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I'm thinking that it might do the same to the moose and brown bears up here.

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I dislike that fast, snappy recoil, even from the .300. Maybe that rifle didn't fit me - or maybe I just don't like those WTBY's.
My Vangard .243 is just fine however.

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I used to shoot with a tall lanky guy years ago. At that time he had two Browning safaris in .375 and .458 but earlier he'd experimented with Wearherby cartridges. He pinched a nerve in his neck firing the .378 and spoke of Weatherby rifles as having 'faster', stabbing recoil. I had a .300 weatherby at one time and felt the same way. I think it comes down to the weight of the rifles. No doubt the .378 is a teeth rattler in the stock rifle. It might be tolerable in a 10.5 pound well fitted rifle, but I prefer the slower stuff.

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They are made for a specific purpose ,Big Game Hunting ,where not many shots at a time are going to be fired ,unless you are culling ,there's a lot of BS over the years about them about how much they kick etc ,and staged photos of the ''chosen'' firing them with barrels going near vertical ,and one Australian magazine about the 338 Win mag years ago stating ''The 338 Winchester magnum is only for people who know how to use it, and others have no business using it '' ,I would hardly call the 338 a hard kicker ,just rubbish ,a lot of hype ,when I first fired a 404 and a 458 win mag I was surprised how they didn't really kick that bad, the hype you read about big bores .

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They are made for a specific purpose ,Big Game Hunting ,where not many shots at a time are going to be fired ,unless you are culling ,there's a lot of BS over the years about them about how much they kick etc ,and staged photos of the ''chosen'' firing them with barrels going near vertical ,and one Australian magazine about the 338 Win mag years ago stating ''The 338 Winchester magnum is only for people who know how to use it, and others have no business using it '' ,I would hardly call the 338 a hard kicker ,just rubbish ,a lot of hype ,when I first fired a 404 and a 458 win mag I was surprised how they didn't really kick that bad, the hype you read about big bores .

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Yes, Agreed....

However, I do fire my rifles a lot, whether it be my 500NE or my .308...... the limiting factor for me is the fear of wearing out a very expensive double rifle bore, otherwise I wouldnt be so restrained as to round count through a given piece. Recoil or fear thereof is not even a remote factor......and yes,there is much bullshit about the fierceness of recoil. Wear a sissy pad and practice lots.... you wont notice recoil when staring down your cape buffalo.....

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Ain't that the truth.

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