Liquid Recoil Reducers

[batmaninja]

I inherited a Beretta OU from my finances family who are from Louisiana. Took it bird hunting this last weekend and when I went to shoulder it, I could hear water inside of the gun. I didnt really know what was going on, and figured the gun had gotten water in the stock from a flood. Ended up taking it to a gun shop, and they said there is a mercury recoil suppressor in the butt stock. I get the concept, just wondering what the general conses is on them. I had never really heard of them before.

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[wdtorque]

I've used them, in stock and on the forearm. I like them fine. No scientific data, but weight reduces recoil (insert mathematical formula here) so they do some good.

[TxBowHntr]

It acts as a counter weight. Scientifically speaking, there is not loss in force, but it typically lengthens the amount of time the force is applied by counter acting the backwards force (it is a reverse inertia), which makes the "pop" feel more like a "push". This is all still in a very short amount of time (fractions of a second), but they do make the recoil more manageable. And they do add weight which help absorb the recoil

[K. Lane]

Mercury tubes are awesome. I have one that goes in the magazine tube (replaces the plug) of my autoloader...really helps with recoil/barrel jump which allows quicker follow up shots when i miss........which happens more than i like to admit

[xman59]

been around a long time now,, most used by skeet and trap shooters ,,, they certainly do help

[batmaninja]

Thank you for the comments. The original owner, was a big skeet shooter, not a huge hunter. I am more the opposite and was looking at it from that angle. Dont really plan to take it out, just want to make sure I know how it is used, and how to use it effectively.

Is there any maintenance or anything with them?

[xman59]

Thank you for the comments. The original owner, was a big skeet shooter, not a huge hunter. I am more the opposite and was looking at it from that angle. Dont really plan to take it out, just want to make sure I know how it is used, and how to use it effectively.

Is there any maintenance or anything with them?

pretty much none,,,, its a sealed tube