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To: AnAmericanMother
It's got more felt recoil than a 7mm Mag or my dad's .348 Winchester -- plus it's painful! I don't think the stock lines up straight, so that one corner is always digging into your shoulder.

Ouch. I've only fired a few rounds of 7mm Mag through a friend's rifle - never owned one myself. I *do* however, still have my dad's Winchester 71, so I know about the .348, and the Winchester version of the "recoil concentrator".

Evey time I think about taking that one to the range, I recall a story by Patrick McManus about his childhood, when he borrowed a hunting rifle from a neighbor. His first experience with the gun's recoil convinced him that he'd been struck by lightning.

The Jungle Carbine is like the M44 carbine in another way - muzzle flash. I think some of that ammo was loaded in a Chinese fireworks factory.

105 posted on 12/08/2008 8:51:42 AM PST by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Charles Martel
My dad used to bet friends they couldn't keep their footing while firing the .348 standing. So far as I know he never lost the bet - some folks actually wound up sitting down. (The secret is to round your shoulders and lean well forward into the recoil, but nobody knows that going in.)

The Model 71 is a great rifle, but expensive to feed. For a handy brush-busting gun that will knock down a boar or a small bear, though, you can't beat it.

Dad bought it for Mom when they were planning to hunt Kodiak bear in Alaska. He was looking at a .375 H&H for himself, but they turned up pregnant with me instead.

Every so often Dad looks at me sadly and asks, "Why couldn't you have waited until after I bought the .375?"

Talking about muzzle flash, the .455 Webley beats 'em all in that regard. Great gouts of orange fire 2-3 feet long out of the muzzle AND in all directions out of the forcing cone. People at the range stop and stare.

The "flash hider" on the jungle carbine is as useless as bosoms on an owl.

109 posted on 12/08/2008 8:59:19 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
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