bruising after shooting a mosin

[Aragorn243]

Worst bruising I ever saw was my dad many years ago firing a 10 gauge single shot goose gun with about a 30 inch barrel. Longest barrel I ever saw on a shotgun. He fired it twice and said that was enough. Gave it back to the guy he got it from. That evening, his shoulder was black in an area about 6 inches wide by about 10 inches high. He was hurting for weeks. Personally, I've never made the attempt. A lesson learned without personal experience.

[sovblocgunfan]

Nice. Those single-shot break-open guns always seem to kick like a mule to me.

My A5 clone has a 30" barrel. It swings and points well, and is going to make a good claybuster once I get it dialed in...

OP asked about light and heavy ammo. I think he may be referencing light ball vs. heavy ball. This is a reference to bullet weight. Difference in perceived recoil is negligible, I think...

[Bruce McAskill]

The light ball rounds are the 148 gr bullet weight and the heavy are the 180 gr. Big difference in the felt recoil from this rounds. The standard round used in the MN was the 148 gr light ball round. And as you know the butt needs to be in the pocket of the shoulder.

[yoyo2123]

check amazon.com they have a slip on made of a neoprene it isn't permanently attached so it wont do anything to the guns value

[MeatMarket]

I have two 91/30's and an M44 and I love the recoil. It makes me proud to shoot it and I brag about it's power to my buddies. I clearly out-punches my shoulder compared to my P-14 and Turkish Mauser. The most painful thing I've shot is my dad's 60 yr old Browning 16 Gauge shotgun imported from Belgium. It has a hard buttplate and no store-bought pads will fit on it.

[madforstuff]

Know the feeling with my m44,m48,24/7,91/30. I uses a 1in PAST recall protection.

[DocLee]

What model of Mosin Nagant do you have? Russian or Finnish. If it is a Finn, firing Russian ammunition it is understandable that you got "kicked" like that.
The reason for that is the fact that the Russian round fires a .311 cal. bullet, where-as the Finn uses a .308 cal. bullet.

[RobSmith]

Proper placement as well as an agressive stance is key to shooting the MN (you want to lean heavily into the rifle). Pretty sure they make aftermarket muzzle breaks for those if you're into that, because of the unusual stock shape recoil pads don't work very well in my experience. As far as shooting heavy ball out of them, I've done plenty of that, felt recoil is noticeably harder but the huge fireball that comes out of the muzzle with those is worth the pain
Some guys just throw a simple towel over their shoulder to prevent bruising and provide <some> recoil dampening.
If you choose to fire one of those from prone or from the bench however, there is going to be pain no matter what you do.

[MeatMarket]

No pain, no fun. That's what I always say. (kinda had ta been there to get this joke, sorry)

[DocLee]

If you want a very surprising experience you should try a 577/450 Martini carbine in a rapid fire exercise. I use mine for target shooting at Cape Buffalo targets, wich is done by firing three shots in fifteen seconds at 75 meters and again three shots at twenty five meters, also in fifteen seconds.
That little carbine was designed for men with hair on their chests, and pushes back into a shoulder with a definate force.
In contrast, my Mosin is not much different from the Lee Enfield No.5 Mk.1.