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Bigpoppa wrote:What do you expect ?, you are only 3'6" tall!

we cant all be 350 pound tanks

well the base on the gun was loose. got it tight and shooting dead on in 3 shots.

donia wrote:

lipsplitter39654 wrote: i have a .444 H&R and it is not bad at all.

me, too and the .444 doesn't kick that hard. was with a guy shooting a .308 he had hand loaded that was whippin on him! had heard the 35whelan was a mule, too.

from http://www.chuckhawks.com/recoil_table.htm


Caliber rifle weight - recoil energy - recoil velocity
35 Whelen (200 at 2675) 8.0 22.6 13.5
.44 Rem. Mag. (240 at 1760) 7.5 11.2 9.8
.444 Marlin (240 at 2400) 7.5 23.3 14.2
.45-70 (300 at 1800) 7.0 23.9 14.8

Recoil between the .35, .444 and .45-70 are all so close that you really shouldn't be able to tell the difference.

You boys that shoot this caliber may can answer a question for me? I read somewhere that .38 and .357 could be shot out of a 35 Whelen. May have read it on Wikepedia which isn't the best place to get info. Is that true that .38 and .357 can be fired out of that caliber barrel?

I have a slip on LimbSaver on my Handi .444...shot dang near a whole box with no pain what so ever. It does have a bit of muzzle flip...wonder if porting would help settle it down

Dux Be Us wrote:I have a slip on LimbSaver on my Handi .444...shot dang near a whole box with no pain what so ever. It does have a bit of muzzle flip...wonder if porting would help settle it down

got muzzle flip on my handi .270 as well - short barrel on it, too - it is actually worse than my .444 though.