mercury filled recoil reducers

[jp]

does anyone have any experience with the mercury filled recoil reducers that fit in the stock of a shotgun?
do they work?
how much of a reduction do they provide?
any precived problems with them?
other alternatives?
do you feel they are worth the $45.
what brand would you suggest?
where can you get them?
so there that should be enough questions

 

[sm]

"Dead Mule" used in a 20 ga Citori.
Yes it will reduce recoil. Downside is the balance changes.

Fellow shooter was shooting skeet, tried adding a bbl weight to "get the balance back". It's and individual thing on handling. this person played around with this recoil for a bit. Now I was using th e 3 bbl set without the weight. We played around with gun fit and the other shooter finally had his gun fit better tailored to him.

Actually some weight was added to buttstock, and forend. Main fit came from LOP, cast, comb, and going to a field rib vs. the high rib.

Note: Gun used to fit this guy, but , 12 yrs elasped since he last competed. Either his gun changed or the guys physique...we blamed it on his wife's home cooking...he married 12 yrs ago...sounded like the culprit to me

 

[Dave McCracken]

I don't like messing with mercury, stuff is toxic as heck.Others differ.

There's an old TFL thread on some easy, homemade kick cutters, search for threads with recoil in the title by me. Making up a couple of these can give you some solid info on what these do and how the balance changes. Then, if you like the results, you can stay with those, go on to the mechanicals like the Edwards, or use Dead Mule, etc.

HTH....

 

[rick_reno]

I put one in my Benelli Nova, the wt. is 14 oz. I think it helped with the felt recoil a little bit. It helped with making the shotgun point better for me, added a bit of wt. to the stock.

 

[4 eyed six shooter]

The mercury reducers do help. As others have said they do change the balance which may or may not bother you. Just make sure the unit fits tightly into the stock. If it moves in the stock when you fire the gun it will not be nearly as effective. I have put them in several of my customers firearms and they have all been happy with them.
Good shooting, John K

 

[webley455]

They are very effective. My 10 guage shoots like a 12. I did not notice a change in the balance but that is just me. It should change it. the heavier the gun the less one notices the change.

 

[45auto]

The mechanical recoil reducers work the best IMHO, but are expensive.
I suspect the advantage of the mercury reducers lies in the fact of their weight, which you could duplicate with a bar of steel or lead.
Depending on the gun stock, you can experiment by "wrapping" lead shot(bullets) and placing the "bag" in the stock bolt recess and see how it shoots(feels). Just make sure the "bag" fits snug and doesn't move around in recoil- that would be worse!

Good luck

 

[Whit]

I took put a +2 mag extension on my 870P, not for the added capacity, but for a little more weight up front. It make all the difference in the world as far as balance and perceived recoil. I recall a post on TFL by Dave McC where he discussed the subject. I took his advise, about 2 years ago now, and it is the best thing I could have done. .....Whit

 

[Dave McCracken]

Thanks for the endorsement, Whit. That 2 shot extension weighs about 7 oz, a good amount to add on an 870.

FYI, I shot trap today with a local legend, his Kreighoff has a 7 oz weight under the barrel in front of the forend. Same idea,less kick and more inertia.