Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 13, 2022, 06:22:52 PM
What the biggest shoulder fired rifle you own and the biggest you have fired?
I own and hunt with a 458 Lott. The biggest I have fired is a 585 nyati my buddy owns.
Post by: Bob33 on December 13, 2022, 06:26:14 PM
Post by: Rob on December 13, 2022, 06:29:19 PM
Love the big bores.
Post by: rainshadow1 on December 13, 2022, 06:31:43 PM
338wm fired (and own.) Edit... OOoooooo wait, I had a 45/70 Contender once for awhile... boy that thing kicked like a kangaroo on steroids!
Own a 375AI barreled action, but haven't built it yet.
Post by: wadu1 on December 13, 2022, 06:35:30 PM
Post by: fishngamereaper on December 13, 2022, 06:39:23 PM
Fired... Barrett 50
Post by: NRA4LIFE on December 13, 2022, 06:39:53 PM
Own, .300 Win Mag.
Post by: BKMFR on December 13, 2022, 06:40:43 PM
Biggest owned: .375 H&H
Post by: MADMAX on December 13, 2022, 06:59:32 PM
Biggest owned: .300 RUM
Post by: Lucky1 on December 13, 2022, 07:02:08 PM
Shot 50 cals a couple times.
Post by: Duckslayer89 on December 13, 2022, 07:09:29 PM
Post by: jrebel on December 13, 2022, 07:10:24 PM
Biggest fired: 416 rigby Not fun to shoot at all.
Post by: Emptyhanded on December 13, 2022, 07:30:01 PM
Fired: 423 Dakota
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Post by: jowings22 on December 13, 2022, 07:47:56 PM
Fired - .338 win mag
Own - .300 win mag
Unless a 50 cal ML counts :dunno:
Post by: 10thmountainarcher on December 13, 2022, 08:13:27 PM
Fired: Mk 19 40MM HE
Post by: Ridgeratt on December 13, 2022, 08:16:16 PM
Post by: MountainWalk on December 13, 2022, 08:23:02 PM
The most powerful I’ve touched off, a 458 WM.
Post by: Jonathan_S on December 13, 2022, 08:28:09 PM
Post by: Ingwe on December 13, 2022, 08:48:54 PM
Did own and shot, and hunted with 416 Remington mag
Post by: Magnum_Willys on December 13, 2022, 08:55:10 PM
338 Lapuai AI is my softest recoiling rifle with T4 brake and gel pad despit 300 gr Bergers at 3000 fps
Post by: pd on December 13, 2022, 09:30:21 PM
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on December 13, 2022, 09:35:28 PM
Post by: h2ofowlr on December 13, 2022, 09:38:50 PM
Biggest Fired: 20mm Anzio
Post by: NRA4LIFE on December 13, 2022, 09:41:05 PM
10 Ga. Puts a smackdown on most anything in range ….
338 Lapuai AI is my softest recoiling rifle with T4 brake and gel pad despit 300 gr Bergers at 3000 fps
OMIGOD, forgot about the 10ga I own. Bought a single shot from my dad for 50 bucks about 30 years ago. First time I shot it up against the front of a wooden shot bench nearly cracked my brain case.
Post by: Dan-o on December 13, 2022, 09:49:16 PM
Biggest fired is probably my 7mm Rem Mag. I have also shot a 10 gauge.
Biggest woned: I owned a 375 H&H AI for a dozen years. Saw the neighbor walking out the door with it and when I commented he said he was headed to the pawn shop. So, I ended up with a 375 H&H AI.
Here's the funny part:
1. I never shot it. It came with a bunch of ammo, but I never felt the need.
2. When I bought it, and when I subsequently sold it, I didn't know it was an Ackley Improved.
I sold it to a member on here, and a little while later he contacted me and said it was an AI.
He noticed that some of the ammo was AI, so he checked the bore. Sure enough... it's an AI. The barrel was never marked AI (bad gunsmithing practice).
I offered to buy it back, but he was good with it.
Post by: scotsman on December 13, 2022, 09:58:09 PM
Got to shoot this a lot, free ammo too!
Post by: wadu1 on December 13, 2022, 10:25:48 PM
Post by: builtfordtough on December 13, 2022, 10:30:56 PM
Post by: Romulus1297 on December 13, 2022, 10:45:05 PM
Go Rat Patrol :chuckle:
Got to shoot this a lot, free ammo too!
