Recoil!

[Mike]

http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/16789

 

[Sandhusker]

What kind of a gun is that?

 

[Anonymous]

If that don't give you a flinch nothing will :roll: :lol: :lol:

Reminds me of a story an old outfitter told me about the 8 gauge double rifle with about 18 inch barrels he used to pack as a back up to Grizzly's or Kodiaks-- if you hit them they were dead, but if the second barrel triggered from the recoil like it occasionally did- you wished you were..

 

[Mike]

What kind of a gun is that?

.577 T-Rex/Custom built "A-Square", I believe.

shoots a 750 grain bullet at about 2200-2600 FPS.

That's a whopping 10,000 ft lbs of ENERGY!

The stock was fitted with 3 mercury recoil supressors!

Cartridge case holds about 180 grains of powder.......................

 

[Red Robin]

Makes my arm hurt to watch it. Most of those folks never shouldered a rifle in their life.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Did you guys notice that it looks like atleast 2 different guns?

One looks like a ruger #1 and the other a bolt action. I only watched it once but that's what i thought i saw.

 

[Mike]

Did you guys notice that it looks like atleast 2 different guns?

One looks like a ruger #1 and the other a bolt action. I only watched it once but that's what i thought i saw.

The guys who made the video are avid reloaders and big game hunters. They probably have a hundred different guns that have the recoil that these do.

Check it out: http://www.accuratereloading.com/

The picture on the front page is the shooting tunnel they are shooting in.

I calculated the "Recoil Energy" of this gun and cartridge.

It came out to 130 Foot Pounds of Energy at 26 Feet Per Second!

 

[Sandhusker]

Makes my arm hurt to watch it. Most of those folks never shouldered a rifle in their life.

They probably won't ever do it again, either!

 

[Mike]

Another video. This one is a hoot!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=456040337810378856

 

[Red Robin]

Another video. This one is a hoot!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=456040337810378856

Mike I didn't undertand a word he said but I sure got the tone of the statement! :lol:

 

[Happy go lucky]

The problem is why would they build such a gun with that short of a barrel, in that weight of barrel and over all weight? I would think like the 50 cal BMG they would wan't some serious weight of the gun to handle recoil much better and flinch would be a serious concern with that gun in that barrel and stock configuration, 1 shot and "most" would be a flincher for along time!

I would have made it a heavy barrel with 28"-32" of length and went with a bigger stock and one that offered much more weight, also for accuracy sound would be much louder, but a muzzle break would be mandatory for great accuracy.

 

[Mike]

They made it as light as they could so that "Bwana" wouldn't get tired of carrying it in the field. :lol: