Hardest kicking gun youve ever shot
11-01-2006, 10:26 PM
#13
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 85
RE: Hardest kicking gun youve ever shot
.58 caliber 1863 springfield reproduction musket with ALOT of powder, the thing weighed about 16lbs and had a long barrel but still knocked me on my rear end and left a HUGE bruise on my should thru the 3 shirts i had on. i was 12 at the time...but never felt a harder kick than that
11-02-2006, 12:34 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Kokomo, In.
Posts: 2,151
RE: Hardest kicking gun youve ever shot
My dad's old Winchester 12 ga...well maybe not so much the gun....
I was 13 at the time, andhad gone out dove hunting and was low on shells, so I grabbed a couple extra off the gun rack. The last one I shot, which obliterated the dove, turned out to be a 00 buck 3" high base shell. The whole time I was trying to relax when I shot, because I would pull too much from being too stiff. Well, when I shot that last shell, I relaxed too much. When I shot,I felt my shoulder slide out of socket and back. I almost dropped the gun after I shot. All I could do was let my arm hang and try not to breath because it hurt so much. I was sore for a couple of weeks after that.
The school of hard knocks was definitely in session that day!
I was 13 at the time, andhad gone out dove hunting and was low on shells, so I grabbed a couple extra off the gun rack. The last one I shot, which obliterated the dove, turned out to be a 00 buck 3" high base shell. The whole time I was trying to relax when I shot, because I would pull too much from being too stiff. Well, when I shot that last shell, I relaxed too much. When I shot,I felt my shoulder slide out of socket and back. I almost dropped the gun after I shot. All I could do was let my arm hang and try not to breath because it hurt so much. I was sore for a couple of weeks after that.
The school of hard knocks was definitely in session that day!
Rifle wise, likely the Barrett .50 cal sniper rifle @ Ft. Campbell and .338 civilian wise.