Post by: TVHunts on December 14, 2022, 03:24:18 AM
50 BMG
Post by: jasnt on December 14, 2022, 05:08:48 AM
Now 300wm owned
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 14, 2022, 05:20:12 AM
Post by: Russ McDonald on December 14, 2022, 06:28:05 AM
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Post by: bhawley76 on December 14, 2022, 06:48:34 AM
Biggest shot 50 BMG
Post by: C-Money on December 14, 2022, 07:17:49 AM
Fired 300win mag
Post by: BLH69 on December 14, 2022, 07:33:36 AM
Post by: Woodchuck on December 14, 2022, 07:38:43 AM
Fired, 120mm 8)
Post by: CP on December 14, 2022, 07:43:57 AM
Post by: Farmer72 on December 14, 2022, 07:45:19 AM
Fired 50 BMG
Post by: HooknoseHunter on December 14, 2022, 08:19:35 AM
Shot: 375 Ruger Hawkeye African
Post by: Macs B on December 14, 2022, 08:22:31 AM
The biggest I own is a 470NE and a 375 HH.
Worst kicking rifle, I ever owned, or shot was a Weatherby Mk 5 in 378 Weatherby Magnum. The recoil from that thing was absolutely insane.
Post by: Evil_EdwardO on December 14, 2022, 09:06:00 AM
Fired: 50 BMG
Post by: Fidelk on December 14, 2022, 09:55:29 AM
Formerly owned/fired: Browning 1886 in .45/70 Govt. With the curved metal butt pad, it was a brutal beast to shoot.......think I went 9 rounds once.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 14, 2022, 10:20:45 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 14, 2022, 10:35:24 AM
Post by: jeffro on December 14, 2022, 10:49:30 AM
in order of painfulness:
Barrett .50
Remington .300RUM
Rock River .458 Socom
Remington 870 12g w/ Hastings rifled slug barrel
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 14, 2022, 10:54:16 AM
All owned and shot
in order of painfulness:
Barrett .50
Remington .300RUM
Rock River .458 Socom
Remington 870 12g w/ Hastings rifled slug barrel
Wow, nice stuff.
Post by: LDennis24 on December 14, 2022, 11:00:51 AM
Cool 50 bmg Nilgai hunt
https://youtube.com/shorts/kaaLrPw2D4o?feature=share
Post by: duhameister on December 14, 2022, 11:53:21 AM
Biggest shot - M1A1 Abrams 120mm smooth bore ;), okay technically not a rifle..... so it would be the Browning M2 .50 cal
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 14, 2022, 12:04:11 PM
Shot: .50 Barrett
Kicked the most: 300 Wby Mag :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: baldopepper on December 14, 2022, 12:15:53 PM
Post by: jackelope on December 14, 2022, 12:18:32 PM
Post by: fishngamereaper on December 14, 2022, 12:21:27 PM
If we are going to go down the biggest rabbit hole... I've lite some fuses and pushed some buttons over the years.... :o :chuckle:
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 14, 2022, 12:34:24 PM
I'm pretty sure carp said "shoulder" fired in his op.... :chuckle:
If we are going to go down the biggest rabbit hole... I've lite some fuses and pushed some buttons over the years.... :o :chuckle:
:yeah:
I'd have to re-do my post... :(
Biggest: TOW Missile
Biggest Shoulder Fired: Dragon Missile
Post by: baldopepper on December 14, 2022, 01:11:15 PM
Bowling ball cannon. Shot old bowling balls 1/2 mile when loaded properly. Made from old oxygen tank, bolianwling balls bought at thrift shopes for virtually nothing.oops, missed the shoulder part, but definitely not illegal to own or shoot as a civilian.
Post by: birddogdad on December 14, 2022, 01:34:55 PM
458 win mag
375 H&H
340 WBY Mag
375 Cheytac
all shoot well and bark with authority, the cheytac is fun to work my distance glasses prescription!
Post by: callturner on December 14, 2022, 02:19:29 PM
Post by: Mulie87 on December 14, 2022, 02:29:40 PM
Shot- Browning M2 machine gun
Post by: 10thmountainarcher on December 14, 2022, 02:32:39 PM
I'm pretty sure carp said "shoulder" fired in his op.... :chuckle:
If we are going to go down the biggest rabbit hole... I've lite some fuses and pushed some buttons over the years.... :o :chuckle:
Doesn’t change the diameter of the round for me😂 M320 40MM for shoulder fired.
Post by: Atlas1993 on December 14, 2022, 02:36:12 PM
Own a 375 H&H.
Post by: wadu1 on December 14, 2022, 02:41:32 PM
:yeah:I'm pretty sure carp said "shoulder" fired in his op.... :chuckle:
If we are going to go down the biggest rabbit hole... I've lite some fuses and pushed some buttons over the years.... :o :chuckle:
:yeah:
I'd have to re-do my post... :(
Biggest: TOW Missile
Biggest Shoulder Fired: Dragon Missile
I'll have to add LAW, shoulder fired can we say FUN
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 14, 2022, 03:49:19 PM
Post by: fishngamereaper on December 14, 2022, 03:58:46 PM
I'm pretty sure carp said "shoulder" fired in his op.... :chuckle:
If we are going to go down the biggest rabbit hole... I've lite some fuses and pushed some buttons over the years.... :o :chuckle:
Doesn’t change the diameter of the round for me😂 M320 40MM for shoulder fired.
