Recoil pad for .375 Ruger
- Thread starter mackillan
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I think a scope with long eye relief..ie: Leupold 1-4 etc...and careful shooting technique would go further to prevent a case of "magnum eyebrow" than a recoil pad....a 375 Ruger can't be that bad.....especially the laminate version.....
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- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
It doesn't matter how long the eye relief of your scope is if you do not use extended rings so you can make use of that long eye relief. Variable power scopes have long eye pieces that tend to extend well behind the rear ring, so my choice would be to find a fixed low power scope, or get extended rings for a low power variable.
The recoil pad on the wood stock Ruger looks a little thin to me, so I think the installation of a Limb Saver is a good idea. But as said above, it won't do much to improve the eye relief, and if the rifle doesn't fit you, the recoil will feel worse than it is. If you are going to have the better pad installed, make sure the stock is cut to fit you.
The recoil pad on the wood stock Ruger looks a little thin to me, so I think the installation of a Limb Saver is a good idea. But as said above, it won't do much to improve the eye relief, and if the rifle doesn't fit you, the recoil will feel worse than it is. If you are going to have the better pad installed, make sure the stock is cut to fit you.
Couldn't agree more.
You also need to keep more of an eye on you LOP.
If your LOP is too short you are quite likely to get a wack....Quite often the standard 13.5" doesn't work on a big bore.
My LOP is 13.75", but I run my heavy hitters at 14" for a lttle more margin of error....I tend to crawl the stock.
Like Boomer says if you can get the scope far enough ahead none of this will matter.
You wont get a scope bite until you get used to shooting the gun, then you will get lazy and it will bite ya
Saw a fella do that twice on the same day with the same rifle....now when he shoots anything bigger than 22LR ,he's as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs !
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- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
My pal who bought the Ruger Alaskan mounted a Leupy VX-7 1.5-6X on it with the factory Ruger rings. I told him to get extension rings, but he argued they were hard to find for a 30 mm tube and besides he didn't need them. He's only been touched once, but sooner or later he will be in a hurry and forget and the tears will flow.
Thing to remember with the Ruger Alaskans if you do order new rings they are both different sizes... One is a high the other a medium IIRC. I would have to look at mine to confirm.
I have a Kahles 2-7x36 mounted in the factory rings and I have no issues with eye relief.
I have a Kahles 2-7x36 mounted in the factory rings and I have no issues with eye relief.
LMAO!
I had a 1.5-6 Burris (that had a long ocular bell) on a 340Wby. The stock was also quite short at 13.25 inches.
I had been lightly kissed a few times, but all was well until I shot a black bear at an extreme downhill angle....
At the shot there was a bright flash that I assumed was the gun blowing up. As I came to my confused senses I was surprised to see my hunting partner lay on the ground shaking while a few feet behind me in a bush lay my intact looking rifle????
After wiping some of the blood from my eyes I realized my hunting partner was laughing so hard he couldn't stand and the bright flash had been from the horrible impact to my nose and forehead!
To make matters worse I had actually managed to hit the bear and (according hunting partner who was now crying with laughter) the damned thing had cartwheeled and slid at least another 100yards down the slope! We were forced to climb and slide down the 70% grade then somehow get it back up to the landing!
A few miserable and blood soaked hours later we had the bear in the truck.
If memory serves me right it took 9 or 10 stitches to close the gaping mess.....I still wear the scars.
Justice was dispensed to my hunting partner when he married the meanest women on the planet.
Holy cow guys it is only a 375 Ruger your talking about, the recoil generated by this gun/cartridge combo isn't all that much I just couldn't imagine beaning myself in the head with it...
The stock recoil pad is all you will ever need for it they are very soft...
The stock recoil pad is all you will ever need for it they are very soft...
I agree with CC - its only a 375 - 375 Ruger in fact! Not a RUM, Cdn or Weatherby even.
Make sure your stock fits you and the scope is a decent one with decent eye relief and any recoil pad is fine.
if you want to shoot a lot off a bench - wear a body pad or use a slip on recoil pad.
In the field you wont even feel it .
Make sure your stock fits you and the scope is a decent one with decent eye relief and any recoil pad is fine.
if you want to shoot a lot off a bench - wear a body pad or use a slip on recoil pad.
In the field you wont even feel it .
I guess I'm the only guy dumb enough to pull this sort of stunt.
I havent drawn blood, but my 375 H&H Ackley that didnt push 260gr bullets at 3100 fps
kissed me once...just a small mark...I have seen others take a whack with a rifle as small as a 30/06.
