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Originally Posted by PALADIN85020
When I got home, I broke out an old BASIC program I put together about 20 years ago for calculating recoil. With the gun at 5.3 pounds and a muzzle velocity of about 1400 fps with a 240-grain bullet, the .44 mag develops 11.16 foot pounds of recoil energy at the butt.
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If you are using full power loads, they are most likely producing 1650fps to 1700fps. 1400fps is very low for full power 44mag loads from a rifle.