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.

Nothing I have ever shot comes close to a 12 gauge 3 1/2 inch magnum turkey load out of a Mossberg 835 or Remington 870. Helped a friend sight in a Ruger Model 1 in 375 H&H mag one time. Most powerful rifle cartridge that I have ever fired. It was nothing compared to those 3 1/2 inch turkey loads.

Crazy as it sounds, the worse felt recoil for me was from a slim and trim Spanish built 16ga side x side, had a straight English stock with a curved metal buttplate. Beautifully engraved little gun. A buddy handed it to me and said to give it a try. On the "Pull!" and a jerk of the trigger I was sure I had fractured my right cheek bone, eye socket and my collar bone. Left a bruise on my face and shoulder, that thing was unreal for a little shotgun. A close second in the shotgun world would be a 3.5 inch 870 with turkey loads......did that once.......and I will stick with my semi-autos and 3 inch shells thankyouverymuch! Rifle wise, I have fired 458 Weatherby Mag, 416 Rigby, and 458 Lott. None of those were that bad but then again all were pretty heave rigs and the recoil was just a firm shove. Handguns.......454 Casull is the biggest I have touched off, and again it wasn't all that bad. Cranked off a few rounds out of a buddy's old Ruger in 45 Long Colt once, using his hunting loads......those would thump ya.

Mossberg 835 3 1/2 inch mag

this right here I got the same problem 3.5 magnums out my 870 feels like someone punched me in the cheek

If I remember I saw a chart several years ago about PSI of felt recoil over all of the different calibers and gauges.. I don't remember much if anything was higher than a 3.5" 12 gauge.

I have a FIE 12 gauge O/U I rigged many years ago for a Turkey gun , it's a light gun and has no recoil pad . Mr. Turkey hooked me up with some 3" TSS , big blue , Mother of all Turkey loads. Good lawd, that thing will hurt you , think I shook some fillings loose !

My grandads old single shot with no rubber for recoil pad. I grabbed that gun one day and a box of #8s and went to shoot some doves. My shoulder was almost pulp by the time I got close to limiting out. I wasn't as smart as you guys to stop after the first shot, I kept shooting, because doves kept falling. I haven't shot that gun since. Ok, so it isn't some heavy 3 1/2 turkey loads, or a double pull on buckshot, nor a 454 casull, I had enough just with a box of those 8s. There was something about the way that gun fit my shoulder I guess.

Didn’t realize we had so many pussies on this forum!

That's probably Chuck Hawk's table and you're correct. Around 72lbs of felt recoil. Compare that to a 300 Win Mag at about 27 lbs and it puts it in perspective.

835 is the winner...

Mossturd 835 with a 3.5" turkey load. It was sold a long time ago.

Worst was and is my benelli move with a 3 1/2 turkey load. Worst rifle was a Ruger #1 .416 rigby.

Since I shot that 454 in a Bond Derringer, I lean toward the meow now.

A 3.5 Turkey Load from a 12 gauge is pretty much the pinnacle of felt recoil.

Yet everyone appears to have no problem shooting it at a 20lb or less Turkey.

Meanwhile on ALDeer - anything more powerful than a .243 shot at a deer... well, you will die. Just don't even try it.

Tie for me Ruger skeleton stock 7mm and a moss berg pump 3.5 old school.

Got to be tough to shoot a 3.5"

Old Ithaca 10 ga. Automatic with triple 000 buckshot, had about a 30 inch barrel . It packed a real good thump.

38 Detective Special with Super Vels when I was about 7. 30-30 Trapper when I was about 10! 458 Win in a 98 Mauser, benchrest. Reached in and made sure my teeth weren't loose! 500 Mag first shot, wasn't sure I wasn't going to loose it. The Big Bore 400 something Linebaughs in short SA revolver. Oh yeah, and a damned ol' Rem 870 Youth in 20 ga!

Ma Deuce .50 cal BMG

I ain't afraid to shoot magnum 30 caliber at a ungulate any time, but I ain't shooting a 3.5" shell through a mossberg at anything.

THE worst was a Ruger M77 boat paddle synthetic stocked, stainless steel .300 Win Mag.
It was literally painful to shoot. Kept it one season and sold it.

I still have an old Stevens pump 12 ga., that will bloody your nose with your thumb if you
keep it wrapped around the pistol grip while shooting 3" mags.

Some HOT BuffaloBore .44mag in my Redhawk is all I want in a handgun.

My sons youth 20ga. has a surprising kick with 3" mags.

I have a .375 Ruger Alaskan and a Rem.700 in .300Win Mag that aren't bad at all.

Mossberg 835 3.5in I bought off a guy in a duck blind for $200 after it bloodied his nose and busted his lip. 460 wby mag with no brake. Bolt 50bmg with the brake removed 10ga H&R single shot

I've shot several varieties of 50BMG and none of them hurt me. Killed hell out of a deer though....

Mossberg pump with 3.5 turkey load. Nothing compares.

I’ve got an H&R 3.5” that says hold my beer.

I have 2 835s in the safe as well.

My buddy once had a .338/.378 I think is what it was called. Think it was a Weatherby. Man that thing knocked the hell out of me. Kicked so hard it kept driving the scope forward in the rings even though they were thoroughly tightened. Never taken such punishment in my life. When shooting off a regular range table this thing would blow dust off the ground. He got kicked off our rifle range cause other people were complaining about the noise and shockwave when we fired it. He sold it since he flinched so bad shooting it that he couldn't hit anything with it. He only killed one deer with it hit it in the hindquarter and blew it to pieces. Only hindquarter shot deer I ever saw that dropped when he hit it.

Mossy 835....3.5 is a hateful..hateful gun...i shot a 454 casull in texas..it will make you giggle

Ive got one for sale if anybody wants to try it. Ive had enough.

This it bruises my should every time I shoot 3.5s

Moss 835 with red federal 3.5 turkey load. Nothing comes close. Shot it one time and never pulled the trigger on it again. Let a friend borrow it, one shot and he was done with it. Let another friend shoot it , he cussed me bad. Sold it , guy shot it and asked if I wanted to buy it back.
It’s like a 1/4 stick of dynamite going off on your shoulder

Handgun:
S&W .500 is a damn handful
Shotgun:
Mossberg 835 with 3.5" shells
Rifle: (I've shot some painful ones over the years. There are three that stand out though.)
Kimber Montana in .325 WSM
T/C Pro-Hunter 45-70 loaded up to near .458 Win Mag velocity
.378 WBY Mag in a lightened Mark 5 Weatherby Rifle. Some pros say that the .378 is the worst felt recoil in shoulder fired weapons. I tend to agree......

I still say my yildiz youth model 20 ga with TSS kicks worse than my 835 with 3.5".

doesn't matter at a turkey, you never feel it. But shooting paper it will rattle your teeth

It won't rattle mine.I'm done with them sob's...