Post by GLSHOOTER on Dec 18, 2014 9:30:57 GMT -8
After a long wait the recoil reducer showed up at the front door. Of course so did the rain. A little history and where it stands today. About two years ago I was sent a prototype recoil reducer system from Black Hole. I shot them in a standard stock and a carbine form, they are different, and was pleased to find they did in fact reduce recoil by around 25-30%. Installation was a bit tough but not that hard.
As Black Hole moved they turned the project over to Andy who was their office manager. Like many thing life got in the way and it was back burnered a bit. Andy got together with some people and started reworking the system. He needed to make it a bit more interchangeable since all tubes are not created equal. The company Andy is running is Shooting Innovations, SHOOTING INNOVATIONS They are handling Black Hole goods and starting to branch out in to other areas..
As I mentioned the package came in the other evening with a carbine recoil reducer set up. It comes assembled and has an extra light weight spring if you run into that underpowered ammo or want to be a hot rocks 3Gun guy with light bullets and fast loads. Directions are straight forward and easy to follow including how to swap out to the light weight set up.
I grabbed a couple collapsible stock lowers and sat down for my Lego experience. I found it was easy to install and having chatted with Andy I pulled the buffer retainer and spring. He said it would run a bit better that way though it can be left in place., The only difference is you have to push the front in slightly as you close the upper. Spring pressure is very light so it isn't like you have to be Arnold to accomplish the task.
Here's what I got.
Assembly took almost two minutes and this is what I have set up.
If you go to Andy's website they have an explanation on the physics/dynamics of the reducer. The design is innovative in that it does more than act as a as silent spring capture rig as the weights work in concert to decrease the recoil.
I will be shooting this on Friday and I will report back. Since the prototypes worked so well I don't anticipate any issues or decrease in performance. The weather here is weird and it has been raining off on and on the past few weeks keeping my shooting spot damp and muddy.
Greg
As Black Hole moved they turned the project over to Andy who was their office manager. Like many thing life got in the way and it was back burnered a bit. Andy got together with some people and started reworking the system. He needed to make it a bit more interchangeable since all tubes are not created equal. The company Andy is running is Shooting Innovations, SHOOTING INNOVATIONS They are handling Black Hole goods and starting to branch out in to other areas..
As I mentioned the package came in the other evening with a carbine recoil reducer set up. It comes assembled and has an extra light weight spring if you run into that underpowered ammo or want to be a hot rocks 3Gun guy with light bullets and fast loads. Directions are straight forward and easy to follow including how to swap out to the light weight set up.
I grabbed a couple collapsible stock lowers and sat down for my Lego experience. I found it was easy to install and having chatted with Andy I pulled the buffer retainer and spring. He said it would run a bit better that way though it can be left in place., The only difference is you have to push the front in slightly as you close the upper. Spring pressure is very light so it isn't like you have to be Arnold to accomplish the task.
Here's what I got.
Assembly took almost two minutes and this is what I have set up.
If you go to Andy's website they have an explanation on the physics/dynamics of the reducer. The design is innovative in that it does more than act as a as silent spring capture rig as the weights work in concert to decrease the recoil.
I will be shooting this on Friday and I will report back. Since the prototypes worked so well I don't anticipate any issues or decrease in performance. The weather here is weird and it has been raining off on and on the past few weeks keeping my shooting spot damp and muddy.
Greg