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300 WM: rifle weight vs. felt recoil
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<blockquote data-quote="MagnumManiac" data-source="post: 2142301" data-attributes="member: 10755"><p>Comparing apples to apples based solely on my experience with the aforementioned Sendero, I can say that the difference in recoil is definitely noticeable with lighter rifles....but I only own ONE rifle with a brake and that's my 338-416 Rigby Improved, believe me, it needs it.</p><p>Back to the question. I own 300's in a Win Model 70 EW, Kimber 8400, Kimber Super America, Rem 700 LR, Rem 700 Sendero and a F-class rifle in a Rem 700 action (20lbs).</p><p>The recoil difference is that the lighter rifles are sharper, but I don't find ANY of them to be obnoxious. Recoil gets less the heavier the rifles get.</p><p>I shoot big bores, 500 Nitro, 416 Rigby, Lott and a few others. I'm building a 45-120 at present to go in my Ruger No1.</p><p>The ONLY cartridge I owned, and emphasis on OWNED, was my custom 505 Gibbs that was just too darn light at 9lbs with a 600gr bullet @2250-2350fps, even at 2150fps it was a smack down rather than a push.</p><p>I find my 375 Bee rattles my teeth more than any other rifle, but the recoil pad is pretty hard.</p><p>As I don't use brakes, I can only assume that the recoil in any lighter gun will be a little more than your Sendero, oh and by the way, both my LR & Sendero fitted out run above 12lbs. My scopes run over 2lbs each and are interchangeable between rifles. The LR is heavier by a pound.</p><p>That is also assuming the brakes are of the same manufacturer.</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnumManiac, post: 2142301, member: 10755"] Comparing apples to apples based solely on my experience with the aforementioned Sendero, I can say that the difference in recoil is definitely noticeable with lighter rifles....but I only own ONE rifle with a brake and that’s my 338-416 Rigby Improved, believe me, it needs it. Back to the question. I own 300’s in a Win Model 70 EW, Kimber 8400, Kimber Super America, Rem 700 LR, Rem 700 Sendero and a F-class rifle in a Rem 700 action (20lbs). The recoil difference is that the lighter rifles are sharper, but I don’t find ANY of them to be obnoxious. Recoil gets less the heavier the rifles get. I shoot big bores, 500 Nitro, 416 Rigby, Lott and a few others. I’m building a 45-120 at present to go in my Ruger No1. The ONLY cartridge I owned, and emphasis on OWNED, was my custom 505 Gibbs that was just too darn light at 9lbs with a 600gr bullet @2250-2350fps, even at 2150fps it was a smack down rather than a push. I find my 375 Bee rattles my teeth more than any other rifle, but the recoil pad is pretty hard. As I don’t use brakes, I can only assume that the recoil in any lighter gun will be a little more than your Sendero, oh and by the way, both my LR & Sendero fitted out run above 12lbs. My scopes run over 2lbs each and are interchangeable between rifles. The LR is heavier by a pound. That is also assuming the brakes are of the same manufacturer. Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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