r/canadaguns • u/Western_Wish4280 • 26d ago

Shitpost / Memes Is this an Anti tank round?

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/s (sarcasm on title)

Went to the range with my buddy to try out my fully cleaned SKS and was having a blast with it 10/10.

He wanted to get his rifle ready to get a bear starting sept 1st. So he invites me to take the first shot from his savage 110 in 300wsm. Tells me its a bit strong like the 308win Tikka i have. So i be prepared to shoot it.

HOLY FUCK B'Y !!

Like what on God's green earth is this tf!? Buddy died laughing and i was astonished by the power this cartridge has.

Guys who shoot this, dont knock on my door please. 😭

Brought it with me as a keepsake and as a goal to master it one day.

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u/EcstaticStock499 26d ago

Hahhahaha that was a good read. No it is not an anti tank round. However I’ll give it to you that stock design and rifle weight matter more than the chambering up to a point. The savage 110 in the wsms stomps pretty good, and a fast recoil, snappy, not a hard shove but a mean fast punch.

My 450 Ackley (little bigger than a .458 Lott and a fair bit more power than a .458 win mag, to say nothing of the wee .45-70 everyone seems to think is a cannon 🤣) dishes out some stout recoil, and humbled me recently. It’s potent but very manageable from standing. But from a bench it is a completely different animal, nothing kicks that hard from standing compared to hunched over a table or prone on the ground.

I shot it a total of 31 times last Friday. This was my shoulder 3 days later 😁😁😁. Worth it, I do actually enjoy it, a bit of a masochist and recoil junkie by admission.

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u/Stunning_Animal 24d ago

Im 160 lbs and after about 15 rounds my .270 win starts to feel like its bullying me.

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u/EcstaticStock499 24d ago

That 270 can also have pretty obnoxious muzzle blast, especially from a shorter barreled sporter.

I’m starting to believe that for many guns people are actually more flinchy and otherwise affected by the muzzle blast/concussion than the hit to the shoulder from recoil.

My browning x bolt in .300 Remington ultra mag actually doesn’t kick much, it has a very effective “recoil hawg” muzzle brake. BUT HOLY BLAST WAVE BATMAN. It’s like a miniature 50 cal with that ridiculous muzzle blast and concussion, actually clears a bench off if you’ve got stuff sitting on it sort of like a weaker version of what you see with a 50 BMG clearing a bench top. So freaking loud you feel it in your teeth haha. I made the mistake of shooting that thing with no ear protection. Once. Everything sounded underwater for a day or two after, I think it actually messed my one ear up.

I may take the brake off that one actually. Because, even as this post relays, despite the ugly bruise, your shoulder can take a lot more punishment than your eardrums, or at least it can recover from damage a lot better.