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The Weatherby recoil is rather sharp from my perspective. It’s not really much more heavy in foot pounds than a comparable bore/bullet weight, but the recoil velocity is very fast. This really became apparent to me shooting the .257 Wby. The crack of the muzzle blast is VERY sharp and the rifle hits back very sharp/fast and seems to catch me by suprise every time, but you realize when the smoke clears that it didn’t rock you back on your feet or subject you to other physical unpleasantness that say a .500NE might subject you to...... Once you get yourself beyond the surprise of the sharp crack of the muzzle blast and fast speed of recoil, they’re really not so brutal. After all, a 100 grain quater bore bullet simply does not have the mass to generate any appreciable shove back into a shooter’s shoulder.

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Agree the .257 IS a bit sharp...will never forget being at the gun range once and shooting one of my 257W-- a buddy was shooing on the next bench beside me..just as I shot he had dropped something and reached to pick it up..the muzzle blast off of my rifle nearly blew his cap off his head...never forget the look in his eyes... ... have to say though, the 257W is hell on wheels for deer size game and smaller..reaching out there a reasonably long ways for shooting at game without really having to dial up anything... doesn't have the bc or sd of the 6.5's --but man is it fast..AND, out to about 500 yards--none of that really matters that much..IMHO

Have also shots many of the other W calibers including the 340, 375, and 460...the hardest kicking on I found was the .375W without a muzzle break--definitely got my attention..