What are your thoughts on using a mercury recoil reducer/suppressor on long range rifle? Will it affect accurary?
Looking at placing one the the rear of the stock.
Looking at placing one the the rear of the stock.
Gunsmithing Mercury Recoil Reducer/Suppressor
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Re: Mercury Recoil Reducer/Suppressor
I was around them quite a bit on trap guns when I was younger and never really noticed a difference with them as far as recoil. I would try adding some weight to the butt stock with some lead and see if that helps.
I was around them quite a bit on trap guns when I was younger and never really noticed a difference with them as far as recoil. I would try adding some weight to the butt stock with some lead and see if that helps.
Re: Mercury Recoil Reducer/Suppressor
it adds about a pound and decreases the sharpness of the recoil by stretching it out over a longer period of time
it adds about a pound and decreases the sharpness of the recoil by stretching it out over a longer period of time
Re: Mercury Recoil Reducer/Suppressor
Got a couple on some light shotguns shooting 3 1/2" magnums. They seem to work pretty well, but do add a bunch of weight to the gun. Maybe a good brake is a better solution, but I don't what your objective is.
I've got a 5 pound 300 WM, with a brake, that is not that bad on recoil. Before I got it, I was kinda leery of that light a rifle in that caliber. I was wrong, it is very shootable. My 12 year old nephew shot an auodad with it last year, didn't tell him what it was, just handed it to him and said shoot that thing, and he did. Asked him later about the recoil, he said "Huh?".
I think a lot of it is in our minds.
Got a couple on some light shotguns shooting 3 1/2" magnums. They seem to work pretty well, but do add a bunch of weight to the gun. Maybe a good brake is a better solution, but I don't what your objective is.
I've got a 5 pound 300 WM, with a brake, that is not that bad on recoil. Before I got it, I was kinda leery of that light a rifle in that caliber. I was wrong, it is very shootable. My 12 year old nephew shot an auodad with it last year, didn't tell him what it was, just handed it to him and said shoot that thing, and he did. Asked him later about the recoil, he said "Huh?".
I think a lot of it is in our minds.
Re: Mercury Recoil Reducer/Suppressor
I think they are effective. I think the same mass, added as an inert weight, is nearly as effective and probably is a lot more affordable.
The value of any recoil reduction is in the fatigue reduction they provide for repetitive practice. There are a lot of ways to achieve this.
The mercury reducer is a real option, and if I were less concerned about expenses, I might consider one. My most common tactic is to fill stock voids with buckshot. Another one which does not add weight directly to the rifle itself is interposing mass, similar in principle to a Lead Sled. This can be achieved as simply as stacking a sand or shot bag between shoulder and butt plate.
The position one shoots from will also influence recoil tolerance. The more upright, generally the better the tolerance.
Context has a bearing too. Shooting at randomly encountered game in the field generally makes recoil less noticeable than a sustained sequence of fire at the bench. Be advised that shooting supported free recoil from a bench will generate a different, usually higher, POI than shooting from an unsupported field position.
IMHO the best recoil reduction comes from doing everything but sight-ins, primary application, and load confirmation with the rimfire instead of the primary firearm. IMHO, it reduces wasted ammo, bore life, and shooter stamina. A fatigued shooter does not practice as efficiently or as effectively as on a fresh one. Where practice is impaired, so must be any benefit one expects to gain from that practice.
Greg
I think they are effective. I think the same mass, added as an inert weight, is nearly as effective and probably is a lot more affordable.
The value of any recoil reduction is in the fatigue reduction they provide for repetitive practice. There are a lot of ways to achieve this.
The mercury reducer is a real option, and if I were less concerned about expenses, I might consider one. My most common tactic is to fill stock voids with buckshot. Another one which does not add weight directly to the rifle itself is interposing mass, similar in principle to a Lead Sled. This can be achieved as simply as stacking a sand or shot bag between shoulder and butt plate.
The position one shoots from will also influence recoil tolerance. The more upright, generally the better the tolerance.
Context has a bearing too. Shooting at randomly encountered game in the field generally makes recoil less noticeable than a sustained sequence of fire at the bench. Be advised that shooting supported free recoil from a bench will generate a different, usually higher, POI than shooting from an unsupported field position.
IMHO the best recoil reduction comes from doing everything but sight-ins, primary application, and load confirmation with the rimfire instead of the primary firearm. IMHO, it reduces wasted ammo, bore life, and shooter stamina. A fatigued shooter does not practice as efficiently or as effectively as on a fresh one. Where practice is impaired, so must be any benefit one expects to gain from that practice.
Greg
Re: Mercury Recoil Reducer/Suppressor
As Greg says, the added mass decreases the recoil force the same as just increasing the rifle weight. What the mercury suppressor changes, as well as the weight change, is to spread the recoil force out over a longer time interval...reducing the recoil velocity, which is also a major component of the tendency to flinch. Theory, of course.
As Greg says, the added mass decreases the recoil force the same as just increasing the rifle weight. What the mercury suppressor changes, as well as the weight change, is to spread the recoil force out over a longer time interval...reducing the recoil velocity, which is also a major component of the tendency to flinch. Theory, of course.
Re: Mercury Recoil Reducer/Suppressor
I was curious about thier effect also,
I thought that weight in general had more effect then a mercury tube.
A friend had one in a .338 WM. I machined a billet the same size we swapped them out. I couldent notice a difference between the two.
That has been my ony observation
I was curious about thier effect also,
I thought that weight in general had more effect then a mercury tube.
A friend had one in a .338 WM. I machined a billet the same size we swapped them out. I couldent notice a difference between the two.
That has been my ony observation
