Recoil reducing stocks

cmdc · January 23, 2012, 11:53 AM

Which ones are most recommended?

Thanks

zippy13 · January 23, 2012, 01:22 PM

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Which ones are most recommended?

Typically the cheapest ones are the most recommended.
Are you looking for a cheap bolt on replacement for your plastic stock or a custom conversion for a wood stocked comp gun -- there's a world of difference in performance and appearance.

Double Naught Spy · January 23, 2012, 01:42 PM

The Knoxx Spec-Ops stock is outstanding in my opinion. It gives you a collapsible stock that will go from being slightly shorter than a youth stock to full length. Recoil is dampened by a recoil spring in the stock. The receiver of the gun actually slide back into the stock against the recoil spring. The stock comes with a buttpad and you can buy other accessories for it like a shell holder, raise cheek rest, etc.

What the stock does is to decrease the the recoil impulse sharpness and speed by spreading it out over a longer period of time.

I don't use the buttpad on mine and like to run the gun with the stock fully collapsed.

The only real complaint I have seen is that it does change the recoil angle slightly and some folks get their cheeks bumped during recoil. That stops with familiarity of use.

Last I checked, they run about $120. Also, this stock may not work with enertia based semi-auto shotguns.

Irish B · January 23, 2012, 03:22 PM

I have the knoxx spec ops double shock absorbing stock too and I agree with it's performance. I can shoot a 3" slug and it feels like a. 22. . . .well almost!

M4BGRINGO · January 23, 2012, 08:02 PM

Here ya go: Cheap isn't good and good isn't cheap. This cost me more than a lot of my guns, but it is soooooo worth it!

zippy13 · January 23, 2012, 08:55 PM

There ya go M4BGRINGO, that's the same unit I have on my Beretta. I got it because it uses the same air unit as the more expensive, but prettier, JS unit I have on one of my P-guns. Also, Mike (of Shock Master) is in my neighborhood and JS is 2-hours up the road.

WV_gunner · January 23, 2012, 09:01 PM

2 big steel bars in the stock turn a light 10 gauge into feeling like an old 12 gauge with a hard butt plate. I don't like this method, but it works. Along with a recoil pad, which I hate, you wouldn't have much recoil.
I actually removed the bars from my stock that the previous owner installed. I don't mind recoil.

zippy13 · January 23, 2012, 09:22 PM

Adding weight is an old school method of reducing recoil, but it also changes the gun's handling characteristics. I have some weight in the front of my R-1100's mag tube to smooth out its swing. For the guys using the Knoxx unit, I don't think they want to reduce their mag capacity by adding any weight there.

olddrum1 · January 24, 2012, 01:28 AM

M4B, pretty much looks like my trap gun. Set it and forget it.

TheKlawMan · January 24, 2012, 03:18 AM

If you are interested in the Knoxx Spec Ops stock, I understand that it is now marketed by Blackwater amd tjey just came out with a second generation that fixes some kind of problem that some had wioth the first generation.

Hoosier_Daddy · January 24, 2012, 03:29 PM

+1 on the Knoxx spec-ops. But I guess it depends on the make and model of your shotgun on what will work.

I have the Knoxx spec-ops on a Remingotn 870 express 12 guage and it really tamed down that recoil.

January 23, 2012, 11:53 AM	#1
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January 23, 2012, 01:42 PM	#3
Double Naught Spy Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Forestburg, Montague Cnty, TX Posts: 12,716	The Knoxx Spec-Ops stock is outstanding in my opinion. It gives you a collapsible stock that will go from being slightly shorter than a youth stock to full length. Recoil is dampened by a recoil spring in the stock. The receiver of the gun actually slide back into the stock against the recoil spring. The stock comes with a buttpad and you can buy other accessories for it like a shell holder, raise cheek rest, etc. What the stock does is to decrease the the recoil impulse sharpness and speed by spreading it out over a longer period of time. I don't use the buttpad on mine and like to run the gun with the stock fully collapsed. The only real complaint I have seen is that it does change the recoil angle slightly and some folks get their cheeks bumped during recoil. That stops with familiarity of use. Last I checked, they run about $120. Also, this stock may not work with enertia based semi-auto shotguns. __________________ "If you look through your scope and see your shoe, aim higher." -- said to me by my 11 year old daughter before going out for hogs 8/13/2011 My Hunting Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/HornHillRange

January 23, 2012, 03:22 PM	#4
Irish B Senior Member Join Date: October 10, 2010 Location: Colorado Posts: 359	I have the knoxx spec ops double shock absorbing stock too and I agree with it's performance. I can shoot a 3" slug and it feels like a. 22. . . .well almost! __________________ If a man hasn't found something worth dying for, he isn't fit to live

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January 23, 2012, 08:02 PM	#5
M4BGRINGO Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2011 Posts: 256	Here ya go: Cheap isn't good and good isn't cheap. This cost me more than a lot of my guns, but it is soooooo worth it!

January 23, 2012, 08:55 PM	#6
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	There ya go M4BGRINGO, that's the same unit I have on my Beretta. I got it because it uses the same air unit as the more expensive, but prettier, JS unit I have on one of my P-guns. Also, Mike (of Shock Master) is in my neighborhood and JS is 2-hours up the road.

January 23, 2012, 09:01 PM	#7
WV_gunner Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2011 Location: WV Posts: 938	2 big steel bars in the stock turn a light 10 gauge into feeling like an old 12 gauge with a hard butt plate. I don't like this method, but it works. Along with a recoil pad, which I hate, you wouldn't have much recoil. I actually removed the bars from my stock that the previous owner installed. I don't mind recoil.

January 23, 2012, 09:22 PM	#8
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	Adding weight is an old school method of reducing recoil, but it also changes the gun's handling characteristics. I have some weight in the front of my R-1100's mag tube to smooth out its swing. For the guys using the Knoxx unit, I don't think they want to reduce their mag capacity by adding any weight there.

January 24, 2012, 01:28 AM	#9
olddrum1 Senior Member Join Date: March 23, 2008 Location: Mid Missouri Posts: 807	M4B, pretty much looks like my trap gun. Set it and forget it.

January 24, 2012, 03:18 AM	#10
TheKlawMan Junior member Join Date: June 23, 2009 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 2,149	If you are interested in the Knoxx Spec Ops stock, I understand that it is now marketed by Blackwater amd tjey just came out with a second generation that fixes some kind of problem that some had wioth the first generation.

January 24, 2012, 03:29 PM	#11
Hoosier_Daddy Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2011 Location: Lower Michigan Posts: 163	+1 on the Knoxx spec-ops. But I guess it depends on the make and model of your shotgun on what will work. I have the Knoxx spec-ops on a Remingotn 870 express 12 guage and it really tamed down that recoil.