greyling22
Member
In the theme of putting part of a fun-noodle on the back of a 30-06 as a poor man's recoil pad, here is my latest tinkering.
So some people hate the AR "sproing", and I personally am bothered by the buffer slamming into the rear of the tube and sending the jarring concussion through my ear muffs where it feels like somebody is boxing my on the ear. I tried laying a bit of my shooting towel over the stock to pad where my muff contacts it and lo and behold: no ear boxing! no sproing! It was super pleasant. So I tried something a little more permanent: 3/4" hot water pipe insulation. It is not a cheek rest. Keep it further back on the stock where your ear muff would rest and it works even better than the corner of towel. but Really it is too thick and I had to play with size and position to make it work. It is not a permanent solution, but for something cheap and easy to make a day at the range more enjoyable it works pretty well.
I would love to hear suggestions for something a little thinner and more durable that I could glue on there more or less permanently. Any ideas?
It is an idea for casual shooters only. 3 gun guys, swat guys, military guys, deaf guys, mall ninja guys or anybody else who is or thinks of themselves as a hardcore shooter need not make fun of it.
So some people hate the AR "sproing", and I personally am bothered by the buffer slamming into the rear of the tube and sending the jarring concussion through my ear muffs where it feels like somebody is boxing my on the ear. I tried laying a bit of my shooting towel over the stock to pad where my muff contacts it and lo and behold: no ear boxing! no sproing! It was super pleasant. So I tried something a little more permanent: 3/4" hot water pipe insulation. It is not a cheek rest. Keep it further back on the stock where your ear muff would rest and it works even better than the corner of towel. but Really it is too thick and I had to play with size and position to make it work. It is not a permanent solution, but for something cheap and easy to make a day at the range more enjoyable it works pretty well.
I would love to hear suggestions for something a little thinner and more durable that I could glue on there more or less permanently. Any ideas?
It is an idea for casual shooters only. 3 gun guys, swat guys, military guys, deaf guys, mall ninja guys or anybody else who is or thinks of themselves as a hardcore shooter need not make fun of it.