Recoil ever felt? The adc 45/70 Derringer handgunwise A 5 lb .338 rifle and a h&r topper with a 2.75 slug. I've shot .577&.470's .465 c&h .350 Rigby and 9.3x72 all were a shove compared to that light .338. My notes tell of a .338 KT that weighed 10.5 lb that wasn't bad.

4.8 pound yildiz single shot 12-gauge with 2.75 inch one-ounce slug at 1650 fps. no recoil pad. bruise under my right cheek. bruise on my right shoulder. not bad at all with a gel pad and reduced recoil hornady slugs at 1350. danged accurate, too, out to 40 yards.
NEF single shot 10-gauge NWTF 3.5-inch - butt stock full of bird shot, and gun weight at maybe 10 pounds. cheek slap was profound, and unavoidable, no matter the grip on forend. i patterned it for a friend many years ago. mama.
last but not least, the worst cheek bone punch of 'em all: early marlin 1895 with curved butt plate in .45-70. mama mia. SO light in front of the receiver, even full of rounds in the mag. CARAMBA .
i chalk all of these up to stock design more than anything else ...

A 454 Casull in a Bond Derringer. I ended up getting surgery in the web of my hand to fix the damage. I was taped up, didn’t break any bones. A fella from Bond broke his wrist, shot it straight up.

Once I pulled both triggers at the same time on a side by side 12 gage loaded with 3" 00. Once.

An 870 supermag with 3.5" turkey loads. I have a 3" 870 that I love and a 3.5" SBE2 that I have no problem with, but something about that 3.5" 870 that kills me. The way the stock fits me, it hits me square on the cheek bone.

What's this recoil y'all speak of? 😀

My S&W 500 with 700 grain cast lead wad cutter.
My uncles sawed off 10 gauge double barrel.
Both of them will separate you from the stance.

I’ve never shot anything bigger than a 300 mag, and that didn’t really bother me.

What hurt me was a Remington 7400 30-06 with no recoil pad. I tried sighting it in for a boy and he brought me 2 boxes of 180gr shells. I’ll never own or shoot a 30-06 or a rem auto rifle bc of it.

Done that about 18 years ago & my shoulder hasn't been the same since 😲

2 1/8oz of tss out of a 20ga 870 compact jr with a 12”lop

I've shot a lot of different calls over my yrs from 22lr to 50 mg and 10ga.

I would have to go with a light weight 375 H&H Mag or my 10ga with 3 1/2" heavy loads. Did have a 7mm RUM that I hated to sight in but wasn't to bad for a big guy like me.

pulled both triggers on a 12 ga when I was maybe 7-8, knocked my skinny ass down flat.

Mosberg 835 with 3 1/2" WW black shells. I drove straight to a nearby store and sold thet POS.

X2 on the Mossberg 835. It was my first turkey gun I got for myself . Almost 20 years later I still remember that first 3 1/2 inch turkey load .

Stevens single shot 10ga with slug

Yeah let a gobbler surprise you on the wrong side and that 835 with 3 1/2’s pop that nose...

X3 I figured after shooting one 3.5" if a 3" couldn't kill it I don't need to be hunting it.

Been there, went through a box before I realized that my bro in laws scope base had a stripped screw and was moving after every shot. No recoil pad sucks. Also any 3/3.5" turkey load without a turkey in your sights can be brutal. I quit sighting them in. It's cheaper on my wallet and shoulder to just get close enough to not matter

I have a lightweight 375H&H that kicks nowhere near as bad as that damn 835 3 1/2 did.

Single shot H&R 10 gauge with 3 1/2" nitro mag turkey load

Was using an O/U 12ga on a pheasant hunt. Had the gun “double fire”. Damn near knocked me to the ground. I looked over at my brother and he was doubled over laughing. Hurt like hell.