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clark7781
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Re: For 500Nitro, re: recoil reducer/ w/update
      05/10/05 05:50 AM

Mike:

I sent my .500 Merkel to JJ at Champlin's and he installed a recoil reducer and recoil pad. I loved the LOP, so I had him cut the stock to compensate for the recoil pad.

There is a noticable difference after installing this!

At the DRSS hunt, I held my .500 in one hand and jjs' .470 in the other and the .470 actually felt like it weighed more! In looking at the rifles next to each other, we guesstimated that Merkel uses the same exact barrels for both the .470 and .500 - with the .500 having more metal taken out of it for the bore diameter of the larger caliber. Because of this (the .470 having more metal in the barrels) the .470 weighed more. (This is just a human estimate and not based upon scale measurements.)

Also, 400NitroExpress at the DRSS hunt stated that he heard that the weight in the butt stock in some of Merkels came loose and could be heard jiggling around. I have not experienced this nor heard of it happening anywhere.



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Clark

Double Rifle Shooters Society
.500 NE and .577 NE

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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 CptCurlAdministrator   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 CptCurlAdministrator   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 CptCurlAdministrator   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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