10 gauge recoil?
#1
10 gauge recoil?
Everyone I've ever talked to says a 10 gauge kicks like the devil, the worst you'll ever shoot, but I wonder if that's totally true. It doesn't throw any more lead any faster in turkey loads, and the guns are heavier, so why would it kick harder? The only reason I can think of for a 10 gauge would be waterfowl and turkey since it doesn't deform shot as much. Anyone know any more on the subject?
#3
RE: 10 gauge recoil?
Guys use them for geese and sandhill cranes a lot. I think they have lost popularity since the introduction of the 12 gauge 3.5" mag though. A 3.5" mag may have the same ft lbs of recoil as a .458 Win Mag, but shotgun recoil and rifle recoil are two different things. Rifles have a sharp kick, whereas shotguns have more of a push. I wouldn't think twice about the recoil of a 3.5" mag (or 10 gauge) being too much because the only time people use them is when they are hunting, and the adrenaline rush you get from shooting makes it so you don't even notice you're firing a gun.
#4
RE: 10 gauge recoil?
Hello. I've owned a 10 gauge Remington Sp 10 for probably 7 years now and have had a SBS and a pump. I hunt geese and turkeys with it. I also shoot a Benelli Super Black Eagle 12 gauge 3 1/2 inch mag. Both calibers throw the same amount of pellets. The ten gauge just thows them in a much better pattern. One reason is because the shot column is shorter therefore yeilding less deformed pellets. The 10 does it with less pressures yeilding less deformed pellets. The 10 (this is one I am not 100% sure on) is easier to build square loads (better proportioned loads ieressures, velocities, less powder). What a back-bored 12 gauge in the hands of a trap shooter does is imitate a 10 gauge, they are bored to 10 gauge specs. The 10 with its better patterns will give a better killing pattern at longer distances. The pattern will display a more dense, shorter shot string and less errant pellets lost. What you can do with taylored lead loads is to drop a flying goose under the best conditions is to drop a goose well past 75 yards (I won't tell you how far). The guns swing like clubs and the recoil? Well I cannot tell you. I patterned it once and never again. When you hunt with it you'll never feel it or go back to a 12 gauge for the true big game birds.There is some good info on this amazing shot shell. If you want more reading PM me. I'll be happy to direct you.
#5
RE: 10 gauge recoil?
ORIGINAL: wyotimberghost
A 3.5" mag may have the same ft lbs of recoil as a .458 Win Mag, but shotgun recoil and rifle recoil are two different things.
A 3.5" mag may have the same ft lbs of recoil as a .458 Win Mag, but shotgun recoil and rifle recoil are two different things.
#7
RE: 10 gauge recoil?
ORIGINAL: Rebel Hog
Really? Didn't knowthere wassuch a thing as Rifle Recoil and Shotgun Recoil?I thought ft/lbs was ft/lbs!!!
ORIGINAL: wyotimberghost
A 3.5" mag may have the same ft lbs of recoil as a .458 Win Mag, but shotgun recoil and rifle recoil are two different things.
A 3.5" mag may have the same ft lbs of recoil as a .458 Win Mag, but shotgun recoil and rifle recoil are two different things.
#10
RE: 10 gauge recoil?
Had one of those Brownings. Great gun! Works like a soldier and never complains. Only problem is that the stroke is too long for me but still one of the best 10 gauge buys.