I guess diameter matter's. :chuckle:
But there's really no recoil on those.....so does it really count. :o
Post by: ASHQUACK on December 14, 2022, 04:21:54 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 14, 2022, 05:01:32 PM
I owned a 50bmg for a few years was a lot of fun. Wasn’t bad but on recoil with the huge brake the concussion was the bad part. Also I thought I was going to go blind after shooting a barrett with the dang triangle brake prone. The amount of crap that blew back in my face was astronomical lol. Even with glasses it wasn’t very kind on the eyes.
Post by: Magnum_Willys on December 14, 2022, 05:37:26 PM
Bowling ball cannon. Shot old bowling balls 1/2 mile when loaded properly. Made from old oxygen tank, bowling balls bought at thrift shopes for virtually nothing.
That sounds crazy ! Propellant ? I see the old time cannons that fired 4 and 5" balls and the barrels are a couple inch thick walls. Oxygen tank ???
Post by: MountainWalk on December 14, 2022, 06:07:28 PM
Post by: MADMAX on December 14, 2022, 06:17:05 PM
Kicks light
I use a bipod
I agree its not my walking around gun
Post by: baldopepper on December 14, 2022, 06:55:32 PM
used black powder and the large oxygen tanks from welding sets. Cut the outlet end off, drill a fuse hole on the other end. My brother made a couple of em, not sure where he got the plans. Fun to shoot and then go retrieve the bowling balls and shoot again. I think there are plans on line and actually think he use Pyrodex powder. Darn smokey when they go offBowling ball cannon. Shot old bowling balls 1/2 mile when loaded properly. Made from old oxygen tank, bowling balls bought at thrift shopes for virtually nothing.
That sounds crazy ! Propellant ? I see the old time cannons that fired 4 and 5" balls and the barrels are a couple inch thick walls. Oxygen tank ???
Post by: Slow-drifter on December 14, 2022, 08:35:15 PM
Post by: jasnt on December 14, 2022, 09:08:07 PM
All these big guns, but how well do we shoot them away from a bench or a lead sled?You might be surprised
Post by: MountainWalk on December 14, 2022, 09:10:40 PM
Post by: Rob on December 14, 2022, 09:29:14 PM
All these big guns, but how well do we shoot them away from a bench or a lead sled?You might be surprised
Indeed. I did a fun scenario dangerous game shoot in Libby a few years back with a 450 Dakota. Moving cape buffalo targets, run and shoot relays, charging Lions, etc. The big bore shot well. Never used a lead sled on a bench, and bench shooting is brutal on the shoulder. I'll take field shooting over Bench shooting anytime!
The 450 Dakota spits out a 500 grain bullet at 2400 fps with recoil about 3x a 30.06.
Post by: Rob on December 14, 2022, 09:31:35 PM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 15, 2022, 06:14:21 AM
Post by: lee on December 15, 2022, 06:57:24 AM
Owned: 50BMG
Post by: Jpmiller on December 15, 2022, 08:58:28 AM
Post by: thinkingman on December 15, 2022, 09:27:03 AM
Biggest owned-I guess my Tikka 300WSM or 12ga with turkey loads.
Post by: mcrawfordaf on December 15, 2022, 09:52:32 AM
Biggest fired: 50bmg
Post by: Buckjunkie on December 15, 2022, 10:08:18 AM
Fired - 500 nitro in a double, two different 50 BMGs, both had massive breaks. 460 Weatherby no break.
The 460 was the least comfortable to shoot. I only fired it twice from a standing position. I think it would be rough from a bench.
Post by: BigGoonTuna on December 15, 2022, 11:29:48 AM
My old .45-70 with full house loads and 10 gauge with 3.5” slugs would be runners up, no longer own them though.
Post by: Angry Perch on December 15, 2022, 11:38:38 AM
Fired: Same
I'm a recoil wimp. I watched a guy shoot a .500 Nitro Express at the range and it hurt.
Post by: 7mmfan on December 15, 2022, 02:44:55 PM
Post by: jasnt on December 15, 2022, 03:00:28 PM
Post by: mountainman on December 15, 2022, 07:43:30 PM
Post by: lee on December 16, 2022, 05:55:59 AM
Post by: Rigby416 on December 17, 2022, 09:56:19 PM
Largest owned .458 Lott, .458 Win Mag, .416 Rigby, .375 H&H Mag. I prefer to shoot the .458's and .416 off sticks. The .375 is a soft shooter so I shoot it on the bench as well.
Post by: Rigby416 on December 17, 2022, 09:58:32 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 17, 2022, 10:41:27 PM
The 585 577 and 460 wby are all shoulder crackers if not tamed down well. My lott is middle of the road no brake but heavy enough to not beat a guy up to bad.
I love me some small caliber rifles. That I can shoot all day and spend tons of time with. Those are great for 99% of the hunting I do. How ever something about a 500-1000 grain chunk of metal making that huge thud when it hits just makes me smile ear to ear.