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Cheek weld

Post by SingleAction357 » Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:22 am

I shoot my .22 mag mare's leg with the butt piece on my cheek, but is it safe to do this with the larger centerfire calibers? In' particular the .44 magnum is what I'd like to know being as I've seen .357 mare's leg pistols fired from the cheek.
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Re: Cheek weld

Post by slofyr » Sat Feb 03, 2018 4:54 pm

A long stock resting against the shoulder absorbs recoil. Your 22 mare's leg generates very little punch, so you can cheek it. That gun in .357 or .44 will be like getting punched seriously hard in the face.
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Post by North Country Gal » Sat Feb 03, 2018 6:39 pm

The 357 with 38s, may be doable, but no way would I go with a 44 mag and standard 240 grain factory loads. My Marlin 1894 44 mag carbine with scope pushes seven pounds and even with a good firm grip, butt stock planted firmly against my shoulder, it's a bucking bronc. If I get lazy with my hold, it let's me know in a hurry. Have actually had it bounce off the bag when I was shooting off a rest for lack of a firm hold.
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Post by RanchRoper » Sat Feb 03, 2018 6:42 pm

My 1860 against my face in 45 Colt is not fun either.
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Re: Cheek weld

Post by SingleAction357 » Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:48 am

RanchRoper wrote:My 1860 against my face in 45 Colt is not fun either.
Really, I'd imagine that would be ok so long as you're not using modern .44 mag equivalent loads.
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Post by RanchRoper » Sun Feb 04, 2018 8:27 am

Must have weak cheekbones I guess. Recoil is fine against shoulder.
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Re: Cheek weld

Post by SingleAction357 » Mon Mar 12, 2018 2:31 pm

RanchRoper wrote:Must have weak cheekbones I guess. Recoil is fine against shoulder.
This guy cheeks it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGxdSEZveeg

You gotta understand though, cause people who try mine make this mistake, don't put the butt pad on your face you put it on your cheek in the way you would a regular rifle. Not saying you do this, but I've seen people do it. What I'm suggesting is much more like the legal method to shoot an AR pistol.
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Re: Cheek weld

Post by SingleAction357 » Mon Mar 12, 2018 2:35 pm

.327 would make a perfect cheek pistol in a centerfire cartridge.
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Re: Cheek weld

Post by SingleAction357 » Mon Mar 12, 2018 6:47 pm

slofyr wrote:A long stock resting against the shoulder absorbs recoil. Your 22 mare's leg generates very little punch, so you can cheek it. That gun in .357 or .44 will be like getting punched seriously hard in the face.
I honestly think .357 touching off while mounted on my cheek shouldn't be bad either given the weight of the gun. I have a Ruger Blackhawk in .357 and even with the hottest loads I can run it the recoil wouldn't be dangerous to my physicality beyond a black eye. Keep in mind this is a much lighter and differently balanced gun. Now some fullhouse .44 could be a problem, but even then I remain skeptical because of how the recoil impulse travels. The barrel rises and the "not stock" lowers with your receiver acting almost as an axial point during recoil. I'll need to screw around with some bigger mare's legs to see if I'm right, but I have touched off an AR pistol with the gun on my face and a 2.23 has a way hotter charge. I'm beginning to suspect that mare's leg pistols are much more practical than armchair gunmen would give them credit for, a sort of civilian PDW.
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Re: Cheek weld

Post by slofyr » Sun Mar 18, 2018 3:57 am

> I have touched off an AR pistol with the gun on my face and a 2.23 has a way hotter charge.

The AR has a recoil-absorbing spring.
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