I need to reduce recoil

[redshooter]

I'm on my way to get a toren retna repaired and it occured to me that since it was prob spontaneous tear I might want to consider doing something diff with my two .30 mags. I guess my stevens will become a hunting rifle after all and I'm thinking .264 win or 6.5 284. It can recoil a bit harder as it won't get shot too much but my Tikka 65 is another story.

So here it is. I have two long action rifles that I need to tame a little. since the intention was to (one day) turn them both into rifles capable of shooting 1000 m + I still want them to be able to do that when $ allow. As stated above the Stevens can be a bit more savage (haha) but the Tikka will be strictly target and therfore needs to be a bit of a powder puff. So long action factory or wildcat what would you do if you were put in this position. 6mm/6.5mm 06 seem like a good choice. What do you think?

 

[Mystic Precision]

Weight and muzzle brakes.

Jerry

 

[AKD]

And take ur vitamins

 

[yukoncoyote]

A nice juicy muzzle brake should do the trick.

 

[pilgrim]

+1 on muzzle break, but how about reduced powder charge?

 

[ben hunchak]

Fast twist .223 time for you....

 

[redshooter]

Turns out I should be fine. He said if the scope wacked me in the eye then yes, but recoil by it's self, no. So it looks like that 300 RUM is back on. The Doc was a fan of shooting, but not an actual shooter. He loved shooting full autos in Vegas.

 

[mattyboy72]

300 rum? my 308 kicks harder then that lol

 

[Meph]

Ummm... A good recoil pad?

 

[9mikemike]

Mercury recoil suppressor...http://www.mercuryrecoil.com/

My 223 kicks more than my 308.

 

[rnbra-shooter]

redshooter good to hear you'll be OK.

Jerry's first suggestion (weight) always works, is very effective, and oftentimes can be done for little or no cost. Adding five pounds to a ten pound rifle will reduce the rifle's recoil velocity to 67% of what it was (and this reduces the recoil energy to 44% of what it was).

If you are building a rifle, you can choose a nice heavy barrel; not only will this reduce your recoil and make your shooting more comfortable it also makes for a stiffer barrel (so your accuracy might be better) and it also handles heating better. And there is usually little or no cost difference attached to this choice.

If you are buying a stock you can choose one of the heavier target models. Or you can quite easily add weight to an existing stock.

For what it's worth F-Class Open rifles have a weight limit of 10kg (22lbs) and most rifles in competition are quite close to this (also, F-TR rifles (.223/.308) have an 8.25kg limit and are usually built quite close to this)