Weatherby Mark V Accumark
06-27-2015, 03:09 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kansas
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Handguns tend to be the equalizer though. Big guys have the durability in their hands, strength in their wrists, and the inertia in their arms to soak up punishing revolvers. Smaller shooters + big bore handguns = muzzle climb, that's just a fact of life.
Those 7mm super-mags are a bit different too. Recoil Energy numbers don't always tell the whole story, even with a well fit rifle - when my 500grn pills leave the tube at 2200fps, they feel very different than a 180grn 7mm pill leaving at 3000fps (fastest I've pushed a 7RUM). That short recoil impulse makes a lot less feel like a lot more.
06-27-2015, 04:52 PM
#24
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2007
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I played contact sports; even as kids we enjoyed pull'in both triggers on my uncle's 12 gauge SXS.
...........Grew up shooting slugs and 36" bolt action goose guns.
I think it is largely about good shooting form.
BTW - I'm 5'6" & 150lbs. -
just love it !!!
06-28-2015, 07:06 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,695
I've had to elaborate on this many-a-time in different rifle instruction courses, or hunter's safety live fire sessions. Big guys have a lot of inertia, whereas their lil' wives that come along get shoved around by their rifles/shotguns. I love heavy recoiling rifles, but even for my wife and I - 6" shorter and 75lbs lighter, she'll be smiling and making smoke at the range long after I've packed up my big bores for the day.
Handguns tend to be the equalizer though. Big guys have the durability in their hands, strength in their wrists, and the inertia in their arms to soak up punishing revolvers. Smaller shooters + big bore handguns = muzzle climb, that's just a fact of life.
Those 7mm super-mags are a bit different too. Recoil Energy numbers don't always tell the whole story, even with a well fit rifle - when my 500grn pills leave the tube at 2200fps, they feel very different than a 180grn 7mm pill leaving at 3000fps (fastest I've pushed a 7RUM). That short recoil impulse makes a lot less feel like a lot more.
Handguns tend to be the equalizer though. Big guys have the durability in their hands, strength in their wrists, and the inertia in their arms to soak up punishing revolvers. Smaller shooters + big bore handguns = muzzle climb, that's just a fact of life.
Those 7mm super-mags are a bit different too. Recoil Energy numbers don't always tell the whole story, even with a well fit rifle - when my 500grn pills leave the tube at 2200fps, they feel very different than a 180grn 7mm pill leaving at 3000fps (fastest I've pushed a 7RUM). That short recoil impulse makes a lot less feel like a lot more.
Us big fella's have a greater mass that is working AGAINST the inertia created from the recoil. In other words, it takes so much more to get our big butts moving that we have naturally absorbed more punishment than smaller framed folks inside of the recoil pulse. (Shhhh don't tell noone I'm a little smart) 
And RR, you aint joking about the bruises. When I was younger I didn't hardly bruise from anything. Nowadays you look at me hard and a bruise will form! My whole right side is still one big bruise from that fall a few weeks ago!
06-29-2015, 06:55 AM
#26
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Idaho
Posts: 1,081
I think this is the scope I am going with.
http://www.vortexoptics.com/product/...eticle/reticle
Or this one.
http://nightforceoptics.com/shv/4-14x56
http://www.vortexoptics.com/product/...eticle/reticle
Or this one.
http://nightforceoptics.com/shv/4-14x56
Last edited by fritz1; 06-29-2015 at 03:31 PM.
06-29-2015, 10:03 AM
#28
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Idaho
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I love my Vortex scopes, but I might go with a Nightforce, depending on my financial situation when I get ready for it. At this point in time, it looks like the Vortex but I am not scopeing it yet, maybe I will have more money to spare at a latter date.
07-19-2015, 06:41 AM
#29
Nontypical Buck
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Here it is. I am pretty happy with it. I havnt got my brass yet, they are on the way here, so I box a box of Nosler 160gr Accubond factory loads to try in it. It will shoot, I shot two 3 shot groups with it at 100 yards, one was a 1", the other was a shade under a 1", with facvtory ammo. I cant wait to load some of my own to see how it will really shoot.
