What is the most powerful firearm you've ever shot?
03-10-2011, 03:24 PM
#11
Surprisingly pretty tame, the muzzle break took a ton out of the recoil. But I made the mistake of standing behind and to the side of the gun when my friend shot, instead of directly behind, and the shockwave nearly knocked me off my feet, haha.
Here's how we set it up to shoot at a propane tank about 700 yards away. We couldn't find 700 yards (what the scope was sighted in for) of flat land anywhere on the ranch, so we had to put it on top of the golf cart to raise it up enough to see the target.
Here's another picture from that weekend just because I think it's a funny picture. We found a fur coat in one of the closets and did a gangster/pimp photo shoot. We couldn't find a pimp cane though
Here's how we set it up to shoot at a propane tank about 700 yards away. We couldn't find 700 yards (what the scope was sighted in for) of flat land anywhere on the ranch, so we had to put it on top of the golf cart to raise it up enough to see the target.
Here's another picture from that weekend just because I think it's a funny picture. We found a fur coat in one of the closets and did a gangster/pimp photo shoot. We couldn't find a pimp cane though
03-10-2011, 03:29 PM
#12
I watched the guy next to me at the range with one of those.... 
it was surprisingly tame...I didn't make that mistake but man it's still pretty fiercesome!
I single hand .44mag and can get a hundred or so 30-06 down range without wincing but never really fired much bigger unless you count 12ga.
it was surprisingly tame...I didn't make that mistake but man it's still pretty fiercesome!I single hand .44mag and can get a hundred or so 30-06 down range without wincing but never really fired much bigger unless you count 12ga.
03-10-2011, 03:56 PM
#15
Title is self explanatory, and this excludes cannons and the such. Talking hand held firearms here. Also, I'd say exclude a 12 gauge or smaller shotgun off of your list unless it's the only thing you've shot.
I'll have to say mine would be my Mosin Nagant (7.62x54R).
I'll have to say mine would be my Mosin Nagant (7.62x54R).
03-10-2011, 05:15 PM
#19
Rifle-375H&H but i think the weatherby 30-378 kicks harder even though its a smaller caliber
Pistol-500 magnum
Shotgun-old school double barrel 10ga
Stupid-single shot 50 like txtahoe posted, it feels like the kick of a 12ga with a 3.5 magnum steel shell. So not that bad but enough to damn sure get your attention.
To expand on what he was talking about with the muzzle break, Ive never had the misfortune of being around a 50 in the wrong place with a muzzle break but my dads 8mm mag has a break on it and in Colorado we were on the side of a rock face under a rock ledge glassing the other side of the canyon when he cranked off a round, to this day I think the hearing in my right ear isnt so great because of that and its been almost 6 years now. Muzzle breaks are the **** though, my wife can shoot our 338RUM since it has one. She will only shoot it once but she will shoot it
Pistol-500 magnum
Shotgun-old school double barrel 10ga
Stupid-single shot 50 like txtahoe posted, it feels like the kick of a 12ga with a 3.5 magnum steel shell. So not that bad but enough to damn sure get your attention.
To expand on what he was talking about with the muzzle break, Ive never had the misfortune of being around a 50 in the wrong place with a muzzle break but my dads 8mm mag has a break on it and in Colorado we were on the side of a rock face under a rock ledge glassing the other side of the canyon when he cranked off a round, to this day I think the hearing in my right ear isnt so great because of that and its been almost 6 years now. Muzzle breaks are the **** though, my wife can shoot our 338RUM since it has one. She will only shoot it once but she will shoot it
