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Grind in butt pads..

Outlaw_Magic

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Has anyone got any experience of installing “grind in” style butt pads? I’ve got a shot gun that’s too short for me but the previous owner did a hack job of cutting the stock down so there won’t be a standard sized thicker butt pad / spacer that will fit straight on.

So I’m thinking about a kick-eez or limbsaver or something that are specifically designed to be ground to fit on a sander and maybe tackle it myself. I am a club handed goon though so wondering has anyone here done anything similar and have at tips?

It does look a cinch in the video below. The jig thing for setting the angle to the stock looks a problem for me though.

Manufacturers Installation Video
 
I've got the Brownells B&R jig and it works like a charm. Take it carefully and the pad will go on like it was always meant to be there.
 
I've got the Brownells one too. I don't use tape, just fit it and scratch around it as per the video without the tape then put a little talc on it and the line shows up clearly. Take your time, you can always sand more off but can't stick it back on. My boss doesn't use the jig and says it's just as easy by eye.
 
I’ve put adjustable but pads on my three pcp,s
I just glued them on with a few drops of CA scratched round the but then ran it down to size on my belt sander.
Just take your time, you can take more off but it’s hard to put it back on!
 
I've fitted a couple of pads, screwed them on the the stock then sanded the pad down on a belt sander. Used tape on the stock to protect the finish. They look ok, but they were just a couple of knock about shotguns. If it was a nice gun, I would get a professional to do it
 
I've fitted a couple of the Bisley ones to my rifles, simple eneough to fit, just measure, mark and grind / file down to the required size.
Only basic tools required, tape measure, pencil, file, grinder, scrwedriver, drill, etc.
Cheers
 
Can you grind in just about any type of recoil pad or does it have to one thats marketed as "grind in"?
 
Outlaw_Magic said:
Can you grind in just about any type of recoil pad or does it have to one thats marketed as "grind in"?
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Unless you buy something that is part of a manufacturers standardised system, you will likely need to trim a pad to size.
 
I've only ever fitted a recoil pad to stocks that were being refinished, and I just used a belt sander with a fine belt to do the bulk of the "adjustment"
I'm a bit concerned by the mention of a "hack job " cutting down. Have you checked that the end of the wood is square from above and a suitable angle from the side? Have you assessed how much length you need to add back? Have you considered the option of trying a slip over extension until you can get a proper job done?
Don't take those questions the wrong way :) you did suggest that your not much of a handyman, so I thought the points were worth mentioning.
If you haven't already sourced something, this might be helpful: https://www.jsramsbottom.com/all-categories/recoil-butt-pads.html
 
DaveP796 said:
I've only ever fitted a recoil pad to stocks that were being refinished, and I just used a belt sander with a fine belt to do the bulk of the "adjustment"
I'm a bit concerned by the mention of a "hack job " cutting down. Have you checked that the end of the wood is square from above and a suitable angle from the side? Have you assessed how much length you need to add back? Have you considered the option of trying a slip over extension until you can get a proper job done?
Don't take those questions the wrong way :) you did suggest that your not much of a handyman, so I thought the points were worth mentioning.
If you haven't already sourced something, this might be helpful: https://www.jsramsbottom.com/all-categories/recoil-butt-pads.html
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Well, I say “hack” what I mean is the stock appears to have been slightly shortened and not done to exacting standards. Some may be happy with it I most certainly would not have been. There’s a lip where the original stock pad no longer fits, it’s not be put back on quite straight as it’s a tiny bit out in a couple of places and the finish is all dulled where some sort of sanding has gone on.

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I have a friend in the states, am gonna get a jig sent over and try a Kick-eez pad and spacer. I need 15 3/4” LOP. The 30mm pad and a 1/2” will give a 15 5/8” LOP which is going to be close enough. An 1/8” is going to be neither here nor there in the grand scheme.
 
To be honest it doesn't look like he's done a hack job on the stock just fitted a replacement butt pad which he's hasn't shaped to fit.
Just scribe around the wood onto the pad and (if you have one) use a bench circular sander to shape the pad to the size
It's a Monte Carlo stock and if he'd cut a piece off it would be more noticeable, the kick-eez pads will require shaping to fit
 
ColinD said:
To be honest it doesn't look like he's done a hack job on the stock just fitted a replacement butt pad which he's hasn't shaped to fit.
Just scribe around the wood onto the pad and (if you have one) use a bench circular sander to shape the pad to the size
It's a Monte Carlo stock and if he'd cut a piece off it would be more noticeable, the kick-eez pads will require shaping to fit
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It’s 100% the original recoil pad. And there has definitely been a bit cut off. I need to add over an inch of LOP and because it’s been altered whatever I buy will need shaping to fit.
 
ColinD said:
To be honest it doesn't look like he's done a hack job on the stock just fitted a replacement butt pad which he's hasn't shaped to fit.
Just scribe around the wood onto the pad and (if you have one) use a bench circular sander to shape the pad to the size
It's a Monte Carlo stock and if he'd cut a piece off it would be more noticeable, the kick-eez pads will require shaping to fit
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I nearly agree - just looking at the top edge I think the stock might look more normal if it was a little longer, but if it has been shortened the actual cutting looks to have been carried out quite neatly.
I'll make a guess at what happened - someone got partway through the job and then realised how desperately slow it is to sand rubber by hand, didn't have an appropriate power tool and settled for putting a bit of a chamfer on the areas of the more easily worked plastic spacer that come near the face. Then couldn't live with it...

If you can get the necessaries sent over you ought to be fine with some care. I would suggest that getting the line for that top edge should be your first consideration - looks like the trickiest bit being so close to the curve of the wood.
And think carefully about what your friend puts on the custom declaration!
 
DaveP796 said:
I nearly agree - just looking at the top edge I think the stock might look more normal if it was a little longer, but if it has been shortened the actual cutting looks to have been carried out quite neatly.
I'll make a guess at what happened - someone got partway through the job and then realised how desperately slow it is to sand rubber by hand, didn't have an appropriate power tool and settled for putting a bit of a chamfer on the areas of the more easily worked plastic spacer that come near the face. Then couldn't live with it...

If you can get the necessaries sent over you ought to be fine with some care. I would suggest that getting the line for that top edge should be your first consideration - looks like the trickiest bit being so close to the curve of the wood.
And think carefully about what your friend puts on the custom declaration!
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It is 100% the original butt pad. And I feel a bit like im about to receive a gift that’s valued under 50 dollars from my pal across the pond 😉
 
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