Surprised by the recoil of the old '92 in .44 Magnum!

[ldausmc1369]

Ruger .44 mag Mod 96 lever gun

This gun is just a little larger than a 10-22. Kicks the bejesus out of you with 240 gr full house loads! Was advised to put one of the extended butt plate/recoil pads for the Mini-14/mini-30 on it. Gives another 1" or so LOP, so its fits a lot better and the recoil is seriously tamed by the pad! Great little short gun for hog hunting and will seriously get a whitetail's attention in the 100 yd range. Shot a 2'' 3 shot group off the bench with it last weekend at 50 yds. Plenty accurate for piggies!
Got a .44 mag Marlin 1894 that rattles the fillings in your teeth! Got to figure out home to tame it!

 

[Frank237]

Like Scotty on Star Trek would say..."Ya can't change the laws of Physics".

The recoil in ft lbs feels worse due to the horrid stock design and narrow butt plate. Ever notice how a stock with a straight or flat comb seems to simply push BACK and not UP as much. Due to the minute DROP AT COMB figure.

Those old lever guns had a ton of DROP AT COMB, hence they buck UP into your cheek and BACK as well...sort of a fulcrum/lever deal.

I've always marveled at folks buying a model 94 in .30-30 for a young hunter thinking it kicked less.

FN in MT

 

[cowart]

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.

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.

 

[PALADIN85020]

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.

Using 1700 as a velocity, then the foot-pounds of recoil energy works out to 15.19 in the 5.3 lb. Model 92. That's more than a .30/06 in the 9 lb. '03 Springfield, which generates 14.42 FPE.

As I mentioned, the upper limit for recoil for most folks is around 15 foot-pounds of kick.

My limit was reached, for sure!

John