Redoing a wood stock

[troberts]

I am in the process of doing a stock refinish on a Browning lever action pre 1981 . Problem is there’s no holes for the butt pad . I can tell there’s two screw holding it on . Anyway did Browning ever glue the pad on ? At my whits end.,

 

[Mumbles Marble Mouth]

I am in the process of doing a stock refinish on a Browning lever action pre 1981 . Problem is there’s no holes for the butt pad . I can tell there’s two screw holding it on . Anyway did Browning ever glue the pad on ? At my whits end.,

There aren't usually visible holes for screws. If you push with your thumbs in opposite directions, you can spread the recoil pad and you can find where the hole is. Its very rare that a company glues the recoil pad on. Sako 85 with a laminate stock the recoil pads are glued on. You simply just oil a tip of a screw driver to give it some lubrication to push it into the hole. Its kind of a ###ual experience but you gotta do what you gotta do.

 

[redbirddog]

There is am old trick i learned and I'm old now so it's ancient.
Add a drop of oil on the pad where you think the holes are.... push the screw driver tip into the pad... if there is a hole the driver will slide in. The slit is very small...

Can also be used on other life events....

But seriously. Pads dry out oil loosens them up.

 

[jamesharrison]

When removing old recoil pads, I've always coated a thin-shanked long screwdriver bit, usually Phillips, because the Yankees don't like Robbies, with Vaseline. When installing recoil pads where there is no hole already cut, unlike Silver's pads that have screw plugs, Brownell's always recommended slicing them with a thin, shallow Exacto knife blade, to avoid an unsightly large hole. That is what you are likely dealing with.