I've heard that a 12 gauge shotgun slug and buckshot kick more than some of the high power rifles (.458 Winchester). I had a hard time believing this and just wanted to see what you all thought about it.
2007-12-06 04:28:48 · 9 answers · asked by flucolax35 3 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
The shape of the typical shotgun stock exacerbates recoil from heavy loads; only a few dedicated slug-guns have a more rifle-like stock designed to control recoil rather than delivering it up to your face. Of course, the lighter the gun, the worse the recoil - I broke my shooting glasses in half once when a 3" load of #4 buckshot in a lightweight synthetic-stock Moss500 drove my thumb-knuckle into the bridge of my nose! Now if I'm firing 3" shells in a 12ga., I will only do so in a Rem 870, the whole gun, stock, receiver, barrel and tube, is heavier all around and absorbs much of the shock.
My un-scientific perception is that, gun weight being equal, a non-magnum 12ga. load feels about like shooting a .30-06, a 2 3/4" magnum feels about like a 7mm. mag, and the heavier 3" loads like the Federal 1 1/4-oz. slug and the aforementioned #4 buck, comparable to a .338. Full-power 10-ga. loads approach the jarring sensation of the dangerous-game rifles, and with an 8-lb., 20"-barrelled turkey gun with its skimpy stock and exposed hammer ready to lodge itself in my eye, I'd actually prefer shooting the .458
2007-12-06 15:48:18 · answer #1 · answered by geraldine f 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have a 12 gauge shotgun that I shoot slugs out of regularly. It is 2 and 3/4". The recoil really isn't bad at all. I'd say it has medium recoil. I have never shot a higher caliber rifle though so I couldn't compare the two.
2007-12-06 04:42:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a straight stocked 12 gauge with high base or 3" slugs does kick pretty darn hard. I'd recomend to anyone who is recoil shy, to stay with 2 3/4" shells.
As for more than a .458 Winchester? I'd have to say no.
2007-12-06 04:42:16 · answer #3 · answered by randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An interesting question, according to Hatcher, a 12g firing one and a quarter oz. has 30.8 ft/lbs of recoil energy, plus or minus, depending on the load. A 458 Win mag firing a 510 grainer at 2135 fps has 60 ft/lbs of recoil energy, double that of the 12.
Fairly conclusive, but the shotgun always feels has though it has more recoil as the stock shape is not designed for stationary target shootng. If you don't believe it, put a coke tin up and shoot it from the bench, it hurts!
2007-12-06 06:08:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. If you are pushing an ounce or an ounce and a quarter of lead with a magnum load of course you are going to get some heavy recoil. Shotgun recoil dosen't feel as sharpe to me as the magnums. I'd rather shoot 20 slugs than twenty round out of a .300Win Mag.
2007-12-06 04:57:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with Steven A. I shoot 3" mags out of my 12g Mossberg and I think the kick is much "warmer" on a shotgun than a rifle. I shoot my friend's .308 Savage and I can only shoot about ten rounds of 150's before I'm worn out. But I'll shoot that shotgun all day long with no problem.
2007-12-06 05:08:52 · answer #6 · answered by mdemar1205 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO, the 458 recoils more.*
2007-12-06 05:12:33 · answer #7 · answered by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol i shot a 12 gauge yesterday .
i really did not expect it as i usually shoot 22-250 lol
It flew out of my hands and hit my bro in the head LMAO!
2007-12-06 05:10:55 · answer #8 · answered by j.franciscoo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ITS TRUE
2007-12-06 05:46:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