Fairly recently I purchased a Mosin-Nagant 91-30, mainly for defense and range time.
The last time I took it out it thumped my old shoulder so hard it hurt. Thinking it was just me I then handed it to my son who is almost impervious to pain and after 3 rounds he refused to shoot it any more. We may have had some different loads mixed in our box. It was a new box, unopened, from Tulammo. These rounds were even worse than usual. Perhaps Tulammo's QC slipped up on that one!
Anyway, I want to keep it fairly stock looking but it needs to be useable. I have replaced the steel buttplate with a rubber one and I have a slip-on limbsaver for it. Both of them together reduce the "bite" but the LOP becomes too long and I would prefer not to cut the stock.
I have spent many hours looking for a way to make this rifle useable. Some of the things I have come across are: unground limbsaver pad, muzzle brakes, an improved stock and recoil suppressors of various types that go in the stock.
I don't want a suppressor that blows away those next to me, I've been looking at linear compensators like the KIES. Still the barrel would have to be threaded to accept that and some people say it will not reduce recoil and some say it will (too many armchair QB's).
I don't want to spend a lot of money on a rifle I got for $120 but it is not fun to shoot and I have to do something.
Has anyone actually used a linear compensator?
Any suggestions on ways to reduce recoil?
The last time I took it out it thumped my old shoulder so hard it hurt. Thinking it was just me I then handed it to my son who is almost impervious to pain and after 3 rounds he refused to shoot it any more. We may have had some different loads mixed in our box. It was a new box, unopened, from Tulammo. These rounds were even worse than usual. Perhaps Tulammo's QC slipped up on that one!
Anyway, I want to keep it fairly stock looking but it needs to be useable. I have replaced the steel buttplate with a rubber one and I have a slip-on limbsaver for it. Both of them together reduce the "bite" but the LOP becomes too long and I would prefer not to cut the stock.
I have spent many hours looking for a way to make this rifle useable. Some of the things I have come across are: unground limbsaver pad, muzzle brakes, an improved stock and recoil suppressors of various types that go in the stock.
I don't want a suppressor that blows away those next to me, I've been looking at linear compensators like the KIES. Still the barrel would have to be threaded to accept that and some people say it will not reduce recoil and some say it will (too many armchair QB's).
I don't want to spend a lot of money on a rifle I got for $120 but it is not fun to shoot and I have to do something.
Has anyone actually used a linear compensator?
Any suggestions on ways to reduce recoil?