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Old 11-26-2007, 04:28 PM
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Ol' Joe is dead-on in his discription of recoil. The only thing I might add is that the weight of the gun changes "perceived recoil." In his example above with the 150 gr bullet... if the 270 were a heavier gun, it may SEEM to the shooter that recoil is about the same as the 30-06.
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