hate on a hunting rifle) you'll want to keep that rifle weight up if you want to keep the recoil tolerable. It won't be the energy change so much as the velocity increase that will bug you.</p><p></p><p>But if you are "good" with a muzzlebrake, you can probably have your cake (light .300 WM) & eat it (shoot comfortably), too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frog4aday, post: 2142036, member: 9308"] Disregarding muzzlebrakes, and just going off rifle weight (11lb vs 9lb), using 180gr bullet @ 3,000fps, using 75 grains of powder, you can calculate recoil ENERGY and VELOCITY. How that translates to what you'll feel & what is tolerable to your body is unknown. Factors like LOP, stock shape, recoil pad types & thickness, & more all come into play. But running the numbers shows this: 11lb gun = recoil energy 24.14 ft/lb & recoil velocity of 11.88 ft per sec 9 lb gun = recoil energy 29.5 ft/lb & recoil velocity of 14.52 ft per sec What I found with my titanium (light) .308 Win was the recoil energy was in the tolerable range (theoretically) but the recoil velocity was most unpleasant & not well tolerated. I love hunting with this rifle but hate bench work with it. It hurts more than my .338WM. That recoil VELOCITY will get to you. I'd heard people describe the recoil of an appropriate weight .375 H&H mag as tolerable as it felt more like a big shove vs that of a .338WM, which comes back at what feels like a quicker speed. Having experienced both, I "get" what people are saying. There is a definite difference in the perceived recoil btwn the two. Long way of saying, without a muzzlebrake (which I personally hate on a hunting rifle) you'll want to keep that rifle weight up if you want to keep the recoil tolerable. It won't be the energy change so much as the velocity increase that will bug you. But if you are "good" with a muzzlebrake, you can probably have your cake (light .300 WM) & eat it (shoot comfortably), too. [/QUOTE]
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