1874sharpsshooter

or at least my Omega hurts. It has more recoil with a 100 gr than some other guns I shoot with 130 gr. I was going to take the omega out again but decided to try to cut down on the felt recoil a little.
So I decided to take the stock recoil pad off and replace it with a limbsaver pad.


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014 by 1874sharpsshooter, on Flickr

I was hoping this would help some.
When I removed the recoil pad here's what i saw


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A piece of styrofoam


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and not a very big piece either.

Just a hollow stock with a piece of styrofoam.

so then I removed the pad from another Omega.

this is it.


011 by 1874sharpsshooter, on Flickr


012 by 1874sharpsshooter, on Flickr

I guess they must have run out of styrofoam

So I guess that's why hollow tupperware stocks hurt and are not my favorite stock.

bronko22000

I believe they put that in there to provide some resistance to crushing and noise reduction. As for felt recoil, I've found that synthetic stocks produce less felt recoil than wood. I base this on swapping out 2 wooden stocks on CF rifles with synthetic. Both had noticably less recoil and were lighter in total weight.

1874sharpsshooter

then it must be the stock design because it has a lot more recoil than my laminate stocks .at least my shoulder says it does.

Muley Hunter

I believe stock design has the most affect. I hated the recoil from the Omega too. Along with the Renegade. Any stock with more drop at the rear of the comb than the front will be uncomfortable for me.

A stock that's lower in the front of the comb, or at least level won't bang you in the cheek and recoil straight back into the shoulder. Much more comfortable to me, and a better recoil pad will be more effective.

W.W.

That goes to show you why some company's have got to charge so much more for some of there gun especially the ones with wood or a good quality synthetic stock
As for feeling a difference during the shoot, I would have to give a thumbs-up to the quality stock over a tupperware stock any day of the week.

Semisane

That Limbsaver will make a big difference Sarpsshooter. I was so impressed with the one on my X7 that I'm going with Limbsaver for the rifle build.