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Recoil, what recoil?
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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticsGuy" data-source="post: 1602895" data-attributes="member: 96226"><p>That person was very probably me; I'm known for remarking on that specific thing in that specific way, and it was stated for a reason. It's true. It's mathematically calculable as being easily as severe as a .375H&H. Anyone that says that's not a lot is lying to themselves or others or both. Taking a jolt of 35lbs of recoil energy and 15fps of recoil velocity is the same basic thing as getting punched full force full grown man. If that's your thing, cool but it's not most people's thing.</p><p></p><p>.325's are almost always found in 8-9lbs hunting rifles. The combination of projectile weight, powder charge weight, relatively high velocity and light gun mass makes for around 35-37lbs of free recoil and a recoil velocity around 17fps with common 200+gr hunting ammo. </p><p></p><p>~25lbs of free recoil at 15fps is at the upper limit of what the average human man can tolerate shooting and it's known that that much power is likely to cause the shooter to develop a flinch. Much more than that and you're looking at something that's likely to cause an injury, even if that injury is just having your bell rung or a big bruise on the shoulder. Injury is injury. </p><p></p><p>Recoil mitigation methods are fine and dandy. I can't anything harder kicking than a .30-06 without them. They don't change the fact that I'm shooting a hard kicking rifle when I'm using them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticsGuy, post: 1602895, member: 96226"] That person was very probably me; I'm known for remarking on that specific thing in that specific way, and it was stated for a reason. It's true. It's mathematically calculable as being easily as severe as a .375H&H. Anyone that says that's not a lot is lying to themselves or others or both. Taking a jolt of 35lbs of recoil energy and 15fps of recoil velocity is the same basic thing as getting punched full force full grown man. If that's your thing, cool but it's not most people's thing. .325's are almost always found in 8-9lbs hunting rifles. The combination of projectile weight, powder charge weight, relatively high velocity and light gun mass makes for around 35-37lbs of free recoil and a recoil velocity around 17fps with common 200+gr hunting ammo. ~25lbs of free recoil at 15fps is at the upper limit of what the average human man can tolerate shooting and it's known that that much power is likely to cause the shooter to develop a flinch. Much more than that and you're looking at something that's likely to cause an injury, even if that injury is just having your bell rung or a big bruise on the shoulder. Injury is injury. Recoil mitigation methods are fine and dandy. I can't anything harder kicking than a .30-06 without them. They don't change the fact that I'm shooting a hard kicking rifle when I'm using them. [/QUOTE]
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