Hi!

I have a rifle in caliber 458 magnum that have a badly recoil. I think that my recoil pad is to small for this rifle. My rifle weights is 9.25 pounds. I push a 500 grains Hornady soft point out at 2160 to 2200 fps with Accurate powder. Soon I gonna to write about my loading test with different powders in this caliber. There was no headexpansion or any other sign of high pressure on this load.

Now, I need advice from someone who knows about recoil pads and what kind of recoil pad that is the best for heavy recoil rifles.

Best regards
Karl-Erik Svensson

The Pachmayer decelerator or the Limb saver have worked well for me with larger caliber rifles. More importantly is the amound of space the pad occupies. For me, butt width of 1.75 is minimum. My 458 Lott is at 2" and my .375 @ 1.9
Each person is different but the wider seems to distribute the recoil better for me.
Frank

What Frank said!

Also, before you install the new pad, also install a mercury tube in the stock. With the combination of that and the good pad, you will notice a huge difference.

Any recommendations on mercury tube reducers?

Tim

I am with Frank on the type of recoil pads. I have limbsavers on most all of my rifles and the one exception has a pachmayer. The limbsavers are fantastic, when I go shooting I usually have my son and a few of his buddies along as well. Most of them will end up shooting the rifles I take with us so a good recoil pad is a must and so far no real complaints.


The great thing about a few teenagers along is that they will encourage those that are afraid to shoot along until they finally give in and realize their was nothing to be afraid of.

Doug

Yes, I think you have right about the bench shooting. I�m right now looking for a good recoil pad and a mercury recoil reducer too. I have a 458 Lott too very soon and that one is built on a Sako rifle with a new stock that is maded to take up the recoil. That rifle gonna to weigh 11 pounds with one mercury reducer.

I plan to use 500 grains bullet in 458 Lott and 400 grains bullet in my 458 WM. My 458 WM is for hunting in Sweden, and it�s no need for heavier bullets here.

Thank�s all of you for all helping about this.

Best regards
Karl-Erik

twm,
I use 2 merc's 8oz each from C&H Research, Lewis, Kansas
www.mercuryrecoil.com
I use these and a Limbsaver on my .450 Ackley. Shot 20 rounds yesterday with 400gr A-frames @ 2412ft/sec. Feel fine today! I will post a thread with recovered bullet pictures from different target materials.
Ghost

I can rekomend Pachmayr F990. Buy the middle or the big one and make the stock so it fits the pad instead of the revese.

It is a trully exceptionally expensive piece of rubber but i still think it is worth it.

I paid more than 700kr (100 US) for mine but it was worth it.

Best�ll den fr�n USA direkt s� f�r du den mycket billigare.

All the F990s I've seen have a white line, which I personally don't like much. I'd prefere it to be all black. Does anyone know if they make them without the white line?

Erik D.