anyone ever used a mercury recoil reducer ?

Might be cheaper and add less weight to just put a good recoil pad on. My Ruger 77 in .338 Win Mag was a beast with that worthless POC red recoil pad that Ruger uses! I put a Sims LimbSaver recoil pad on and it feels more like my '06 now.
 
I have used them quite a bit. Mostly in shotguns, for sporting clays use. They do add weight. I also had one in a Rem700 375 H&H. Helped balance the heavier contour barrel that was on it.

As ducksoup said, a GOOD recoil pad will help with recoil control a lot also. Put the two together and you will have a much more plesant experience.

If you are putting it in a synthetic stock make sure you have a good solid mounting for it. It will not do you any good to be bouncing around in the stock. It must be firmly (surrounded) and tightly (end to end) positioned so when the gun begins to recoil it is working against the weight of the recoil reducer, not just bouncing it around in the stock.

I usually put a piece of same diameter heater hose in the hole as a spacer, cut just a hair longer than the stock hole with the reducer in it. It would give just enough compression to hold it tight when the butt plate or reciol pad was installed. Also, you can wrap electrical tape around the outside at each end to make sure it fits better in the hole/space in the stock.

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Originally Posted By: dogtiredOriginally Posted By: reddog964As the title says ( Recoil Reducer )

Duh, I was hoping for more specifics on the gun.

The one I have in my 835 is a heavy plastic tube, actually it looks like a bollus (big pill for cattle). The tube is filled 1/2 maybe 2/3's w/ mercury. You fix the tube in your buttstock and the mercury absorbs some recoil. For the $35 I spent on mine, it was well worth it. Made a noticeable reduction in the recoil of 3.5" goose loads. The one I installed weighed probably somewhere between 6 & 8oz.

(Dogtired, after rereading your response I understand you were looking for the specifi gun the OP was applying to. )
 
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I've used them in my trap gun. They add a lot of weight and screw up the balance of the gun. If you really have a problem with recoil maybe you should look into Magna Porting.
 
ronnies...i have a HS Precision stock that has em installed...i'm gonna guess both cylinders add 3lbs to the butt of stock...butt heavy...i tried removing em but a no-go...barrel/action is in 6BR so crosshairs don't jump...can't complain though...new in the bag at an estate sale...$25.
 
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