RE: TAMING A 338 WIN MAG HELP!
Hi LiquidOrange:
I am going to chime in here and say ELKampMaster is right.
Body size has little correlation with felt recoil. I am 5' 7" , 160, and EKM had me shooting skeet (on the ground) with 500 NE at 50 yds. Prior to that, we shot a bunch of skeet with .458 win mag.
The .458 did not fit me AT ALL. I had at least 2 feet of muzzle jump. The .500 fit me well, as did EKM' s .416 Rigby. The Rigby had a bigger punch than either, but because of fit, was not painful, at all. Much of this was done offhand.
I can think of better things to do than shoot a box of .338 off a bench. I don' t care what anyone on this board says, you aren' t going to have a pleasant day shooting boxes of .338 off the bench, regardless of the recoil pad or your shooting skill or pain threshold. Have someone take a peek at your shooting, get her sighted in and get off that bench.