I pulled my butt plate off. I see there is a lead plug installed, and a steel plate screwed into a cut out. What is the plate for?
Can I remove the plate and install a recoil reducer? I add a 11/2" pad to the rifle, it feels a little heavy in the front.

I need some cast bullet data. I found some 350 gr gascheck hard cast.

Do You fire form new case, before loading for a hunt?

How hard is it to get the front sight out,what is involved?

Thanks
JD

JD

My 470 had the same plate arrangement and had a steel rod in the thru bolt hole. The plate was to hold the counterweight in place I suppose. After installing a Decellerator and reinstalling the counterweight and the retaining clip I proceeded to shoot the gun. After about 20 rounds I noticed that there was a bump on the recoil pad. I removed the pad and discovered the counterweight had sheared the screw holding the clip in place and was pushing back into the recoil pad upon recoil. I merely removed the counterweight and shoot with out it. If you were to put a mercury reducer in the stock I would reccommend precautions be taken to assure it will not move upon recoil. The Decellerator is a hollow pad and offers no resistance to movement of the counterweight. Just my experience of course.

I have a Merkel 470, it feel fine to me. I added an 1" Kick ez pad for 15 1/2 " LOP.

I am shooting 30 Gr. AA5744, no filler and a 540 Gr. FNPB Custom Cast Lead Bullet with a Muzzle Velocity of 1100 FPS.

Custom Cast Bullets

It has the same POI at 25/50 yds as my hunting load of 108 Gr. H4831 and a 500 gr. Woodleigh Soft or Solid @ 2050 fps.

I use new Jamison Brass. I FL Resize, trim and prep brass.

I sent mine to JJ Perdeau at Champlin Arms to install a new front sight witha pop up night sight and to modify the rear sight to a V style.

Mike

Take all that crap out of the stock and install a good recoil reducer in it. Glass bed the recoil reducer in so it won't move. 470's can be fun if proper precautions are taken. I had the rear sight turned into a V notches and had a good bead front sight put on. It'll take some time for a good smith to do it as it is hand-filing the V notch for elevation and verifying it by shooting a bit.

I will have to remove my pad to fit it,and will weigh the insert and compare the weight of
a recoil reducer, I may just add some lead shot and 5 min expoy over the top of the steel retainer. Tradewinds I got the 11/2" pad that real pushes it out there, thanks for the load data. I just noticed that the brass insert in the front sight was real tarnished, it shines now after a little polishing. I will file my sights my self. If I screw up Its not a big deal I will fit a gost ring sight to it later.
any way.

Thanks

JD

In my Merkel,I shoot Cast performance 420grs LFNGC at full throttle,2150 fps,they regulate perfectly,at the last DRSS hunt-shoot,I took three hogs with it!

Bill,

What load are you using to get that velocity with the 420 gr LFNGC?

Bal

Was that your "firebreathing" load?

You were a regular one man show! The 577 double splitting the tree in half, the flamethrower and shooting Kelly's 600. And a lot of ham on the hoof to boot.

Can't wait to see what you have in store in June!

Jim

Hahaha,
man that was fun