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kilgoretrout
Hope someone can help. I am a turkey hunter, shoot a Mossberg 835 non-ported with 3.5" Winchester 2oz Turkey Supreme shells. It kicks like a mule [B)] (this is me)....does anybody know felt recoil pounds? I shoot a 300 Winchester with 180 grain bullets and it is not nearly as bad. Also, does anybody know the felt recoil pounds for this? My shoulder would appreciated this info. I may have to Magnaport this beast !!!
Thanks very much -
P.S. I did get my tom.....
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  • kilgoretrout
    Does anyone have any experience with two or more of these handgun cal's, ref. felt recoil? Smith VXR 8 1/2" .460 ported
    Ruger Super Redhawk 7 1/2" .454 Casull
    Ruger SRH 7 1/2" in .480
    Freedom Arms 7 1/2" 454 Casull, or 475 Linebaugh. I have had several of the Casull's in the past, and they just aren't that much fun to shoot in my opinion. How much would magna-porting help" THX in advance HAWWKSHAW
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  • Tailgunner1954
    Well, it's kind of tough as FELT recoil is subjective and changes with how well the gun fits the shooter. However "free" recoil can be calculated.
    You can find the formulia at http://stevespages.com/table3.html . Information required is bullet weight in pounds (for shotgun include the weight of the wad with the shot charge), powder weight in pounds, muzzle velocity and gun weight in pounds. The actual formulia is "((weight of the bullet in pounds x the velocity of the bullet in feet per second)+(4,700 x the weight of the powder in pounds))squared / (64.348 x the weight of the gun in pounds)"
    IIRC I used about 21 grains of powder in my target shotgun loads, and the standard MV for target loads is 1200fps. There are 7000gr/pound (437.5gr/oz).
    If you reload for shotgun, you can make a 1oz 1150fps 12g round that is a real mild recoiling load.

    Whittemore
    Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.
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  • fishermanben
    I read recently that the best way to combat felt recoil is to paint the butt-stock green.

    Ben

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  • mpolans
    As Tailgunner54 stated, its very hard to judge "felt" recoil. That said, I can give you my comparison of shooting skeet loads through 12 and 20 gauge barrels of a Browning Citori (not ported, no recoil reducers, added weight or anything else).
    The recoil is noticeable enough for me to only want to shoot two rounds of skeet with the 12gauge, while I could go all day with the 20gauge.

    Having also shot 12 and 20 gauge Remington 1100 semi-autos, The difference is still noticeable, but with a nice recoil pad, I can now shoot the 12ga. all day long too.

    I know they're not as pretty, and you don't get to look "cool" posing with an o/u open on your shoulder, but I'd take a decently set up Remington 1100 over my father's Browning Citori 4-barrel set, any day.
    So did he, eventually. He decided to sell the Citori set and buy a couple Remington 1100s in 28ga. and .410.
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  • Tailgunner1954
    Ok, I've dug out my calculator, not including the wad and using the same powder charge for both, I show the
    20ga to have 14.93ft/lb of recoil at 12.04fps
    12ga to have 20.10ft/lb of recoil at 13.13fps
    The 12ga 1oz load I mentioned would have 15.29ft/lb at 11.45fps

    Whittemore
    Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.
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