Apparatus for reducing landing shock for instruments run into earth boreholes through drill string bores and to maintain azimuthal orientation being protected with enclosing structure. An instrument package has a depending spear point for engaging a baffle in the drill string. The spear point encloses a spring and fluid damped shock absorber. The instrument package further includes a second internal fluid damped shock absorber and a spring type rotary shock absorber for the measuring instrument.
