Recoil Pads

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donberry

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Call me a wimp, but I wonder if anyone has any advice on a recoil pad. I like to shoot my weapons alot. As I am getting older, I find myself shooting my 12 gauge less then the others just because my shoulder does start to feel it after awhile.
No problem if I am actually hunting and shooting an occasional round, but if I am shooting ALOT of skeet etc, ..........guess i am just getting old.
Anyway - any suggestions as to a good pad ?

I also have a old H&R single shot 12 gauge besides my Mossberg, and it just kicks the crap out of me. I think it would take about 12" of foam to reduce that kick. A few deer have sure regretted that H&R tho...
 
recoil pad

I use the Limbsaver recoil pad. I think they make a prefit pad for Mosssbergs. They really dampen recoil. The Kickeez and Pachmyer Decelerator are similar.
 
I use kickeeze or limbsaver. But honestly im only 16 so recoil bothers me not but from older shooters this is what ive heard is great
 
I will chime in for the limbsaver.

I hate big recoil. Almost dumped a pre 64 model 70 in 30 06 because it was brutal with a metal plate. Put a recoil pad on in and now I can shoot it without flinch or pain.

I put a limbsaver on an Encore with a .450 Marlin barrel. It worked so well my shoulder did not even bruise!
 
If you are going to be shooting a lot of skeet, I would look into something like a Countercoil, or a gra-coil or something similar. We have countercoils on the two main trap guns that we use, and, at least on the MT-6, I can't even imagine shooting five or six hundred rounds without it. Also, the kick-eez pads are nice, and you will need a pad on top of the recoil-reducer anyway. You might want to have a gunsmith do the fitting for you, but you can do it yourself. Unless your length of pull is already really short, you will have to cut down the stock a little bit. If you have a band saw and a belt sander, you can shape the pad and recoil reducer to match your stock also. Just be careful; they are made partly out of aluminum, so if it starts to get hot while you are cutting or sanding, stop and let it cool, otherwise the hydraulic section will overheat and be ruined and possibly blow a seal. It may sound like a lot of trouble, but it is definitely worth it if you shoot a lot and you use heavier target loads.
 
I learned a little trick from Harry Lawson, the man who makes some of the early thumbhole stocks in Tucson, AZ. Harry has died, but his son Randy keeps the tradition going. He would not grind the pads sides perfectly flat as to be a continuation of the buttstock. He would grind the hard plate flush, but he would "flare" the rest of the grind so it was wider at the back than the plate, This produces what he called "a soft edge". It does work well because of the soft edge and it creates a wider pad at your shoulder. It may be hard to find a smithy willing to do this kind of work because they all like the "fixtures" and a flat wheel to grind them. Anyhow, just my 2 cents worth.
 
Ruger4570, that is exactly what I did when I fitted a Limbsaver to a Knoxx SpecOps stock yesterday. Going to shoot slugs out of the bad boy wednesday.
 
cdc: Good move. I am sure you will notice a difference with that soft edge especially with loads you have shot before. Slugs,,, well,,they are a whole different thing :D
 
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