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Any suggestions on reducing recoil on shoulders post major injury.
Im 3 months into rehab and starting to want to get out hunting ( at least 3 months to go).
Would like to use my 300WSM as need to have some power at longer ranges to make up for a lack of mobility ( wrecked ankle also ).
Any tips, tricks, techniques or preffered products that can be reccomended ?
Shoot small animals at closer ranges with smaller calibre rifle! :thumbsup:
Small animals will weight less - more so when you bone them out on the spot and only take the meat!
A smaller calibre rifle will typically shoot a lighter weight projectile meaning less recoil. Smaller calibre rifle will likely be lighter over all as well, saving your ankle. You could put a muzzle break on your smaller calibre rifle to further reduce the recoil without increasing the weight much.
Shooting them at closer ranges will suit your smaller calibre rifle and also mean you have to carry the less meat a shorter distance, saving both your shoulder and you ankle!
I suggest you hunt rabbits with a 22LR - have fun!
Another option would be take up fishing! ;)
Brake it. Or buy a smaller calibre.
The 300 already has a suppressor.
Im sick of shooting small animals !!!
I can run the 308 barrel but would like the range and margin for error that the 300 has.
Get a gel pad for your shoulder, as used by shot gunners, stops the bruising
The best ways to decrease recoil is to increase the rifle mass, reduce the projectile mass and velocity, use a muzzle brake or a suppressor. What recoil pad do you have? Limbsavers work well to reduce recoil.
Seeing as you want to keep it for long range shooting reducing projectile mass and velocity is probably not an option, increasing rifle mass is hard to do and might damage your shoulder when carrying. I would get a muzzle brake made up and buy some electronic ear muffs. I have one of KiwiGregs T2's on my 7RUM, it is awesome!
Get a decent recoil shield.
I got one for shooting my steel butt plated Mosin Nagant. Now I can shoot it all day.
They work, plenty of thickness options and size options.
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I had a shoulder rebuilt twice 7? Years ago, it has 21 screws in it!! I found recoil very painful for the first year, did rather well shooting left hand for while but difficult with everything on the wrong side, tried suppressing guns but still didn't take the initial push out that was causing the grieve.
Brought a brake of Kiwi Greg after my gun smith said give one a go, and never looked back, a T2 or similar on your Wsm will make recoil non existent.
When your injury is better you can dump the brake if you want.
You could go hunting with a mate and have them shoot it and carry it! :thumbsup:
You could replace the projectiles in your 300WSM with wax - reduced projectile weight means reduced recoil and wax projectiles won't hit anything so you don't need to carry anything afterwards!
If you are right handed, you could shoot left handed!
Hunt only with a camera! Camera is cheaper and lighter than a new rifle.
F&%k, my helpfulness is on fire today! :yuush:
.243? Still reaches out a long way and very mild to shoot with a suppressor on it. Heavy weight rifles will be your friend in reducing recoil too.
My arm is shaped like a banana, 2 plates, 21 screws...like brads said, it gets better:thumbsup:
I'm with the others that have suggested a T2 brake.
I'm really impressed with mine.
well Im going to play devils advocate here...AGAIN......
if you have stuffed shoulder so recoil is an issue and a stuffed ankle so mobility is an issue??????how the hell are you intending to recover and utilise any animal you shoot?????
my .270 now wears a GW Spartan suppressor and it has taken recoil way down. if you limit your range a LITTLE you could drop projectile weight a LITTLE and that will drop recoil a LOT.
why not put 300 away for now and use smaller cartridge and sneak in closer slowly?????
The only way to significantly reduce recoil is a decent muzzle brake, suppressors aren't the answer for recoil reduction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqHCTZ5Wh9s
I will be doing some comparisons in a week or two with the 300 Wsm.
I agree with Kiwi Greg. Brakes are the only way to reduce recoil. I think I was told suppressors reduce by about 20% and brakes can be upwards towards 50%. I reckon a brake halved the recoil on my magnum I had.
And i thought i was subtle... :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
All good points.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Being winter Im not too worried about the meat going off in a hurry.
I have a few keen young chaps handy who will come out the next day to help with the meat ( for a share ).
Sadly I don't even have the option of using the right hand bolt in my Blaser ( Im left handed ) as I injured both shoulders at the same time !!
Im thinking the Past recoil shields look like they might be the way to go.
+1 on the Limbsaver recoil pads. Big difference on my 308 but admittedly the recoil is only really a problem at the range where you shoot multiple rounds.
At the end of the day though when the big callibres speak the prey drops so you should only need to let off one shot.
I have a removable brake for my 270WSM. It's the best thing of ever done!
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Put the 308 barrel / suppressor on it today with the biggest heaviest Nightforce scope ( the joy of blaser saddle mounts ) and 125 grain accubonds.
Put new THLR cheek rest riser on to help get shoulder and cheek all in the correct alignment.
THLR seems to work well.
Shot well on the bench and only started to hurt after 6 shots.
So will stick to that for now ... looks pretty unusual with massive nightforce on bush pig length R93 !!
Well done mate and thanks for my new toy[emoji106][emoji106]
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125grn through .308...now your thinking right, go get em and don't forget to post us some photos. the ballistic tips are cheap as chips too and might even shoot to similar P.O.I. if your lucky.
The BTs and accubonds shoot to the exact same point of aim for me.Quote:
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Worked up a decent ballistic chart today ( never bothered with the 308 previously as not for long range ) and checked it on my 400m range.
Almost perfectly on with the JMB ballistics calculator and grouped just under 100mm at 400m
limbsaver will help in a big way.Quote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
I had my right shoulder under the knife 3 years ago, they went in in 4 different locations around the shoulder to fix it. I waited about 3 months before getting behind any rifles and in that period I spent some dough fitting muzzle brakes and Limbsavers to a few of my rifles.
I can shoot both my 300win mags all day with no problems. Last year I bought shift14's 375h&h and the same mods plus the addition of a strapon shoulder pad before I even pulled the trigger, it works a treat.
Got away yesterday for first proper hunt. Didn't see anything in the evening.
But got onto 2 reds very early this morning and dropped the yearling at exactly 375m with the 308 / 125 accubond load as listed above ( couldn't get any closer ).
Got a teenage son of a friend to help get the last of the meat out this afternoon.
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Nice one David, good to see your getting back out on the hill again!
I finally got the 338LMAI up and running today and stretched its legs out to 1200m.
I recon it probably recoils about the same as a 308, except it's launching a 300 grain projectile at 2975fps! :-)
Your welcome to have a play if you want to see how effective the break is!
good stuff Akaroa....... now I sure hope you gave them lads a cold beer or six after they helped you process all that primo venni????
