Large Caliber Recoil Chart

For those that handload, test a few suitable powders. Different powders can produce very noticeable differences in felt recoil.
 
Wanna add my handgun to this chart? It weighs 5lbs, and shoots a 400gr copper solid at 2526.7fps. Its loaded with 85gr of CFE BLK.
I should've mentioned that. My apologies for not mentioning that earlier! This is using a 10lb rifle for all calibers.

Here's a new chart with several other calibers for those curious.

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I was thinking about this very subject and discussing recoil the last few days with a few people. I have a 458 B&M and she sure does kick me around pretty good, still trying to acclimate to such abuse, slowly but surely. I wish I knew what recoil numbers she’s beating me with, I’m shooting 295 Raptors & 350 TSX.
 
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I plead the 5th! The recoil, while enormous, isnt actually horrific. My .460 S&W is actually more painful to shoot than the .500 Bushwhacker. The main difference is the function of the recoil works differently due to the guns design. The .460 has a compensator to keep muzzle rise to a minimum, keeping you more on target. Where the Bushwhacker has a full titanium muzzle brake, which does nothing to inhibit muzzle climb. So the .460 directs all of its recoil energy into the webbing of your hand, the .500 converts it into rotational muzzle climb, and if you allow your arms to let it climb, it does so nicely without any pain. Here's a slow-mo i took that you can see the amount of muzzle rise on it.
 

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