Is it practical or advisable to magna-port a Remington 700 ADL?

[ivarhusa]

I have a Remington Moldel 700 ADL in 30-06 that gave me a flinching problem.  I am shooting varmints now, with a 204 Ruger and that should keep me "on the squeeze" for the while.

But I have this decent '06 that 'kicks too much'. I hear guys with 300 WinMags touting their recoil reduction porting. Can it be done effectively on the modestly thin barrel of a 700 ADL?  That is, is there enough metal there to direct enough gas aft to get a good recoil reduction?

Are there bolt-on (gunsmithed of course) solutions?

What might it cost to do such a job?

The alternative might be to just get a 243, but I like the idea of 'enough gun' for big game. Especially when the gun is already paid for!

What say you, oh wizen'd ones?

[birdwacker]

Stay away from magna-port and get a muzzle brake instead.

[MikeWalking]

Stay away from magna-port and get a muzzle brake instead.

ditto.   I'm assuming you already have a good recoil pad?

[FC]

Stay away from magna-port and get a muzzle brake instead.

ditto.   I'm assuming you already have a good recoil pad?

If you don't have a Limbsaver on it yet I would try that first.

[ivarhusa]

I do have a home-installed recoil pad, purchased in the 1970's.  I suppose better have been made since then. Any recommendations?

I am also looking at, for deer now, downloading some 125 gr pills.  That ought to take down the recoil a good bit (probably more than a recoil reducer).  But that is insufficient for real big game such as elk and bear. And what hunter doesn't aspire?

[FC]

Try a Limbsaver, it will be a night and day difference. You will truly be amazed when it takes all the teeth out of your rifle's recoil.

[400out]

X2 on the limb saver and maybe look into a trigger job 

[MikeWalking]

Haven't tried the Limbsaver, but it seems to get a lot of praise.  I've had 2 1895 45-70's one with a Pachmayr White Line, the other a Pachmayr Decelerator. Both did the trick. But I'd go with the White Line.  It was recommended by a Smitty that did a lot of Recoil Pad jobs for competitive shot-gunners.

With your pad being 40? years old, it might be worthless/turned to hard to work..

[FC]

Haven't tried the Limbsaver,

I'll let you try mine Mike, I'll even put the OE pad back on my Baikal 12ga so you can REALLY feel the difference.

[MikeWalking]

Haven't tried the Limbsaver,

I'll let you try mine Mike, I'll even put the OE pad back on my Baikal 12ga so you can REALLY feel the difference.

Trying to hurt me?

[FC]

Trying to hurt me?

  That thing just wasn't much fun to shoot even one 3" load through with the OE pad but with the limbsaver you can shoot 50+ without bruising, I was impressed to say the least.

The offer stands though if you want to see the difference but I'll set you up with 2 3/4 shells, at your age I wouldn't want to risk you falling and breaking a hip 

[MikeWalking]

Trying to hurt me?

  That thing just wasn't much fun to shoot even one 3" load through with the OE pad but with the limbsaver you can shoot 50+ without bruising, I was impressed to say the least.

The offer stands though if you want to see the difference but I'll set you up with 2 3/4 shells, at your age I wouldn't want to risk you falling and breaking a hip 

OH IT"S ON!!!!    I'll let you shoot some Buffalo Bore 430's with the factory plastic buttplate...

[FC]

OH IT"S ON!!!!    I'll let you shoot some Buffalo Bore 430's with the factory plastic buttplate...

Haha! As long as I can shoot it offhand! The last time I shot a 45/70 with Buffalo Bore loads was from a bench with just that factory buttplate for padding, one shot was as much of that fun as I wanted to have!

[carvermoe]

I had my 30-06 browning Abolt magnaported and it works great.much less muzzle jump and recoil.I also had a muzzle brake put on my tikka 300wsm along with a limbsaver and that combo is sweet

[superdown]

you could try these   http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=353369 oh and the limbsaver is amazing!