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I was at a barbeque last night and was talking to an 80 year old, he knew I was a shooter, as is he, during the conversation he asked if I could answer a question that has been puzzling him for some years, he has tried to find an answer but has failed to find one that satisfies him. He was an officer on merchant ships, some number of years ago he was in The Northern Territories, Australia, shooting with a native guide, it was then acceptable to shoot saltwater croc's, he used a 12g Remmi pump firing 1 ounce slugs, thought was there nothing outstanding in this, this is what the guide provided, so one day goes out for buffalo, same guide, gun and ammo, so shoots a buffalo, head shot at about 25 - 30 yards, knocks it back onto its rear haunches, in his words "sat it down like a dog" guide says give it another to be sure, so does. Now this guy is a clever fella, so his question is, quoting Newtons Third Law of Motion, how can he, at a slim 5 foot 7 inches possibly be able to fire comfortably, a 1 ounce slug out of a 12 g that would knock a beast the size of a buffalo back onto its rear haunches, because the momentum (Newtons Law) of the recoiling gun is equal to the momentum of the slug, so the gun should have knocked him down as well, conversely if you could have held the butt of the gun onto the head of the buffalo and fired it, the buffalo would just have shrugged it off, it would not have been knocked back, I said it would be down to the weight of the gun, quoting game guns at around 7lb and clay guns at around 81/4lb, saying the weight is enough to dampen the effect of the recoil, along with how I now use a 32" B725 black instead of my game EELL's to reduce recoil, but he was not happy with that. So I hope someone can come up with an answer that will satisfy him. Sorry I was a bit long winded Thank You All for reading and for any answers

Hello there! Just looking a little bit of advice on a custom stock that i am looking to get for a TX200HC. I have already decided from the optional extras that i want a Rosewood Cap on the pistol grip +£20. Unsure about Skip Checkering vs Stippling? I definitely don't want standard checkering. (Find myself leaning towards skip checkering instead of Stippling) Any advantage of one over the other or is it all just look? Any pics of your Skip checkered or Stippled Air Rifles would be really cool and give me a better comparison between the two. Skip Checkered +£12. Stippling +£15. And the last optional extra is Adjustable Recoil pad... Any real advantage of this in the field? as it is mainly hunting that i will be doing. Adjustable Recoil Pad +£30 Also the adjustable pad is bannana shaped (prob not official description) as opposed to flat. Does this make it sit in your shoulder better? Thanks in Advance!!!

Can anyone tell me the availabiity of off the shelf Miroku recoil pads please? I attach a pic of the pad i wish to replace.

Long shot but wanted a thick 29mm adjustable recoil pad isis green pad or X-pad ideally one fitted to a a browning or miroku stock and shaped to fit.

http://www.ultraslo.com/guns Some good videos watch for the recoil!