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<blockquote data-quote="LeddSlinger" data-source="post: 2213416" data-attributes="member: 65338"><p>Yeah I shot an unbraked fairly lightweight 300 win mag for about 10 years. Shot so many animals with that rifle. In the field of course you never feel recoil when taking a shot on animal but at the range I could take about 20 rounds of 180gr bullets going 3230 fps before I'd had enough. I'm a good size guy too at 6'0" and 225 lbs but my shoulder still didn't like it at all. Granted, the recoil pad wasn't the best so that didn't help anything. A couple times I shot more than 20 rounds at the range with just a cotton t-shirt on and I literally had large bruises on my shoulder the next day. After that I made sure i would plan my range time for no more than about 5-6 three shot groups (15-18 rounds) and wear a coat or hoodie sweatshirt for extra cushioning when practicing at different ranges with that rifle</p><p></p><p>The recoil of my 338-375R and 300 Norma Mag Improved rifles is much higher than that old 300 WM so they both wear good brakes. After having used brakes on various rifles for a handful of years now, I would never go back to shooting a large magnum without one. No reason to physically punish yourself that way</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LeddSlinger, post: 2213416, member: 65338"] Yeah I shot an unbraked fairly lightweight 300 win mag for about 10 years. Shot so many animals with that rifle. In the field of course you never feel recoil when taking a shot on animal but at the range I could take about 20 rounds of 180gr bullets going 3230 fps before I’d had enough. I’m a good size guy too at 6’0” and 225 lbs but my shoulder still didn’t like it at all. Granted, the recoil pad wasn’t the best so that didn’t help anything. A couple times I shot more than 20 rounds at the range with just a cotton t-shirt on and I literally had large bruises on my shoulder the next day. After that I made sure i would plan my range time for no more than about 5-6 three shot groups (15-18 rounds) and wear a coat or hoodie sweatshirt for extra cushioning when practicing at different ranges with that rifle The recoil of my 338-375R and 300 Norma Mag Improved rifles is much higher than that old 300 WM so they both wear good brakes. After having used brakes on various rifles for a handful of years now, I would never go back to shooting a large magnum without one. No reason to physically punish yourself that way [/QUOTE]
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