I love big guns but the one I remember was a Savage 99 in 308. Bad ju ju!

Well said.

But, I do see folks with heavy hitting rifles faithfully on target every time too.

Rocket launcher off the back of a U.S. Naval submarine.

Rifle: 700 nitro express out of a H&H side by side. pistol was and American Derringer Alaskan in 45/70. It took 2 months for the bruise to go away after the 700. The Alaskan jumped out of my hands both times.

7 mag in a 5 lbs gun.

10 gauge shotgun on a duck hunt when I was 18 !

November 1977 ouch

I guess my single shot Handi-Rifle in 500 S&W Magnum.

375 h&h ultra mag it took meat on both end's... lol

10ga 3.5" slugs

Hot .45/70 handloads out of an 8 1/3 lb. rifle (total weight). These were 550 grain cast bullets that the manual showed as moving out at 1800 fps. I only fired 5 rounds but could have stood more.

The nastiest kicker I had was a 6.5 x 55 Winchester Model 70 Featherweight (6 3/4 pounds + scope) which comes standard with a 1/4 inch hard rubber pad. Until I changed out the pad for a thick Pachmayr Decelerator, this thing was cringe inducing. It left my shoulder purple/yellow after every shooting session.

458 Lott with 500gr handloads, didn't hurt but it pushed me back a few steps. On a bench it would be brutal.

Agree with this! Mine is a 14" bbl with no brake! They should've sold it with a gun crew, ear muffs, and a chain to hold the barrel down. However it works real good on deer at 125yds.

6 1/2 lb 338 Win Mag with Federal High Energy 250 grain Partitions, that combo makes 375's feel like [censored] cats!

My dad took a single barrel 16ga. Placed it on a can. Shot the thing off. I was about 11 when he showed me. After watching the can get smashed flat...I stopped asking if i could shoot it.

It had been my grandpa's shottys. he had hollowed a space in the stock, and place some lead balls in it in an attempt to keep it from knocking the crap out of you.

So you could say that was the hardest kicking firearm...I never shot. It's also why I never bought a 12ga single barrel.

Daisy Red Ryder

500 S&W and a ultra light .270

been there; done that...

Ouch! That would be murder!

45-70

Yup that gun drew blood on my buddy (the owner of it) more than once! The crazy part is that it shot sub MOA with the HE Federal loads at 200 yards if you could handle shooting it.

Pretty bad when your shooting a 375 H&H with 300 grain loads and laughing at the guy with the 338WM!

.458 Win. Mag. I was at the range and saw the guy shooting it, he said he was getting ready to go to Africa. He was a small guy and it was just about knocking him off the bench. I watched him a while and he asked if I'd like to shoot it. Wouldn't want to plink with it, but I didn't think it was too bad.

Single shot 12 gauge with high velocity steel shot, 3x left my shoulder nice and bruised.

I owned a Winchester 670 in 300 win mag. Traded it off several years ago and is probably the only gun I've ever sold without regret.

458 win mag, did not care for it at all.

Of late, a friend's Thompson Encore in 7 Rem Mag and 175 SMKs. The light weight rifle is not much fun to shoot.

Every round I've fired has been prone on the bipod, proper form, loading the bipod and its still pushing on me pretty hard.