Flip-Flop recoil pad

jeff270 said:
I did my first FF pad this summer. It works great but the pad will flatten out if the gun is stored vertically for a week or two.
A week on its side and it regains it's shape.
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I have one that has stood in the safe for at least two months without deforming at all.

You must have used a too-expensive flip-flop. ;)

Ted
 
jeff270 said:
I did my first FF pad this summer. It works great but the pad will flatten out if the gun is stored vertically for a week or two.
A week on its side and it regains it's shape.
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I stand my firearms bbl down in the safe. Keeps those nice pads in good shape and keeps oil from running onto the stock.

It's also easier to pull a gun from from the back of the safe if it's upside down.
 
Well, the next one is the 9.3X62, trying Permatex Cold Weld this time. It is curing up in the furnace room as I type this.

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Will probably get it ground to fit later today, as it started to set up as I was wrapping it with the para cord. Had to work fast to get it centred on the butt.

Going to load some ammo for it. Wish there was some way to actually measure the recoil reduction with the flip flop pad. They are so effective, it is amazing.

Ted
 
This is pretty much the most timely posting ever. I was literally going to post a question on how to make a recoil pad (I have a little M1 Carbine conversion on my 10/22 that just needs an extra inch of length of pull). I'll be giving this a go out of some slightly stuffer materials. Thanks!
 
jeff270 said:
I did my first FF pad this summer. It works great but the pad will flatten out if the gun is stored vertically for a week or two.
A week on its side and it regains it's shape.
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I'm just in the process of building a new gun vault and I'm making floating butt plates in my racks, so this won't happen. Each one can pivot so it matches the angle of the butt and applies equal pressure across the entire pad. I always worried previously about them standing month after month, year after year, on their heel, so I came up with an easy way to float the butt receptacle and give even pressure across the entire butt.
 
c-fbmi said:
I'm just in the process of building a new gun vault and I'm making floating butt plates in my racks, so this won't happen. Each one can pivot so it matches the angle of the butt and applies equal pressure across the entire pad. I always worried previously about them standing month after month, year after year, on their heel, so I came up with an easy way to float the butt receptacle and give even pressure across the entire butt.
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You sound like an engineer........ Why not just load them into the safe upside down? ;)
 
S1de8urnz said:
Ha! I like it Ted. I gotta say it turned out better than i thought
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Ground to match the stock.

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The Permatex seems to have bonded it just as well as the Accraglass and the Marine Tex did on the earlier ones.

I cut the stock to make the length of pull half an inch shorter than usual. This 9.3X62 is going to be a dedicated winter bison gun. Should be about right with a parka on. It already has two dozen notches in the stock. :)

Ted
 
I put one on a Mcmillan compact stock with a rem 7-08 sitting in it. Was worth it just for the weight savings alone, also handles recoil well. Going to cut it down to a short LOP and re-do it for my son in a 250 savage. Should be the cats ass.
 
that Man .... i ve seen that parachut cord used for another project but we didnt took any pictures so busy,

Ted has even fixed a cook pot with jb weld ...
what he cant do ....
ill never see flip flop the same anymore ...
 
Here's my first double flip-flop, installed on a 9.3X62 Husqvarna.


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Shot it today, and certainly a lot less recoil than with the factory buttplate. ;)
Ted
 
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