Managing Recoil on Bigger Handguns

[dwarven1]

I just kind of hold the damn things like I would any revolver -- very loose and relaxed. Despite what you'd think, a .500 isn't going to arc all the way up and konk you on the head.

Haven't been shooting Eddie's thermonuclear loads much, have you?

 

[EddieCoyle]

Haven't been shooting Eddie's thermonuclear loads much, have you?

He has. One-handed.

 

[tele_mark]

Haven't been shooting Eddie's thermonuclear loads much, have you?

Actually, those are what I was referring to. Those and the 700 grainers.

 

[RI_John]

He has. One-handed.

I must be the either -

a) the weakest person on the planet or
b) the person with the worst shooting form on the planet

If I held the .500 with one hand, relaxed and loose, it would end up on the ground beside or behind me.

 

[depicts]

While I don't have either, I find myself leaning toward the 460 if only for the interchangeability of ammo. It shoots .45 Colt, .454. Cassull and .460 S&W.

With either gun you'll probably have to reload for economics, I still like the options.

 

[EddieCoyle]

While I don't have either, I find myself leaning toward the 460 if only for the interchangeability of ammo. It shoots .45 Colt, .454. Cassull and .460 S&W.

With either gun you'll probably have to reload for economics, I still like the options.

If you shoot .45 Colt out of a .460, you'll spend more time cleaning it than you will shooting it. I've stopped shooting .45 Colt out of mine altogether. Instead, I just load .460 cases with Trailboss, and use the same 'cowboy' type bullets normally associated with the .45 Colt. The .460 version is much more accurate because there's not 1/2" of freebore.

 

[biff44]

http://www.opticsplanet.net/shooting-gloves-open-finger-style.html

Get some of these shooting gloves. I use them when I shoot a lot of big bore rounds, keeps my thumb from hurting bad.

 

[depicts]

If you shoot .45 Colt out of a .460, you'll spend more time cleaning it than you will shooting it. I've stopped shooting .45 Colt out of mine altogether. Instead, I just load .460 cases with Trailboss, and use the same 'cowboy' type bullets normally associated with the .45 Colt. The .460 version is much more accurate because there's not 1/2" of freebore.

I was thinking of being in Maine, hunting, and if I needed ammo for some strange reason. I would have some options on what to buy if I couldn't find .460.

Might never happen, but the Boy Scout in me says "be prepared".

 

[RI_John]

http://www.opticsplanet.net/shooting-gloves-open-finger-style.html

Get some of these shooting gloves. I use them when I shoot a lot of big bore rounds, keeps my thumb from hurting bad.

But that would somewhat defeat the purpose of showing the world how tough I am....