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Recoil question

gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,770 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
I want to get a glock for a carry piece. I have heard that a .40 has more recoil than a .45, is that true. I am also considering a 9mm. I am used to shooting a S&W 642 .38, and am wondering if there is more recoil shooting the revolver or the glocks. Thanks.
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,770 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What is the recoil of a 7mm mag equal to in your opinion?

    I have a 7mm mag that I bought several years ago but I've never fired it, I'm told that they kick like a mule.
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,770 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Anyone here ever fire a rifle chambered in 9.3 x 62 ?

    What would you compare it to?
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,770 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had a guy tell me today that synthetic rifle stocks absorb recoil much better than wooden stocks, now, I have never heard anything like that before and I'm not sure that it makes sense to me.

    Is there any truth/science to that claim?
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,770 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    how does the recoil of a 44mag desert eagle compare with say a redhawk? I'd imagine it's lower due to the movement of the slide, but if a person is recoil sensitive to this round in the redhawk would they still be in the desert eagle?
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,770 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have been reading up on a lot of different guns and different calibers. I see in the recoil colum different numbers. Some are for example 1.72 , 1.43, 2.12, . What do these numbers represent? I have seen recoil represented in foot pounds of felt energy before but never numbers like I posted. I looked at a weatherby 30-378 and it had a recoil rating of 2.24. What does that mean?
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Off the top of my head, it's a X times something. IE a 30-06 might be a 1.00 and the Wound-a-beast is 2.24 times more recoil?

    Recoil charts are a bit decieving, as all they give you is a free recoil #, where what you're really interested in is the "felt" recoil. What you feel as recoil is effected by stock shape and fit to the shooter, along with the acceleration in the barrel and muzzle climb.
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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ...you need to shoot a 30-378 and you will find out about numbers..[:o)]
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I no longer shoot guns that have a lot of recoil.

    I can't prove it, & there's been no research that I can find, but.....I believe that the higher the recoil & the more rounds fired, the greater your risk of stroke & dementia. Consider the fact that your brain slams forward & back within your skull due to recoil, not unlike a boxer who takes a punch to the head.

    Just something to consider.....

    Neal
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,527 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Weight of the rifle is a huge determination of how hard the gun recoils. But then again I have never understood why someone needs a rifle larger than an 30/06 or .308 to kill anything in North America. I don't hunt elephants, cape buffalo, rhino.
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  • FEENIXFEENIX Member Posts: 10,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    Weight of the rifle is a huge determination of how hard the gun recoils. But then again I have never understood why someone needs a rifle larger than an 30/06 or .308 to kill anything in North America. I don't hunt elephants, cape buffalo, rhino.


    Most people I know and hunt with do![:p][}:)]
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  • FEENIXFEENIX Member Posts: 10,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Tailgunner1954
    Off the top of my head, it's a X times something. IE a 30-06 might be a 1.00 and the Wound-a-beast is 2.24 times more recoil?

    Recoil charts are a bit decieving, as all they give you is a free recoil #, where what you're really interested in is the "felt" recoil. What you feel as recoil is effected by stock shape and fit to the shooter, along with the acceleration in the barrel and muzzle climb.


    +1! Check out >>> http://www.handloads.com/calc/recoil.asp
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  • Dads3040Dads3040 Member Posts: 13,552 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    Weight of the rifle is a huge determination of how hard the gun recoils. But then again I have never understood why someone needs a rifle larger than an 30/06 or .308 to kill anything in North America. I don't hunt elephants, cape buffalo, rhino.

    I use at least a .300 Winchester Mag for elk, because Wapati aren't very smart, and they often don't know that the shot from a 30-06 or .308 has killed them, so they run several miles until they understand and die.

    Seriously, they are big, tough animals, and I have had to drop several elk over the years for people who made good shots with an '06 or .308, but it wasn't enough to drop them. I have never had anything go more than a step after a shot from the .300 with my ElkSlayer loads.

    YMMV
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by nmyers
    I no longer shoot guns that have a lot of recoil.

    I can't prove it, & there's been no research that I can find, but.....I believe that the higher the recoil & the more rounds fired, the greater your risk of stroke & dementia. Consider the fact that your brain slams forward & back within your skull due to recoil, not unlike a boxer who takes a punch to the head.

    Just something to consider.....

    Neal

    Well that answers a lot of questions about some of our members[:D]
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,770 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by FEENIX
    quote:Originally posted by Tailgunner1954
    Off the top of my head, it's a X times something. IE a 30-06 might be a 1.00 and the Wound-a-beast is 2.24 times more recoil?

    Recoil charts are a bit decieving, as all they give you is a free recoil #, where what you're really interested in is the "felt" recoil. What you feel as recoil is effected by stock shape and fit to the shooter, along with the acceleration in the barrel and muzzle climb.


    +1! Check out >>> http://www.handloads.com/calc/recoil.asp


    Thank you for the link.
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,770 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dennisnielsen
    Wife & daughter both have one.

    Wife is 5'2" and petite,the Weatherbys weigh in at 7.5 lbs with sling,mounts & a big scope while pushing 210 grain Bergers.

    Just dont try shooting one without the brake.








    quote:Originally posted by pwillie




    ...you need to shoot a 30-378 and you will find out about numbers..[:o)]



    Dennis, she is married to you, she has to be tougher than nails.
    [:o)]
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