Thread: Oldest active hunting rifle

Originally Posted by Cordite

Yup, he makes fine suppressors. 1-2 sheets of roofing lead between limb saver and butt stock will sweeten both balance and recoil. Cut to shape with chisel. Paint the edges or just bend tape over the edges before screwing the limb saver tight.

@Cordite Yep great supp's for hard use,back in the day when these Old School brick shithouse suppressors were the go ,we would take the recoil pad off, drill a small hole inside the butt at the heal & place small round fishing sinkers until the balance is restored ,a lot of times it would actually improve balance /handling over the original unsuppressed feel.

With our DG rifles in Africa they would also use the Old School shotgun "capsule" recoil reducers ie type that originally used powdered lead, these were still available/used in various sizes by Italian shotgun makers up to when l left in 2015 & if you going to have kids using the rifle may be a good balance /recoil reducing option. From memory l think Fabarm was one of the common cheap versions but there were a few different makes & sizes/weights.