Remington Managed Recoil Ammunition

[Mike103]

Last year I bought a Remington 7600 30-06 carbine for my 21 year old son. He was away at school so I sighted it in for him. He only hunted the Thanksgiving weekend and never shot the gun.

I wanted him to shoot the rifle over the summer but because he is not a big guy I was concerned about recoil.  I thought about a recoil pad but I like the way the plastic but plate slides over clothing easily without hanging up. I saw the managed recoil ammo in the Remington catalog but dismissed it as a marketing ploy.

I had a credit with Midway for several months and said what the heck and ordered three boxes of the 125 grain 30-06 mamaged recoil ammo.

This morning we hit the range. On the drive out in the car we talked a realized that it has been 3 or 4 years since my son shot a rifle. He has shot skeet and sporting clays but no rifle shooting. He warmed up with the Ruger Mini-14 getting that rifle sighted back in and  after several mags switched to the 7600 carbine. He took four shots at fifty yards off sand bags and covered the bull nicely. He said the recoil was very mild. He took four shots offhand to see how the rifle handled and quickly saw that the eyerelief was wrong for him. The scope had to go forward. We moved the scope forward and I sighted in the rifle using standard Remington 180 grain pointed soft points.   


He took over again with the 125 grain managed recoil ammo and again covered the bull at fifty yards from the bench. He then switched to the full power ammo and it printed to the same point of impact at fifty yards. He said the difference in felt recoil between the full power and managed recoil was substantial. He then shot off hand, sitting and kneeling trying to replicate hunting situations including leaning against a tree. The recoil was very mild and gave him the chance to get the feel of the rifle without suffering from heavy recoil.

I bought him the 30-06 because he wanted the carbine and didnot want a light caliber such as the .243. In the mountains of upstate NY where we hunt a variety of shots both long and short are possible and not always the best angle in heavy timber. And there is always the chance you might find a black bear. During the hunting season he will use the full power ammo. Since he will be wearing heavy hunting clothes recoil will not be a issue.

I highly recommend the managed recoil ammo. For my son it was great that he could shoot the 30-06 in a tee shirt without worrying about recoil. The mild recoil allowed him to shoot two boxes of ammo and gave him range time with the gun without the bruises. The ammo lives up to the claim that it shoots to the same point of impact as full power ammo. We would have no problem about using the managed ammo on deer but with a bear possible and the fact that recoil will not be a factor with heavy hunting clothes he will use the full power ammo. But the managed recoil ammo gave him the confidence he needed.

MIKE.

[BRL]

I, too, like the managed recoil ammo. I have used it in .30-06 with my 7400. It didn't cycle the action but that wasn't a big deal to me at the range. The recoil in a gas operated semi was almost nonexistant. I see that Rem now offers it in 7mm-08. I am looking forward to trying it my Browning.

[NYHunter]

Glad to read your range report. I have a 760 carbine in '06 and I still shoot the full power loads. Thinking down the road to when the recoil might a little more than I care to handle it sounds like the light loads wiill be the answer. They're supposed to be effective out to 200 yds. It's funny how all the managed loads have roughly the same ballistics. the .308, .30-06, and .270 all shoot about the same. I wonder how they perform on whitetails, with the proper bullet placement, at typical Whitetial distances?