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Originally Posted by Salavee
Even using your 30% number it still amounts to about 6 ft lbs. Significant ?
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Using a 9lb ready to hunt rifle, which is pretty average for most hunters, and 3000fps muzzle velocity, I calculate 10lbs difference. To me that is significant, especially if the person is already near their limit for recoil with the 175gr bullet. That brings us right back to why Kurt started this thread, which is that a person can achieve satisfactory performance, with smaller diameter bullets, while dealing with less recoil.