Brotherbadger
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What's the point of shooting it if you don't enjoy it? Keep the recoil pad if it helps. If your friend wants to make fun, let him shoot the thing 25 times and then ask him if it's still wussy.
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Your Opinion on Recoil Pads?
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Uncle Buck
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A friend of mine used to say 'it doesn't take brains to be miserable.'
AMEN!
I use recoil pads on some of my 30-06's. I could shoot five rounds and be done for the day, or I can use a recoil pad and shoot and shoot and shoot...
I choose to shoot and shoot and shoot.
When I'm shooting for fun, I don't consider pain to be part of the equation. Sometimes a certain amount of discomfort is unavoidable, but if it starts to bother me then I'm going to do whatever it takes to make sure I can enjoy the time spent at the range.
I've gone so far as to fill a synthetic stock with BBs to increase the weight of a hard-kicking gun when I knew I was going to have to do a lot of shooting over the bench. I never regretted it for a minute.
Put a recoil pad on it if you want to. It doesn't hurt anything.
I've gone so far as to fill a synthetic stock with BBs to increase the weight of a hard-kicking gun when I knew I was going to have to do a lot of shooting over the bench. I never regretted it for a minute.
Put a recoil pad on it if you want to. It doesn't hurt anything.
I've been thinking about picking up one of those decelerator pads for my 7mm mag.
Shooting should be fun, not painful. I don't see anything wrong with using aftermarket recoil pads. Plus, by the design and that big metal butt plate; I'm pretty sure the MN was designed to kill people on both ends of it.
Shooting should be fun, not painful. I don't see anything wrong with using aftermarket recoil pads. Plus, by the design and that big metal butt plate; I'm pretty sure the MN was designed to kill people on both ends of it.
In the past year I've used a Limbsaver on an 870 and 11-87 (both 12 gauge) and I have to say it is the best pad I ever tried.
In fact I only tried it because the place I usually order from was out of Deceleraters, my go-to pad for years now. I'll be using the Limbsaver until something substantially better comes along.
In fact I only tried it because the place I usually order from was out of Deceleraters, my go-to pad for years now. I'll be using the Limbsaver until something substantially better comes along.
Blindstitch
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I have a decelerator pad and it's great for two reason. It absorbs recoil and if you have a short rifle it adds an inch without destroying the value of the rifle.
Your friend might be interested to get one when he grows up since the sks is pretty short.
Your friend might be interested to get one when he grows up since the sks is pretty short.
"Limb saver is the best!!"
I wonder. I bought a Winchester m70 in .338 Win. Mag. second hand and the Limbsaver pad on it turned to goo in my gun safe. Made a hell of a mess.
I've had very food results with the Decelerators though. My pet load for the .300 Win. Mag. is a 200 gr. bullet loaded as hot as the gun will comfortly stand. Velocity over 2850 FPS. Notghing seems to tame that .338 down though. New Declerator helps some but the something about the .338 mag. just hurts me. Yet my Ruger #1H in .416 Rigby doesn't bother me at all. All it has is that skimpy little piece of rubber for a pad. The .404 Jeffery is thed realy mild one. The previous owner put a muzzle brake on it and tames it down to about 30-06 level. Just might have to try that on the .338.
Paul B.
I wonder. I bought a Winchester m70 in .338 Win. Mag. second hand and the Limbsaver pad on it turned to goo in my gun safe. Made a hell of a mess.
I've had very food results with the Decelerators though. My pet load for the .300 Win. Mag. is a 200 gr. bullet loaded as hot as the gun will comfortly stand. Velocity over 2850 FPS. Notghing seems to tame that .338 down though. New Declerator helps some but the something about the .338 mag. just hurts me. Yet my Ruger #1H in .416 Rigby doesn't bother me at all. All it has is that skimpy little piece of rubber for a pad. The .404 Jeffery is thed realy mild one. The previous owner put a muzzle brake on it and tames it down to about 30-06 level. Just might have to try that on the .338.
Paul B.
Prof Young
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hard rubber pad worthless
I got an aftermarket kit for my mosin that included a hard rubber "recoil" pad and it is worthless. Guess I need to try a limbsaver or some such.
Live well, be safe
Prof Young
I got an aftermarket kit for my mosin that included a hard rubber "recoil" pad and it is worthless. Guess I need to try a limbsaver or some such.
Live well, be safe
Prof Young
your buddy comparing the SKS isn't being fair. 7.62x39 doesn't hurt in any config i've encountered.
A metal buttplate mosin with surplus 7.62x54R can smart a bit!
I too put on a limbsaver brand pad on my mosin, and it made it a lot more fun to shoot off the bench. ONLY the limbsaver helped. others did not.
As for shooting standing up, I can negate a lot of recoil by shooting with a form that allows the barrel to rise significantly as I shift weight to my rear foot.
my sub2000 in .40S&W hurts my shoulder more than most rifle cartridges, and I cannot for the life of me understand why that is. it's tiny by comparison,. but it feels like someone using a small ball peen hammer and just smacking my shoulder bones. ouch
A metal buttplate mosin with surplus 7.62x54R can smart a bit!
I too put on a limbsaver brand pad on my mosin, and it made it a lot more fun to shoot off the bench. ONLY the limbsaver helped. others did not.
As for shooting standing up, I can negate a lot of recoil by shooting with a form that allows the barrel to rise significantly as I shift weight to my rear foot.
my sub2000 in .40S&W hurts my shoulder more than most rifle cartridges, and I cannot for the life of me understand why that is. it's tiny by comparison,. but it feels like someone using a small ball peen hammer and just smacking my shoulder bones. ouch
jason_iowa
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I like the recoil on my 91/30 its not all that sharp more of a push and I don't shoot it a tremendous amount maybe 40-60 rounds when I take it out. Nothing wrong with using things to reduce that recoil as much as possible as it is an enemy to accuracy. What ever makes your shooting time more enjoyable is a good thing. AK/sks recoil is hardly noticeable.
Spats McGee
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If a gun kicks hard enough for me to want a recoil pad, I've got no problem admitting that I'll slap one on there so fast it'll make your head spin.