What's the most painful gun you have fired?

[KahrMan]

I saw a for sale item that got me thinking about this.

My AR-50 kicks less than a 270. My 300 weatherby mag and 375 ruger both have a pretty good thump. But the most painful thing I have shot was a turkery barrel for my T/C Encore.

I took it out one day to sight it in and put it up for sale the next day. I am a big guy and not very sensitive to recoil but this thing knocked the snot out of me. I fired a total of 9 turkey load that day and never fired it again. The sob actually drew blood:dropjaw:.

So, what was your most unpleasant firearm to shoot?

Edited October 27, 2008 by KahrMan

[molonlabetn]

A .44mag Derringer. Never again. My hand turned purple.

[Guest truthsayer]

I put a few 3.5in mag loads through my stock Benelli Nova once. That hurt. Past that, .38spl+Ps in my S&W 442 are the worst I've experienced in a handgun.

[Guest bkelm18]

Handgun wise, I'd say probably some 158gr +P through a S&W air-weight snubbie. Rifle wise, the first few times I shot a Stevens 200 in .308 before I learned how to properly shoulder it.

[Guest Chandler]

A Mosin , was not expecting the "kick" that it had for and older gun...

[TGO David]

Joe's full auto SBR AR15 with suppressor. It was painful having to give it back.

[TGO David]

A .44mag Derringer. Never again. My hand turned purple.

Aren't you supposed to throw those after you pull the pin?

[gunsablazin]

!2 gauge shotgun with pistol grip firing 3.5" magnum shells one handed! Damn near broke my hand.

[Curiousgb]

My 45-70 with 350gr @ 2000fps. Not fun, but very effective.

[Jasongar8]

Mine are prob .357's out of a 340PD scandium (spelling?) frame Smith and Wesson and a .50 Desert Eagle, I dont know why the DE was so bad, I can shoot a .500 S&W with no prob at at, but the DE was brutal. As far a rifles my .338 Remington Ultra Mag with punish you after 2 or 3 shots.

-Jason G

[Guest coldblackwind]

mossberg...850? with full choke barrel, and 3.5 inch turkey loads. He didn't tell me they were 3.5 inch shells, I was thinking 2 3/4, so i wasn't holding it tight enough

[DMark]

.458 Lott in a Ruger No. 1.

As Unpleasant as the Man who designed the round.

[Will]

410/45 Derringer. One of the crappy ones made in Ducktown TN not long ago,

small, lightweight single shot. The 410 had almost no recoil. The 45 long Colt

drew blood. Bbl was so short I shot wounded Mallard in the head at three feet

he turned an looked at me and started to swim away.

[Guest Dean_JC78]

My experience is limited on some of the big boy toys but the one that hurt me the most was an old school single shot 12 gauge shotgun that my grandfather had since dirt was invented.

[Daniel]

Mosin.

[Rightwinger]

Little brothers Weatherby 30-378 with the brake removed.

I wondered why that thing had like a foot of eye relief from the scope!

[Guest billwilly73]

Old black powder rifle with the curvy brass but plate, pull the trigger and about a 3 second hesitation then BOOM just as I started to lower off my shoulder. Pointy brass hurts.

[Fivestring63]

A Mosin , was not expecting the "kick" that it had for and older gun...

I'll second that one. I was looking at the M-44's (Mosin carbine) this past weekend and wondering what kinda kick those suckers have.

[Guest sling]

Barrett Mod 99 without a muzzle break sucked pretty bad.

M44 Mosin with that damn steel buttplate. My first gun when i was a kid.

Come on... didnt they have rubber back then?

Ok ok..trick question. Sorry baby boomers.

Edited October 27, 2008 by sling

[Guest slim]

Thats easy, my super redhawk 454 casull with 360 gr. penetrators, my m-44 mosin with any ammo, but the heavier bullets are worse!

[Guest sling]

^ That Hungarian steel core crap is the worst. The #$@* would always make my bolt lock up. Had to slam it against the table to unlock.

[Guest Grout]

Long gun a .338 Mag.Handgun an old Charter Arms .44 Bulldog Pug with hot 240 swc loads.I have shot full house .454 Casulls that did not that bad.

[jughead]

16 gauge stevens 28 in. single barrel i owned as a teenager. if one didnt wear a shirt it always left the checkered butt plate mark on ones shoulder. have larger bores now but still remember that one

[enfield]

12 gauge slugs in the prone position when I was having the bent barrel on my Ithaca pump straightened. Those suckers moved me backwards in the dirt.

[TripleDigitRide]

I'm still looking for a gun that can hurt me.