Everyone has his or her own tolerance to recoil both generated and anticipated. I've found that most people are worried more about the anticipated recoil but once they have tried to shoot a large bore rifle, they are surprised and would like another try. This is of course with a firearm that is designed properly with a straight-line stock, good balance, a decent recoil pad area and a good weight. The Pachmayer triple x recoil pad is a wonderful addition to any large bore rifle. It slows down recoil velocity and absorbs foot pounds of recoil like a sponge in water. Most guns that generate recoil in the 85 to 90 ft. pound range should weigh in the ten and a half to eleven and a half-pound range. I've put together a short video to show the impact of the 470 Mbogo and also to show that the cartridge is very shootable. It starts with three rapid fire shots from the shoulder to show the real muzzle jump and recoil of the 470 Mbogo. The next two shots are 500 grain Barnes Solids at 2480 feet per second, the third is a Barnes 500 grain X bullet at 2485 feet per second. The balance of the clip shows that the cartridge is very manageable and it's all a matter working up to or loading down to your own comfort zone. I hope you find this both interesting and helpful. Reading articles by people that judge big bore rifles as unmanageable above a 375 H&H Magnum are misleading to a lot of people that could be better served with a larger caliber firearm whether for a trip to Africa or just for fun. Magazine article descriptions and pictures of shooters with their firearms pointing to the sky in recoil put out a pretty scary image. Now you can see for yourself that it's very manageable with practice.
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Aimed Rapid Fire - 470 Mbogo Click to view the video (1.8MB)
Chris Stagg 470 Mbogo Bridger Solid Click to view the video (5.2MB)
Chris Stagg 470 Mbogo Swift Aframe Click to view the video (9.4MB)
Travis Verch - 500 A-Square Click to view the video (2.2MB)
Chris Stagg - 470 Mbogo Click to view the video (1.5MB)
Chris Stagg - 470 Mbogo Click to view the video (1.3MB)
