Chem reaction from a r3 pad and plastic foam...just a little tip

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Bought a rifle from a fella and he had the pad replaced with a r3 rem recoil pad. Oh and mods feel free to move this ( to a different forum if need be) but this is just a little tip for ppl. :cool:

Any ways I put the rifle in my safe and left it. Now my safe is a steel bottom floor so to protect things I laid down a layer of plastic foam in it. Not the bubble wrap but a foam that has a top and bottom layer of a thin sheet of plastic on it...no problems with any thing till now. The pad melted into the foam or plastic layer due to some sort of weird chemical combination. It only took 1 week for this to happen but I ended up with a nice gooey mess on the pad..

Take care of what these recoil pads are around in your safe or when transporting them...I dont think it will clean off and will probably just replace it...:rolleyes:
 
I had one start to melt on a tupperware SPS. I don't know for sure what it contacted, but that particular rifle only went back and forth to the range as a training gun for my boy. Probably the foam in one guncase or another.
Apparently it's not that uncommon.
 
Remington R3 pads are made by Sims (they make the Limbsaver), and they have told people that they had a bad run of pads where the employee mixed the chemicals wrong and you end up with a pad that reacts with whatever it is sitting on and starts to melt and get gooey. Call Remington or Sims and they will replace it for free with a proper pad that doesn't melt ;)
 
Jordan Smith said:
Remington R3 pads are made by Sims (they make the Limbsaver), and they have told people that they had a bad run of pads where the employee mixed the chemicals wrong and you end up with a pad that reacts with whatever it is sitting on and starts to melt and get gooey. Call Remington or Sims and they will replace it for free with a proper pad that doesn't melt ;)
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cool..my after noon project...
 
Anything you can get in stores today would be long past the problem batch, unless you're shopping at a store where they're still selling 1-2 year old stock.
 
A lot of rubbers and foams will react oddly when in contact with a little weight and time. I've seen it before, and not just with guns. Painted surfaces can bond with rubber over time, some sort of chemical reaction occurs. Big mess.:mad:
 
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