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mhb
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For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update
05/10/05 12:51 AM

Damfino. I'll take the buttplate off and have a look - the rifle handles like it has something of weight in the butt (though it balances very well) - still, I had not heard that any of the Merkels came with a recoil reducer. I'll let you know what I find.
mhb - Mike

Later:
Well, I carried out an investigation to find out what, if anything, lies beneath the Merkel's buttplate. What I found could be described as 'recoil reduction devices', in the strictest physical sense (added mass in the rifle reduces recoil velocity and thereby, felt recoil). The contents were:
1. A lead slug, possibly cast in-situ in the top of the stock, diameter 15mm, length unknown, but possibly up to 8" or so, with a gap between the rear end of the slug and the buttplate of about 3/4". As there was no obvious means of removal, and the slug seemed fixed in place firmly (a good idea, given the recoil of the rifle, I can't say more about it.
2. A steel slug, .750" in diameter, and 7 1/8" in length, just below centerline of the stock, and retained in place by an oval steel plate at the butt end, with a metal screw through the plate into the slug, and a wood screw above the slug through the plate into the stock - an arrangement obviously intended, again, to prevent shifting under recoil.
The forward end of the slug featured an encircling O-ring (to locate the slug in the hole), and a counterbore which provided clearance for an Allen-headed bolt visible in the bottom of the hole (stock bolt?).

So, there is nothing in there which could be described as a modern 'recoil reducer', but the extra weight is both necessary and welcome (in my opinion). I'm gonna have to get a good, accurate scale so I can weigh the rifle - I am VERY curious to know just how much it does weigh.
mhb - Mike

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Edited by mhb (05/10/05 03:39 AM)

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Merkel .500 Observations, Continued.	mhb	02/10/05 09:26 AM
Re: Merkel .500 Observations, Continued.	Robgunbuilder	04/10/05 08:34 AM
Re: Merkel .500 Observations, Continued.	500Nitro	04/10/05 08:38 AM
For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update	mhb	05/10/05 12:51 AM
Re: For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update	CptCurl	05/10/05 10:47 AM
Re: For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update	Will	10/10/05 12:08 PM
Re: For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update	500Nitro	10/10/05 06:43 PM
Re: For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update	Will	11/10/05 09:47 AM
Re: For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update	500Nitro	11/10/05 10:57 AM
Marching (slowly) forward!	mhb	20/10/05 12:56 AM
Re: For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update	DOUBLETHEFUN	05/10/05 01:35 PM
Re: For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update	CptCurl	05/10/05 08:49 PM
Re: For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update	clark7781	06/10/05 12:56 AM
Standing Rest - progress report	mhb	06/10/05 12:54 AM
Re: Standing Rest - progress report	nitro476	06/10/05 02:33 AM
Re: Standing Rest - progress report	CptCurl	06/10/05 01:12 AM
For Cap'nC:	mhb	06/10/05 02:38 AM
mercury recoil reducer	foxfire	06/10/05 02:57 AM
Re: mercury recoil reducer	bonanza	06/10/05 04:11 AM
For bonanza:	mhb	07/10/05 05:16 AM
Re: For bonanza:	bonanza	27/10/05 11:02 PM
Re: For bonanza:	mhb	28/10/05 01:10 AM
Re: For bonanza:	bonanza	28/10/05 04:11 AM
Re: For bonanza:	bonanza	20/10/05 02:12 AM
Re: For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update	clark7781	05/10/05 05:50 AM
Re: For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update	NE450No2	05/10/05 10:15 AM
Re: For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update	clark7781	05/10/05 11:00 AM
Re: Merkel .500 Observations, Continued.	MauserRifle	02/10/05 11:21 AM
Re: Merkel .500 Observations, Continued.	mickey	02/10/05 12:23 PM
For MauserRifle and mickey:	mhb	03/10/05 01:53 AM
Re: For MauserRifle and mickey:	500Nitro	03/10/05 06:33 AM
For 500Nitro and Geronimo:	mhb	03/10/05 10:45 AM
Re: For 500Nitro and Geronimo:	MauserRifle	03/10/05 11:19 AM
Re: For 500Nitro and Geronimo:	500Nitro	03/10/05 11:41 AM
Re: For 500Nitro and Geronimo:	MauserRifle	03/10/05 11:57 AM
Re: For 500Nitro and Geronimo:	mickey	03/10/05 12:23 PM
Re: For 500Nitro and Geronimo:	500Nitro	03/10/05 11:04 AM
For 500Nitro, Mauser Rifle and mickey:	mhb	04/10/05 12:24 AM
Re: For 500Nitro, Mauser Rifle and mickey:	500Nitro	04/10/05 07:28 AM
Re: For MauserRifle and mickey:	Geronimo	03/10/05 09:24 AM
Re: Merkel .500 Observations, Continued.	tinker	02/10/05 10:09 AM
Re: Merkel .500 Observations, Continued.	500Nitro	02/10/05 10:40 AM
Re: Merkel .500 Observations, for .500Nitro	mhb	03/10/05 01:35 AM
For tinker;	mhb	02/10/05 10:31 AM
Re: Merkel .500 Observations, Continued.	clark7781	02/10/05 09:49 AM

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