Curved recoil pad

[PaulT]

Hi,

I want to install a new recoil pad on my Marlin 1895 which presently have a curved factory hard polymer one but the ones I can find are all straight cut.

Cutting the end of the stock straight to install a pad is out of question as I want to keep it in it's original shape so what do you guys use?

I am thinking of slowly heating the polymer back plate of a new Pachmayr pad to curve it so it'll fit and do the trimming after, so ....... any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[stocker]

Put it in boiling water for a few minutes. Hold tightly aaginst butt until it cools.

 

[guntech]

Pachmayer F325 pads can be bent.. The decelerator has a steel plate and can not be bent.... some other pads may have this plate too...

 

[josquin]

...Cutting the end of the stock straight to install a pad is out of question...

But won't you have to shorten the stock anyway? You'll increase the LOP (length of pull) quite a bit if you don't compensate by shortening the stock, unless the factory dimension is too short for you.

Stuart

 

[PaulT]

Put it in boiling water for a few minutes. Hold tightly aaginst butt until it cools.

Good option for sure, thanks

Pachmayer F325 pads can be bent.. The decelerator has a steel plate and can not be bent.... some other pads may have this plate too...

F325, yup, that's exactly the one I have, .

But won't you have to shorten the stock anyway? You'll increase the LOP (length of pull) quite a bit if you don't compensate by shortening the stock, unless the factory dimension is too short for you.

I could benefit of a good 1/2", maybe 3/4" as the stock is not that long, the original pad is 1/4" hard stuff, it will sure make a difference on felt recoil I will try with the 1" pad on hand and see how it fits. thanks

 

[josquin]

... I could benefit of a good 1/2", maybe 3/4" as the stock is not that long, the original pad is 1/4" hard stuff, it will sure make a difference on felt recoil I will try with the 1" pad on hand and see how it fits. thanks

From an article entitled "The Marlin 1895G - reducing felt recoil" on realguns.com (accompanied by a pic):

This is a picture of a brick, not a great picture but, none the less, a picture. Someone might suggest this looks a lot like a Marlin 1895G factory recoil pad, but it can't be, because it doesn't flex, twist, compress, or even bounce very high when tossed to the ground....

You'll definitely want a good recoil pad unless you're just shootng Level 1 ("Trapdoor") loads.

Stuart