Hows the recoil on the trapper series in 44 mag.? is the recoil better in the trails end version in 44 Mag.? I was looking to buy a trapper in 44 Mag. but I am concerned that the light weight of the trapper would make the recoil brutal and I did not know if the longer barreled trails end would make a diffrence in recoil, eather increases or decreases the felt recoil. Can any one help? Also, one thing I hate about the new Winchesters is that confounded rebounding hammer, can anything be done about that? Thanks

Joe

the recoil is less than a 30-30 even with a 16" barrel. i think my 357 rossi has more recoil. as far as the rebounding hammer i haven't heard about anything that could be done, i've been shooting mine for about 8yrs. and never had a problem.
mike

Hi there, I have a Trapper in .44 mag and its nice to shoot, recoil is less by a long way than a Savage 99 I had in 308.
Its a great combo of calibre and short handy gun, go for it ,you wont regret it.

None of the traditional 'pistol' cartridges are going to have much recoil in a rifle. With the exception of hot-loaded 44 mags, they're not even much of a problem in a revolver.

Shooting 300 gr. bullets at about 1450 fps tends to kick pretty good from the bench. No where close to 500 grainers from my .45-70s though! :D Off hand, the .44 isn't bad, even with the heavy loads.

There is a good tech note on the front page of the Beartooth Site about switching out the hammer and trigger with the older type. For those who have not explored the Tech Notes there are some good ones hiding in there.

I think we should be fair in regards to our discussions of recoil. When I was a skinney kid I hunted with a model 94 in .30-30 and I remeber hoping i would not see a deer! That old .30-30 kicked pretty hard back then. I now shoot some pretty big guns from the bench and with the use of a Past Pad I dont think very much about it.
The Guide gun tends to give me a recoil headache after about half a box of warm reloads from the bench.
With the Past pad I can shoot the .444 Timber rifle and 310 grain Lee bullets loaded to full power all morning - provided I wear double hearing protection. Several boxes of hot loads through this rifle still leaves me just a little numb from the noise and cuncussion while shooting under a covered bench.
I am not a stranger to recoil but... The Winchester trappers in .45 Colt and .44 Magnum kick pretty hard when shot from the bench in your shirt sleeves using full power loads. Loads that are acceptable with a hand gun have a pretty healthy recoil in the rifles. Shooting while standing relieves much of the discomfort. Shooting across the hood of a pick up or from a leaning bench where you stand upright but still have support makes a lot of difference in felt recoil.

Bottom line is if you intend to shoot full power loads at the bench while load testing wear a pad. You will not notice recoil when hunting.

I suppose everyone has their tolerance for recoil. I've never been very sensitive to it. To me, the recoil of a 44 mag in a rifle, even with hot-loaded Buffalo Bore ammo is not any problem. About like my 7 mag, and that I'll shoot 40 times (2 boxes of factory ammo0 off the bench without thinking much about it...hard rubber recoil pad and all. My dad, on the other hand, a 'tough guy' if there ever was one, thinks a 30-06 recoils a lot...go figure.