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Mercury recoil reducer

ButteIrish
I purchased a Winchester Model 70 SS Classic in 375 H&H Magnum last year for an upcoming African hunt. The rifle was ordered direct from Winchester via a local dealer for me and is one of the last ones to come from the factory in this caliber. I replaced the factory installed plastic stock with with a H&S Precison synthetic with full aluminum bedding block. While the recoil is somewhat manageable while hunting it is not a very pleasant rifle to practice with. A friend of mine suggested I install a mercury recoil reducer in the stock. I have found very little info on the net about them. I would like to hear opinions from anyone who has tried them on how well they worked for you and what type you used. Did you install the reducer in the butt of the stock or imbed it under the barrel in the forearm? Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!
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  • ButteIrish
    How do you put a Mercury vial(?) in a gunstock to reduce recoil?
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  • dfletcher
    I've installed quite a few of the "plug" type - just drill out a hole long enough and of wide enough diameter to fit and drop it in. I make the hole just a touch too deep and use a small disc of rubber under the recoil pad to keep it from moving.

    To tell the truth, I don't notice a whole lot of difference - have them in mostly 375 H & H caliber and up rifles.

    Also, the can change the balance of the rifle especially if put in something short and light. Drop one into a Marlin Guide Gun and you'll feel very, very butt heavy
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  • rmckuin
    I have used them in 12 ga skeet guns--Remington 1187 Preimers and such. We just put them in the stock hole under the butt pad.

    I had one gun (?) that I thought needed some weight forward--put a mercury reducer in the magazine tube instead of a plug limiting the number of rounds in the magazine.
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