Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Hunting
Long Range Hunting & Shooting
Lightweight Rifle Build - Carbon and Titanium
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="treillw" data-source="post: 1270216" data-attributes="member: 92442"><p>What is the difference in shoot-ability going from an 11 pound gun to a 9 pound gun? The gun will be a .300 win mag shooting 215 bergers with around 77 grains of H1000 at around 3000 fps. People always say that a heavier gun is easier to shoot, but I can't imagine that it would make too much of a difference with this relatively small weight variation. A 9lb gun still isn't a feather by any means. </p><p></p><p>What would be the difference between recoil in the two guns? A 300 win mag with a break at 11 pounds hardly recoils. Would that jump significantly if you were to shave 2 pounds off the gun? I've have also shot a 300 wsm shooting 168 grain bullets which weighed in at 7.5 pounds and the recoil was manageable - it did give you a decent pop. From what I've seen on online recoil calculators, the 9lb 300 shooting a 215 grain bullet will recoil more than the 7.5 pound gun shooting 168 grain bullets. It's hard to translate the values the calculator spits out to actual felt recoil though. </p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="treillw, post: 1270216, member: 92442"] What is the difference in shoot-ability going from an 11 pound gun to a 9 pound gun? The gun will be a .300 win mag shooting 215 bergers with around 77 grains of H1000 at around 3000 fps. People always say that a heavier gun is easier to shoot, but I can't imagine that it would make too much of a difference with this relatively small weight variation. A 9lb gun still isn't a feather by any means. What would be the difference between recoil in the two guns? A 300 win mag with a break at 11 pounds hardly recoils. Would that jump significantly if you were to shave 2 pounds off the gun? I've have also shot a 300 wsm shooting 168 grain bullets which weighed in at 7.5 pounds and the recoil was manageable - it did give you a decent pop. From what I've seen on online recoil calculators, the 9lb 300 shooting a 215 grain bullet will recoil more than the 7.5 pound gun shooting 168 grain bullets. It's hard to translate the values the calculator spits out to actual felt recoil though. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Hunting
Long Range Hunting & Shooting
Lightweight Rifle Build - Carbon and Titanium
Top