installation of recoil pad?????

If you can find one that is specific to your stock, you'll just need a screwdriver. If it's a custom fit on a finished stock I'd suggest taking it to a gunsmith. If it's still to be finished you can sand it to fit then finish the wood to suit.
 
Installing a recoil pad

This is not a simple job. I used to do this for a local gun shop. First the stock must be cut off to correspond to the thickness of the pad. This is a good time to adjust your length of pull by cutting off more or less than the thickness. The best tool for this is a bandsaw. I used to wrap the end with electrical tape to prevent splintering. Set the fence for the thickness and you also have to adjust the table angle to get a cut parallel to the old one. Put a piece of cardboard on the table to prevent scratching the stock.
After the cut the existing holes will have to be deepened. The pad which should be oversize is now fastened to the stock. You will notice there are no holes in the rubber for the screws to go through. Take a small dowel and push through the screw hole of the pad from the back to bulge the rubber. Cut an "X" in the rubber with an exacto knife or razor blade. Do the same at the other hole. Coat the screws with some silicone spray and push them through. Spray your screwdriver with silicone and screw on the pad.
You now just getting started. Trace the outline of the stock onto the back of the pad. Before you take the pad back off you need to begin grindind down the pad to match the profile of the stock . This is best done on a disc sander.
I use a Shopsmith and adjust the table angle to match the profile at the heel and toe. Grind the pad until you are about 1/16'th of an inch away from the wood. Any closer and you run the risk of nicking the stock. Grind some off the sides as well. I now take the pad off the stock and finish it by holding the pad against the disc with my hand. Wear goggles and a face mask Go lightly and grind everything almost down to the mark you traced. put the pad back on and carefully sand the pad to size with sandpaper and a sanding block or use a 1inch wide sanding strip. If you are careful you can work down to almost the exact size. OR take it to a gunsmith.
 
If you don't mind two layers of masking tape thickness sticking out,it's easy. Cut to length,I use either a Japanese hand saw or a radial arm saw and fine 80T cross cut blade, the difficulty will vary with stock, dead easy with the slab sided A-bolt,wedges and clamps with a 700.My disc sander is a washing machine motor with 120 grit on an eight inch plate bolted to the shaft. And I eye ball it. It takes a fine hand to take one of the two layers of tape off. Where I find the difficulty is softening the edges of the old english. I guess you have to freeze the rubber,but 120 grit on a 1/4 sheet does work slowly.
 
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