Grinding a recoil pad with what you have at home

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Here's a picture of a recoil pad installation that River Rat did for me on an old FN Sporter. You'll never guess what he used to grind the pad to match the stock profile.

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An angle grinder. :)

He never touched the wood, and got the stock lines near perfect! :cool:

Ted
 
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I use the same...
shortened a Rem 870 by 1 inch for my friend...
installed a soft recoil pad....grined it with angle grinder....
to protect wood, applied masking tape around the stock near the recoil pad end....
fast, easy, precise.....
 
Better have really steady hands. A wrap of masking tape isn't going to be much protection if the grinder nicks it.
 
Agreed, that's why I get him to do them for me. :D

He puts two wraps of masking tape around the stock right up tight to the base of the pad and grinds into the first layer.

Ted
 
Eyeball, I sanded the top to fit, then work down the sides to the bottom. This way I could set the pad against the stock, lining up the sides and top, and see how I had to sand it to match.
 
I've done them with an angle grinder with a wrap of duct tape around the butt.....just in case:eek: ...and finished up with an orbital sander... this was back when I had the inclination and the patience to mess with this kind of stuff....now I just pass it off to "cccan"...he's a whiz at it and he's cheap....:D
 
Is it possible to grind a Remmy R3(?) pad to fit another rifle.
I've tried one on a Remmy rifle and they are great. Those ugly ribs will look pretty dumb on my Brno rifle though.

I think I saw them for sale at Russel's but I might be mixed up with the Kick- eeze pads they had there too.

Anyone know if they are hollow? If they are grinding is out of the question.

I made one from the Kick-eeze pad for my 338-06. Traced the shape on the pad with a pencil, ground down to the outside of the pencil mark and then used a wood working bench mounted sander. Came out very nice that way too.

Nice work Gentlemen!

Noel
 
Win94 said:
.................you are all failing to mention the mess grinding a pad makes.


..................never again!!!:rolleyes: :D
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I have done a Pachmayr pad (my favorite) for a Rem 1100 and another for a Beretta 391.

Took the barrel off, taped a small towel over the receiver area, put the whole thing (except for the new pad) into a garbage bag and taped it up tight. Put a double layer rim of duct tape right up to the base of the pad and used a bench grinder in the garage. Used a small block of wood and some fine grit sandpaper for finishing and then sprayed it with Armourall. A garage shop-vac cleaned up the mess in under a minute.
 
I use a 10" sanding disc on my radial arm saw. Take the guard off, pull the motor to the outboard end of the arm, rotate the disc perpendicular to the arm. Then I made a simple table out of plywood that was just higher than the saw collar, clamp it to the table in front of the sanding disc and voila! a disc sander!
 
Noel said:
Is it possible to grind a Remmy R3(?) pad to fit another rifle.
I've tried one on a Remmy rifle and they are great. Those ugly ribs will look pretty dumb on my Brno rifle though.


Noel
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R3 pads are just a Sims Limbsaver. You can buy them to fit other guns or as a grind-to-fit pad for guns they don't pre-fit for. If its not a grind-to-fit pad, you'll just mess it up.
 
Win94 said:
.................you are all failing to mention the mess grinding a pad makes.


..................never again!!!:rolleyes: :D
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I hook up a vacumm to my sander, a 1" belt and a disc.
My Dad built a jig for grinding , but I always did them with masking tape, then scotch tape to finish.
My eyes aren't what they used to be, so I am going to buildd a jig on the holidays!:redface:
Cat
 
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