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338 Lapua Magnum shooting a 300 grain SMK with no muzzle brake

An ultra light-weight Rem 700 in 7 STW shooting 168 VLD's.

And the worst was a 338 Win Mag in a light-weight Blaser R8 shooting 225 grain Barnes TTSX at top speed! It was brutal! The Blaser has no action. It's a stock, bolt and barrel and has no weight to it.

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I had a Browning L/H Stainless Stalker in 300 Win Mag that put
pressure wrinkles on my leupold and Burris Scopes with good rings, and that kicked so hard it would turn me 1/2 around. It
would pull threads from patches when I cleaned it..and after a lifetime of purchasing and owning Brownings, I quit..I also had a
muzzle loader that wouldn't go boom and I didn't know it was dbl
loaded w/two 54 cal. slugs and dbl charged that kicked me about 10 ft..but I didn't drop the weapon..it cracked the stock..DD

Maybe HWY_MAN shoiuld change his name to ARTILLERY_MAN ?.....maybe Don should too?....

30-06
Or 7mmWSM

300 win mag

Single shot .50cal and it scoped me pretty good.

Pistol grip mossy 3-1/2" magnum loads after 5 rounds I thought my thumb was broke!

When I was a small child at the tender age of 7yrs, I had a single shot breach loading 20ga shotgun, I believe it was made by Savage...... This was the shotgun from hell, it left me severely bruised, and that's using Winchester AA bird shot in it. My father's friend shot it, And he told my father to get rid of it after he shot it. I can tell you this a 12ga was real tame compared to this piece of #^%@

T/C Contender pistol in 45-70 off the bench. Got 12 rounds down range before I gave up. Was a week before I could put my thumb and fore finger together to pick up a piece of paper. I'll take my S&W 500 any day over that 45-70.

Barret .50 cal sniper rifle. I snugged the butt of the rifle up to the edge of my bullet proof vest, i adjusted a bit before firing, the rifle slipped off my vest giving about an inch between me and the rifle. I fired it jumped back and i couldn't move my shoulder for a while after that.

I have a 45-70 marlin and with some +P buffalo bore ammo it has a pop. My uncle has a model 660 in 350 Remington mag has a little kick, but they don't kick like a 460 weatherby I shot once.

A friends dad had a Remmy 700 BDL chambered in the short lived 8mm Remington Mag. It made his 458 Win Mag feel like a pellet gun. Im still not sure what was worse, the recoil or muzzle blast.

A Winchester 1300 18" HD 12g.

Never shot a rifle bigger than a 30.06

I hate hard kickers so I stick to the sissy guns, .270's and smaller. I put a new scope on my dads pump 30.06 and tried to sight it in for him, freaking brutal! I starting flinching so bad I quit even trying to get it dialed in, freaking trigger would never break at the same place twice and had a ton of slop. I still hate that gun and now own a lead sled.

My cousin gave me a 10 gauge when I was very young. I can't remember what shells we shot but we all took turns shooting it. After the 3 of us shot it two times a piece we put the butt of the gun against a tree and fired it. The recoil busted the stock on it.

I've shot quite a few magnum deer rifles but none of them compare to my Browning Sweet Sixteen. I have no idea why that gun kicks so much.

The worst handgun was a Ruger Alaskan in .454 (2.5" barrel) Some loads aren't to bad but others will draw blood from the recoil.

Tikka T3 Lite in 270 WSM was very unplesant though not really a large caliber. The lightweight and poorly designed stock/recoil pad caused for a good bit of discomfort. As a 12 year old I remember hunting with my newly gifted to me, NEF 12g single shot. I remember the bruises and pain inflicted while shooting a box of 12g 3" heavy pay load waterfowl loads in morning hunts. I then got a 1300 pump 12g and never went back to the old single shot that kicked like a mule

470 nitro express double rifle

24" h&r single shot slug 12 gauge.

For me it was a Winchester .338 magnum.

A 1937 Savage Model 720 Auto Loader 12 gauge. I have no idea why this shotgun kicked so much but it was definitely very uncomfortable to shoot. I hope its new owner likes it better than I did.

Ive seen those rifles NOS from the late 70's for sale with a price less then $400. I almost bought one at a gunshop/pawn. Until I saw the "30-06" on the barrel. No way in hades.

Forget that crap.

My cousins Browning (A-Bolt, I think) 300 Win Mag w/ 180 grain loads.

I shot it 3 or 4 times off the bag, then had to go to the vice. Shot 3 or 4 more times and had to quit. When I took it out of the vice, the trigger guard was broke. Ooops.
I have sworn off 300 Win Mags forever. Guess I should have known something was up when he asked me to sight in HIS rifle.

10 gauge semi auto magnum loads. 20 years ago friend says here try this. Duck flying at 11 o'clock. Put it up and wham! Dropped the thing in the mud like a sissy.

Don't laugh, 30-06 - certainly enough for me.

Sighted in a 458 win mag on the bench for a friend. Kicked real hard! Then, I shot his brother's 416 Rigby in a Ruger 1 and man, I really found out what kicking was! My sunglasses flew off my head and it knocked me back two steps. No shotgun ever kicked me like that.