What do you feel has more felt recoil 30.06 or 12 ga. Shooting 1oz. slugs with the shotgun,and around 165.gr. with the .30-06.(non autos.)

not too much difference from a bench.

I would suspect the 12 ga. has a little more recoil in terms of foot pounds, but it's not as sharp as the recoil impusle of the 30-06. I would agree with Vapordog - about the same "ouch" level.

For me the 30-06 kicks harder. However it really depends on the specific rifle. I have fired 5 or 6 different brands of ammo thru my slug gun so far and I don't feel any kick all that bad. I just got done shooting some brenneke's that weigh 600 grns out of a 3 inch magnum shell. I didn't think it was bad at all really. Of course my gun weighs over 10 lbs and has a recoil pad on it.

I to feel the high powered rifles seem to have a sharper kick to them. However if you shoot a 3 inch slug out of a light shotgun it will kick pretty hard as well. I think weight and stock design play a huge role in felt recoil.

Paul

Well you gotta tell us what shells you want to shoot out of the 12 ga.

If you are talking about 3/4 ounce target loads then the 30-06 kicks a lot more than a 12 ga.

If, on the other hand, you are talking about a 3.5 inch 2 ounce maximum turkey load then the 30-06 compares about like a .22 rim fire. This load is down right painful to shoot. Even once.

A 30-06 firing a 180 grain bullet is going to have about 20 foot pounds of free recoiling energy out of an 8 pound rifle. A 12 ga shooting the above turkey load is going to have about 60 foot pounds of free recoiling energy. This is equivalent to a 416 Rigby. So you tell me which one kicks harder.

I shoot 2 1/4oz turkeyloadsandit will kick harder than a 300 Ultra Mag. For kicks I put the shell specs and gun weight (870 Pump3.5inch mag)into a recoil calculator and came up with 57 lbs of recoil,way higher than my 06 at 28 LBS. I also checked the recoil of slugs and found them to be higher in recoil energy than an 06.

I have a Remington 870 Express12 ga.that has a 23 inchfully rifled barrel withcantilever scope mount set up. When shooting Winchester's 2 3/4"Partition Gold SabotSlugs orRemington's 2 3/4"Premier Core-Lokt Ultra Bonded Sabot Slugs the recoilis pretty stout.Therecoil feelsmore then my 444Marlin anddefinitely more then my Remington model 7600 Carbine in 30-06 did whenshooting Remington's 150 gr.Core-Lokt ammo, which is the only ammo I ever fired in it. Ishot my friends Remington 11-87turkey gun. I fired two 3 1/2" turkey loadsthrough it and will never shoot a 3 1/2" 12 ga. load of any kind ever again. It was just brutal!

I bet that was nasty ,the 2 3/4 turkey loads hurt plenty.[>:]

I hunt in both a rifle and a shotgun area so I sight both guns in at the same time each year. Hands down the shotgun isway meaner than my 30-06. The only upside to the recoil of the 12 ga is it made my new 300WM feel very tame. I don't have any calculations, only shooting them back to back as a comparison.

tbonecpa, you're saying a 12 ga. (shooting slugs)recoils more then a 300 Win. Mag., is that correct? I've never shot a 300 Win. Mag. soI have no idea, butI always wanted to know how the recoil comparedto a 12 ga. thanks!