Mercury recoil reducers, do they work?

[bobdahunter84]

In the past 6 months I've installed Edwards recoil reducers on 2 P64 Model 70s. 375 h&h and 458 Lott. My comment is don't knock it until you try it. I'm sold. Both VERY manageable to shoot with no flinch whatsoever.

I've heard people comment/concerned on mercury and plane travel. A recoil reducer is of no consequence. Mercury in consumer products is perfectly safe in travel and not against the law. Not to mention idiots at the airport don't know anything about firearms in general, let alone a sealed reducer in the stock of the gun.

 

[elkocountygun]

I used a mercury recoil reducer in my Lott for a while. Honestly it just made the rifle too heavy and I took it out. The rifle is fine without it.

From a physics standpoint, a recoil reducer cannot reduce recoil any more than an equivalent weight of lead. What it can do is spread the impulse, potentially reducing felt recoil.

Personally, I don’t think they are necessary in a well fitted rifle whose weight is appropriate to the caliber.

i am learning about this type of recoil reduction. any other reasons you removed this?

 

[elkocountygun]

In the past 6 months I've installed Edwards recoil reducers on 2 P64 Model 70s. 375 h&h and 458 Lott. My comment is don't knock it until you try it. I'm sold. Both VERY manageable to shoot with no flinch whatsoever.

I've heard people comment/concerned on mercury and plane travel. A recoil reducer is of no consequence. Mercury in consumer products is perfectly safe in travel and not against the law. Not to mention idiots at the airport don't know anything about firearms in general, let alone a sealed reducer in the stock of the gun.

good point

 

[WAB]

i am learning about this type of recoil reduction. any other reasons you removed this?

Just what I stated, extra weight and unnecessary.

 

[Nhoro]

I agree, ia mercury reducer is simply a very expensive weight. I used some lead in a couple of old brass cases fitted into my stock I would advise balancing you rifle just in front of the trigger- it helps with felt recoil. And adding weight helps with recoil.

 

[Jefferry404]

My 495 Asquare has 2 six inch long tungsten rods
In the buttstock for balance and weight. It feels “solid” when I shoulder compare to my other wood stocked rifles.

 

[akrifleman]

Several places have done impulse testing on this subject. When comparing static weight to mercury, the results were that mercury and weight has the same impact on recoil velocity, but mercury doesn't dissipate most of the recoil energy. Static weight does equally.

So, it isn't that the mercury doesn't help, but the static weight will reduce both recoil velocity and recoil energy at the same level for equivalent mercury weight.

Also of importance is finding the balance point of the rifle prior to any work, and then determining where the weight should be added. Typically the butt-stock is the first choice, but it may be that splitting the weight into the fore-end and the butt-stock provides the best feel, as a rifle in balance feels better under recoil.

 

[M70375!]

I have used them and could not feel any difference in recoil, so I took them out.

 

[colorado]

The CZ Custom shop put 2 12oz mercury recoil reducers in when they built my 500 Jeffery. The rifle balances perfectly and I'd hate to shoot it without them.