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...