Has anyone tried the Managed (Lower) Recoil rifle ammo offered by Remington and maybe others?

I got some of the Remington version in .270 last nght. It has a 115 grain bullet, but I don't know the velocity.

It's rated to kill deer cleanly to at least 200 yards with maybe half the normal .270 recoil.

I thought I might try it, as I know that recoil has supposedly caused retinal separations in some older shooters, and being very near-sighted without glasses, I might be a prime candidate for eye problems. (Eye curvature is an issue here.)

I'd rather use this than buy a new .243, if it works out well. I'm very fond of my M-70 Fwt.

And most deer are shot within 200 yards.

But what if I have to shoot a wild pig with it?

For those keeping track of prices, I paid $27.50 at Academy Sports. A box of "normal" 7mm/08 was about ten bucks less. They had most common rifle ammo, if not in many brands and options. PLenty of shotgun shells. NO centerfire handgun ammo save for some Serbian .357's. Not even any .22's!

The salesman said that when a truck comes in, the pistol ammo sells out by noon the next day.

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I have home-made managed recoil loads.

Sounds like you should get into hand loading yourself!

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My son used "managed recoil" .308 loads for one season when he was just starting to hunt deer with a rifle.
Had no shots so we don't know how they work on deer.
They were real close in zero to the 150 grain loads his Rem. 788 had been sighted-in with.

In .30-06 the loads would cycle my Browning BAR on a 60 degree day. In the fall when the temp dropped into the 30s it wouldn't.

How large was your son, and how severe was the recoil when you sighted-in? Do you know how it compares to, say, full power ammo in a .243?

The box warns that the Managed Recoil loads may not cycle autos, so they aren't hiding that info. But your BAR comment is interesting...

I'm using bolt actions in .270 and 7mm/08, so cycling isn't a factor.

I once handloaded, but never got back into it after my divorce. I just don't have the space or the time now.

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Friend of mine uses them for his (now 11) year old boy. He started using them at 9. Didn't bother him. It's on par with the 243 in recoil. Ballistically it's better. He shot his first deer with it (my Savage 270). Good double lung shot, went about 30 yards he said. Don't know what else it needs to do.
I wouldn't sweat a hog, either. Those things aren't made of plate steel.

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