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MRobinson
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Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??
23/04/06 03:00 AM

The key, as others have said, is to have a well-built rifle--straightish buttstock, enough weight for caliber (or even a bit heavy for caliber), a heavy contoured barrel, a good, at least 1" thick recoil pad, one or two mercury tubes in the buttstock--and use a firm grip on it.

Maybe because all of my rifles fit that description, I am not sensitive to recoil. I shoot rifles up to a .500 A2 with over 100 ft.-lbs. of recoil energy without discomfort. The recoil just doesn't bother me. With a poorly built rifle, I'm sure I'd feel differently, but thankfully I won't have to find out because I won't use a poorly built rifle.

Also I believe about recoil as Yogi Berra believed about hitting a baseball. "90% of recoil is half mental."

Just ignore it and it will go away. I do believe that is true. Works for me, anyway.

Now, to answer your question, I would think that as long as you can put a magazine full in the black at the target range, on demand, at the likely distance at which you will be shooting in the field, from field positions, and without waiting too long between shots, you should be more than good to go.

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Mike

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AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	hoppdoc	22/04/06 01:22 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	grandveneur	24/08/23 03:29 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	mckinney	24/08/23 02:07 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	grandveneur	24/08/23 03:40 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	NitroX	24/08/23 07:14 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	allenday	24/04/06 01:04 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	hoppdoc	24/04/06 11:08 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	Will	25/04/06 06:57 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	JPK	25/04/06 10:53 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	500grains	25/04/06 11:34 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	hoppdoc	26/04/06 09:47 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	Will	26/04/06 10:11 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	hoppdoc	27/04/06 02:15 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	MopaneMike	01/05/06 12:51 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	500Boswell	24/08/23 08:53 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	Bindi2	24/08/23 09:20 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	xausa	25/08/23 01:26 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	grandveneur	26/08/23 03:39 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	DarylS	25/08/23 01:25 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	Dark_Helmet	03/05/06 02:17 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	allenday	03/05/06 11:18 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	Yogi000	26/04/06 11:59 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	Dark_Helmet	25/04/06 02:44 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	Boomer	24/04/06 01:24 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	500grains	24/04/06 01:15 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	zimhunter	23/04/06 12:54 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	MRobinson	23/04/06 03:00 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	Will	23/04/06 06:23 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	MRobinson	23/04/06 08:39 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	hoppdoc	23/04/06 11:15 AM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	shakari	23/04/06 03:46 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	Will	22/04/06 07:24 PM
Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	mickey	22/04/06 01:33 PM
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Re: AFRICAN HUNTERS--DO YOU HAVE TOO MUCH GUN??	hoppdoc	22/04/06 05:49 PM
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