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Recoil, what recoil?
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<blockquote data-quote="scorge30" data-source="post: 1600100" data-attributes="member: 106269"><p>Due to injury and illness I can no longer suffer heavy kicking guns. Adding mercury recoil reducers, various muzzle brakes, and better recoil butt pads (plus the occasional use of a shoulder pad) has helped me shoot the rifles I own. </p><p></p><p>I hunt with electronic muffs on (I have bilat tinnitus as well) so muzzle brake is ok with me. As funds allow I am slowly adding suppressors to my collection. </p><p></p><p>Suppressing my 338-378 Wby was one of the best decisions I made. The Silencerco Harvester really tames the beastly Weatherby. Before the suppressor I had a JP howitzer style muzzle brake on the Weatherby. Lying prone the Weatherby would kick dirt and vegetation around.</p><p></p><p>Several of my rifles wear the JP howitzer style brake which eliminates the need for further recoil reduction. On a 338 WM and 7mm WM I can watch my shots, but anyone beside me is not very happy every time I press the trigger.</p><p></p><p>In South Africa our outfitter specifically forbade rifle brakes. We're not trophy hunters nor are we interested in shooting particularly dangerous critters. We took light recoiling guns that we shot well. </p><p></p><p>Our outfitter actually wanted customers with smaller guns they shot well rather than some ginormous magnum they couldn't shoot at all. The guide regaled us with stories of a previous customer with a 338 UM (fairly new at the time) that the client was scared of. The nervous client ended up borrowing the guide's 7x57 Mauser and did quite well with it.</p><p></p><p>Many years ago in Argentina, the wife and I were shooting doves with then current "light kicking" semi-auto 12 ga shotguns. After day two both of us had bruises.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scorge30, post: 1600100, member: 106269"] Due to injury and illness I can no longer suffer heavy kicking guns. Adding mercury recoil reducers, various muzzle brakes, and better recoil butt pads (plus the occasional use of a shoulder pad) has helped me shoot the rifles I own. I hunt with electronic muffs on (I have bilat tinnitus as well) so muzzle brake is ok with me. As funds allow I am slowly adding suppressors to my collection. Suppressing my 338-378 Wby was one of the best decisions I made. The Silencerco Harvester really tames the beastly Weatherby. Before the suppressor I had a JP howitzer style muzzle brake on the Weatherby. Lying prone the Weatherby would kick dirt and vegetation around. Several of my rifles wear the JP howitzer style brake which eliminates the need for further recoil reduction. On a 338 WM and 7mm WM I can watch my shots, but anyone beside me is not very happy every time I press the trigger. In South Africa our outfitter specifically forbade rifle brakes. We're not trophy hunters nor are we interested in shooting particularly dangerous critters. We took light recoiling guns that we shot well. Our outfitter actually wanted customers with smaller guns they shot well rather than some ginormous magnum they couldn't shoot at all. The guide regaled us with stories of a previous customer with a 338 UM (fairly new at the time) that the client was scared of. The nervous client ended up borrowing the guide's 7x57 Mauser and did quite well with it. Many years ago in Argentina, the wife and I were shooting doves with then current "light kicking" semi-auto 12 ga shotguns. After day two both of us had bruises. [/QUOTE]
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