Are You Recoil Sensitive?

[Weldor]

To anwser the question. Yes.

 

[Samson7x]

Big magnums just aren't as fun to shoot for me. I didn't think I was recoil sensitive until I bought a tikka lite in 300wm. I quickly sold it simply because it sucked to shoot more than a few rounds with it. After that I started paying more attention to recoil. Duck hunting with 3.5" 12ga isn't as fun after a box of shells. I even switched my primary turkey gun from 3.5" 12ga to a 410 with tungsten which kills birds just as dead. I do still own a 50bmg but that's different with the huge brake.

 

[Miflatlander91]

I didnt think I was really recoil sensitive shot 300 win mags forever. After this year I didn’t shoot anything over a 22 creedmoor and recently took the 300 back out it just wasn’t enjoyable not so much the rock but the movement of the reticle


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[Choupique]

Recoil doesn't bother me, but physics cannot be defeated. Shooting the high recoil stuff well requires a more concentrated effort than the stuff that doesn't. Shooting a high recoil rifle with bad body postitioning never goes well.

 

[5811]

Still zero for choice 2. Where are all the "wind insurance" folks?

 

[Anubis]

Recoil doesn't really matter to me much, pretty high tolerance to a lot of things in general. There is a difference to me though as far as hunting vs. range shooting. Pretty much given, but a lot don't know the difference. To get back on topic though, I will say finding my choke for duck season on my 12g Browning BPS with the 3.5 steel shells will wear me out and bruise up just nice sometimes.

 

[huntnful]

Still zero for choice 2. Where are all the "wind insurance" folks?

Hahaha I'm a wind insurance folk, but #4 was a better fit. And wind insurance doesn't come into play for a long damn ways. Further than probably 90% of my kills.

And even then, it's only for first round hits, which you're likely to miss the wind call with either cartridge/caliber anyways. So as long as you can spot your hit, the follow up is equally as easy with big or small.

 

[mighteywhitehunter]

Recoil is not a factor for me when I am hunting and have a critter in front of me but... practicing for the hunting season and throughout the year is a different story. I definitely get a lot more practice with my smaller calibers due to them not kicking as much, being less expensive to shoot, and staying cooler for longer shot strings if I am making multiple shots. My rifles are as small as a .204 Ruger shooting 26gn Hammers all the way up to 300PRC slinging 212 ELD-Xs.