One would think that with all the great minds out there, and especially with the advent of modern technology, it would not have been so. Even more profound is that methods of attempting to measure recoil in some standard way have been ongoing for over a century. Many were filled with minutia that left me no further educated than when I started. I have read long and windy explanations of what recoil is and how to measure it. And so this brings me to the question of what exactly is recoil, or more importantly, felt recoil, which has and will continue to be a potential problem for all of us hunters and shooters. But prior to heading too far down this investigative trail, I will regress very briefly to my youth when I recall a single shot 12 gauge shotgun, which was so light and poorly designed that when I decided to try a few magnum loads on a goose hunt, it all but loosened my jaw bone. There are rifle cartridges out there that could all but stop a tank and, when it comes to shotshells that can push over two ounces of shot down a barrel at speeds that would have busted prehistoric high flying reptiles, recoil is certainly an issue that requires attention, whether we care to admit it or not. I believe that this is even more prevalent today than it was in the past, particularly with the advent of the many new super magnum cartridges and ammunition that abound these days. Over the years I have come to the conclusion that for many of us recoil is very much akin to that skeleton we may have locked away in a closet that no one thinks about until it unexpectedly jumps out and scares the heck out of us.
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