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Re: Recoil fad

10 May 2021
@ 05:53 pm (GMT)

Vince

Hi Scott,
With the recoil pads, as you say it's probably down to aesthetics, no-one wants to pay for a high grade walnut stock then shorten it to add an ugly pad. With the cheaper rifles which probably make up the bulk of sales and profits, why not put them on. Whether they work with felt recoil reduction, or customers simply think they do either way it's a win for the seller. Same thing with the threaded muzzles on 223's etc, if your customers think they need it then make it a selling point and charge accordingly.
As an aside the muzzle brake (learnt how to spell it now!) video link I forwarded you is from a well known North Island gunsmith. I know a couple of people who have had rifles built by him and seen a few reviews on line, from all accounts he is pretty well regarded. Almost all of his work is now with silencers and brakes, despite him being able to build custom rifles, bespoke walnut stocks etc, it's where the market is at, necessary or not. As depressing as this is, I can't blame him for going where the business is.
I still have my first deer rifle from 1991, a Mauser in .275 Rigby with a thin rubber butt pad, a nice straight grained walnut stock and a 24 inch blued barrel. It isn't threaded..... and it never will be

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