Recoil and muzzle blast

[Deerhunter#1]

I am own a 243 (100 grain bullets),7mm-08(139 grain bullets)  and 270(130 grain bullets). Though I dont have issues shooting them I am thinking of going with lighter bullets to get less muzzle blast which I think is worse then recoil. I purchased a 30-30 with a 18 inch barrel and shot the new leverlution ammo and what a difference compared to the others. This gun is a good 2 pounds less then me bolt guns and still is more pleasent to shoot with the 160 grain ammo then my bolt guns. Now my reloading thoughts are changing to thinking maybee heavy slow bullets are the way to go as the push isnt as bad as the jump is with higher velocities. Let me know what you think.

[Lloyd Smale]

about the only way to decrease muzzle blast is by decreasing the powder or increasing the bore size

[Bigeasy]

When it comes to muzzle blast, short barreled, high intensity cartridges that use large amounts of slow burning powder are the worst offenders.  Think 300 RUM, 340 Weatherby Mag., etc.  None of the rounds you listed are particularly bad in that respect.  Bumping up your 100 grain bullets to 115's,  or your 130 / 139 grain slugs to 150's will not make any real difference.  Sure, you can load them all down as light as you want, but then you loose performance.  Good hearing protection should make any of those rounds easy to shoot off the bench with a little practice.  If the kick is too stout, a good limb saver type recoil pad can make a difference.

Larry

[shot1]

If you are wearing hearing protection muzzle blast should not bother you. If you are target shooting without hearing protection YOU SHOULD. Otherwise it will not be long until you hear a hiss or ringing in your ears ALL THE TIME.  Don't ask me how I know  OK I was a dumb kid once up on a time that thought he was invincible. When hunting I am not really aware of the sound of the gun going off and don't feel any recoil when shooting game.

[Deerhunter#1]

maybee I am misinterpreting muzzle blast. My issue is the barrel jump that the high power rifles have because of the speed from which the bullet is leaving the barrel. I am not recoil sensative It is just a noticible difference to me. It just feels with the high velocity those calibers want to jump out of your hand and the slower heavier calibers just have a thump.

[yellowtail3]

The Muzzle Blast Champion, in my experience, is a Mosin-Nagant M44 or M38 chambered in 7.62x54. Makes a nice fireball, and damn near singes the eyebrows.

got this one a couple years ago; load was a 200gr softpoint. Along with being loud... absolutely lethal.