Evening Redhawk,
Well, I finally fitted the recoil reducer to the Thompson Center Encore synthetic stock. I gave it some serious thought and I'll try to explain what I did. If you send me your email address, I'll send some photos that may better explain, but here goes...
I went to the local hardware store and purchased a 6", 1/4x20 stove bolt (the type with the rounded head), a small piece of 1/8"x1-1/2" flat steel, and a 1/4x20 nut. I welded the head of the bolt at a 90 degree angle in the center of the flat steel (kinda made it look like a "T". The Sims LimbSaver pad has a raised/bordered section on the inside part of the pad. I cut and grinded the flat steel to where it fit just about perfectly inside the bordered section and super glued it in place. This basically makes the pad, steel, and bolt one unit.
I then screwed the nut and recoil reducer onto the end of the bolt. The nut is simply a lock nut so that I can adjust the recoil reducer to the exact position in the stock. I then placed the entire unit into the stock and adjusted it so that there was no movement back/forth or side-to-side. This holds the recoil reducer in place, but also allows quick removal should the need ever occur. The only thing you can hear is the actual mercury in the reducer. Can't wait to try it this weekend.
Also, have you ever tried Hodgdon's Varget powder? Everything I've read seems to sound good.
Anyway, hope that explanation was clear enough to let you know. Let me know what you think.
Karl
