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Originally Posted by N54Yankee
I’ve never fired a .458 but it has nearly the same amount of recoil energy as a heavier 7mm RM and that’s not too bad. I have the 7 in an A-Bolt and it will leave a nice bruise if I say shoot a full box just wearing a t-shirt but I’ve gotten thumped by worse.
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I own both calibers and the 7mm rem mag kicks way worse to me with the two setups I have. My AR is heavier than my browning A-bolt and with it being a semi auto and having a heavy buffer the .458 has more of a pushing recoil where as the 7mm is a sharp kick. I think it depends on the build. I would imagine a .458 bolt gun would kick pretty hard especially if it was around 6lbs in weight.