Which guns have bruised your shoulder?

[jpk1md]

A visible bruise? Never...

Jamie

try shooting ~150 rounds of 1950's comm block heavy ball while wearing a t-shirt....lol

 

[sbbieshelt]

When I was 16 I needed to shoot a big gun for some reason and ended up with my brothers 7mm. That ruger with the thin synthetic stock would leave bruises on a weekly basis. Di didn't help that I weighed in at a total weight of 130lbs

 

[SCARCQB]

Rem 700 in 300 win mag
Savage111 7mm Rem Mag
Mosin and PSL 7.62x54R
Rem 870 12G Slugs ( Improper stance)

 

[Hyper-W]

My Dad's old break-action 12ga. It has a hollow stock and kicks like a mule.

 

[pop-gunner]

Worst I ever shot was a Remington model 600 in 350 Remington Mag.

 

[JnstemIII]

Savage 110 30.06 with 180gr dropped it when i was about 16 had to sight it in let me tell you i never dropped it again.

 

[dmb454ss]

My 45-70 guide gun
Rem. 700 in 300 win mag
Moss 18" 12ga 3"mag

 

[Oliveralan]

Worst I've ever experienced: browning BPS 12ga while patterning 3" mag high velocity turkey shells off the bench. Holy cr*p I took some Ashoka after that, had a headache and all! Only thing that has ever really been uncomfortable to shoot for me.

 

[balttigger]

Belgian Browning Auto-5 16ga befor I realized that the recoil spring had been on the gun, compressed, for over 30 years. Replaced it with a new one and there was almost 8-inches in difference between new and old,

 

[PoPo3]

Never been bruised by it, but I have a Rem 700 LSS in a 300 RUM. It's fun to shoot, but not for long periods of time.

 

[JOBU]

CETME-C that the guys in the Spanish Air Force let me fire in full auto.

That shit still hurt 3 days later.

 

[hairba111]

At the young age of 5 my father, a WWII Marine, taught me to shoot. I've never had a bruise. I've fired many high caliber rifles and up to 10 guage shotguns and while in the service full auto. I really got a kick out of firing a BAR from the shoulder FA. The Chief GM at the time thought I was nuts and dared me to do the same with an M60. I fired a hundred rounds in bursts until he said I was wasting ammo.

 

[phidelta308]

The day after firing a couple of mags through a full auto Thompson, I had a weird checker pattern bruise on my shoulder. Didn't hurt to shoot it, but I guess the checkered steel butt plate dug in pretty deep.

Almost gave myself a black eye with a scoped Mosin. Didn't have a proper grip on the rifle and when it went off, the scope smacked me in the forehead. I was lucky. It was one of those mistakes you only make once.

The most recent bruise was from following up four rounds of trap with a round of sporting clays. Metal buttplate on a 12 guage pump starts to get to you when you're just wearing a t-shirt.

 

[molonlabe]

Mossberg mariner firing 3 inch sabot rounds through a rifled barrel. About 10 or 12.
after I installed a pacmyer decelerator pad

Wow I just broke 500 took me 6 years.

 

[Topher]

I shot a buddy's Nitro 577 express. It was a double barreled rifle. - It left a mark.

Honorable mention
Winchester Model 88 in .308
03-A3

 

[lx1x]

guthook's mosin. them steel on the butt of the stock got me on my shoulder bone.

 

[BenL]

3 1/2" loads in an 870 Supermag will do it if you hunt ducks with 'em. My .50 Beowulf will also bruise if I shoot 100 rounds of it.

 

[erwos]

Only time I've ever gotten a visible bruise is from one of my Mosin Nagants. Even my first outing with the Saiga 12 didn't really hurt, I was just sore.

 

[jimbobborg]

Listen guys.

This is not Tacti-cool. This is functional. I have a Remington 870 that I hated to fire. I did not want to ruin the wood furniture on it as it was beautiful.

I replaced the stock and foregrip with this:

I can not BELIEVE the difference this made. It's basically a mechanical shock absorber. Everyone who owns a 12 gauge ought to buy one of these. It has reduced down to something similar to a 308.

The important thing is: now it's FUN to shoot.

I tried a friend's 870 with the Knoxx recoil reducing stock and it kept smacking the sh*t out my cheek. Not a fan. I definitely prefer shooting with the original stock. However, I did purchase a limbsaver recoil reducing pad and it has greatly reduced felt recoil.

If you get cheek slap with that stock, you're holding it wrong. You need a firm cheek weld to use that stock properly. It's not designed for wing shooting, it's for running buckshot/slugs fast. Before I got one, I tried sighting in my 870 Supermag with slugs. I was eight and out. Left a nice bruise on my shoulder. After the Knoxx, no bruising, no ill effects, and once I figured out the hold, no cheek slap. If you want one for use on skeet/trap/quail, get the stock without the pistol grip.

Jim

 

[rouchna]

If you get cheek slap with that stock, you're holding it wrong. You need a firm cheek weld to use that stock properly. It's not designed for wing shooting, it's for running buckshot/slugs fast. Before I got one, I tried sighting in my 870 Supermag with slugs. I was eight and out. Left a nice bruise on my shoulder. After the Knoxx, no bruising, no ill effects, and once I figured out the hold, no cheek slap. If you want one for use on skeet/trap/quail, get the stock without the pistol grip.

Jim

I only had the opportunity to shoot it once and held it the way I hold an AR. Maybe that is not the correct way. May have to try again sometime. I will say that the limbsaver pad works well.

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