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Originally Posted by KC911
I have zero experience with modern rifles...they scare me  . Never shot anything like 'em....
How much recoil does the shooter feel with .308...verses say a .30-30 out of a lever gun? Similar to how a .45ACP tames handspoon cartridges...give or take? |
My M1A has, at least as far as I can tell, no perceptible recoil. It jumps around a little bit, but I can shoot it all day long in just a tee shirt, without wearing a recoil pad of any kind. And it has a steel butt plate. I would say any ten year old who has experience with a .22 would be comfortable shooting it. Assuming he has a rest - it's kind of heavy and clumsy.
Of course maybe my perspective is a bit different. To me, recoil doesn't really start to get noticeable until about the .375 H&H magnum level, with a 300 grain bullet at over 2,500 fps. I've hunted with the darn things all of my life (I have three rifles so chambered today). So, yeah, I might not be the best point of reference on all of this. Recoil is pretty subjective, though. We can get used to just about anything.