A few months back I put lead shot in the butt portion as well as the pistol grip portion of my stock (varmint stock) to reduce recoil. I did this not because I am really that sensitive to recoil, but I had surgery on my shoulder last year and since then shooting bothers it and I thought that this may help a little.
Well here is my story: I purchased lead shot from Midway (it comes in nice neat containers from Knight and is made for blackpowder shotguns) and ended up putting in about 3 - 3.5 lbs into the stock. Like I said earlier some went into the butt portion (unscrewed the recoil pad and spacers) and filled in the void with shot. I also put shot into an old sock and stuffed this into the hollow pistol grip. Once the sock was stuffed with lead and into the grip, I sealed the bottom of the grip with epoxy and smoothed it out. Well, I thought, that may help a little. Of course, before I got to shoot it, I noticed that the latch mechanism was broken and I had to send it back for repair.

Fast forward to last week. After waiting a few months to get my gun fixed and back from Big Green, it was time to test out my modification. First barrel on was my .223 that originally came with the stock. Loaded up, aimed downrange, held my breath and squeezed the trigger.......So where did the recoil go? Oh yeah,baby it worked. The gun barely moved! After a few more shots, it was time to move up. Next barrel on was the .308. Again, loaded up, aimed downrange held breath and huh...just a slight shove. Had to try that again of course and yep. Very slight shove. Ok Ok now I am doing the happy dance when I looked into my case and saw it.....my 45-70 barrel. Well I came this far. Hooked it up, said a little prayer and bang...soft barely noticeable shove!!!!

For those of you that are the least bit recoil sensitive or have medical conditions that require a softer shove, give this a try. Of course that stock is not the prettiest hooked up but who cares. I can shoot now with no fears of coming home bruised up or worse, damaging my shoulder again.
I hope my story helps someone else.
