Soften up the No 5 enfield kick???

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Just wondering if anyone has replaced the hard rubber kick pad on this rifle with something a little more user friendly, other then a slip-on pad.

Would you be able to take a grind to fit pad, like a limb-saver, and do some drimaling to fit it in place of the one on the rifle now? I'd like to keep the look of old pad and add some comfort.:redface:
 
I in no way mean to sound like some macho prick, but I have a No.5 and a Mosin M44. I honestly do not find the recoil to be anything worth getting excited over. Im 6' and 175. I shoot them often and have brought my younger cousins and lots of girls I go to school with to the range, and none of them every compained about the recoil.

I am also very inclined to see milsurps kept original so you should try putting some padding between your shoulder and the butt when shooting. When my great uncle was in town over the summer, he found my Israeli K98 kicked a bit much for his liking ( hes also in his 70's) so I lent him a carwash sponge to put under his shirt. I'd avoid anything permanent or that cant be added/removed without modding stuff.

Best of luck.
 
Or maybe a slip on recoil pad might help, you see alot of old 12 guage shotguns with them. Edit - Whoops, I see "other than the slip on", sorry.
 
Someone was selling a replacement rubber insert that was softer than the hockey puck original.
 
After a hundred rounds I've been known to slip a pad on my Enfield. Try handloading, I've been loading 36 grains of IMR 4895 behind a 174 grain bullet. That load has light recoil and is fairly accurate. Also once again if you handload the Harris load is a great option for target shooting.
 
It's only in the summer that it bothers me, the No4 I can shoot all day, and I'am not about to do anything to her [ The No5.]that can't be undone, was just wondering if anyone had tried to make a softer kick pad to take the place of the harder one.

I don't roll my own ammo ,so , just the factory stuff for now, might get in to reloading after I get enough spent brass.
 
I looked in my gunsmiths junk and found a spare Enfield rear stock. Added a grind to fit recoil pad and stored the original.
 
cote_b said:
I in no way mean to sound like some macho prick, but I have a No.5 and a Mosin M44. I honestly do not find the recoil to be anything worth getting excited over. Im 6' and 175. I shoot them often and have brought my younger cousins and lots of girls I go to school with to the range, and none of them every compained about the recoil.

I am also very inclined to see milsurps kept original so you should try putting some padding between your shoulder and the butt when shooting. When my great uncle was in town over the summer, he found my Israeli K98 kicked a bit much for his liking ( hes also in his 70's) so I lent him a carwash sponge to put under his shirt. I'd avoid anything permanent or that cant be added/removed without modding stuff.

Best of luck.
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that sponge would tend to make things worse if its not compressed having the gun off the shoulder.

OP id leave the gun alone and just put a slip on pad on there i do have screw on pads for my no4,m44 and 91/30 mosins and sks's i use them to add length but these are ment to fit the rifle and i keep the butt plates
 
Reduced loads and 100 grain pistol bullets will make the old hard rubber butt softer. ;)

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Very interesting, I need to start hand loading,thanks.
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Reduced loads and 100 grain pistol bullets will make the old hard rubber butt softer. ;)

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O.K. you guys have all been very helpful, good ideals and advise, But ,I'am wanting to keep the gun looking as it should.

A slip on will work, but it's not the look I want.

Handloading will work, but, I don't handload yet.

Saw some replacemeant pads for the No5 on the web that look to be what I'am after,but , the cost of shipping is sometimes high the the part shipped,I'am cheap.

Just have to keep looking. Thanks, everyone.
 
I've seen those pads that a shooter can wear over or under their jacket or shirt at cabela's. It's a pad with a shoulder strap, maybe that would solve your problem. I think they are used by trap shooters, think they were like $25 if I'm not mistaken.
 
I would take the advice of others and start reloading. Put the money saved from not buying a recoil pad towards some reloading equipment. You will be happy you did.

I've found that a 150 grain bullet moving at 2400fps makes shooting the No5 much more comfortable.
 
I'm taking a couple of No5s to the Chilliwac gun show this weekend. I'm taking them because I can no longer see the front sight clearly and because I hate the recoil.

A PAST recoil pad, worn on the shoulder helps but the darn things still kick like a mules.

Both are post war rifles and in VG+ condition but enough is enough. I want something I can shoot and not develop a flinch while doing it.

No5 Carbines are lovely little rifles. Handy to carry and quite accurate. I've shot several moose, deer, bears and even a few elk with them.

Never felt undergunned at any time.

I just don't like the punishment that goes along with them during extended shooting sessions.

I agree with Ganderite, they can be loaded down. For a while, I was only shooting the one and using cast bullets at 1400fps. It shot them well and recoil was manageable.

As I age, not gracefully, I have developed a real aversion to pain.
 
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Here is a picture of my shoulder after only 25 rds. It actually turned quite purple and felt more like a I had a broken collar bone. If hunting with, I dont mind as I'm not blasting away. For a long range session, I would recommend a shoulder pad. I have shot many 12 gauge slugs, 3 1/2" 000 buck, and my regular 300 weatherby mag....i usually dont mind. Its not that it kicks hard, but how it kicks into the shoulder with that useless rubber pad which I think does more harm than help. A pad that spreads the recoil will probably do the trick.
 
I have a slip on gel type pad that made a huge difference with my long gone No 5. Not those cheapo red rubber things, a better one. Easiest way to go and does work. No alterations to rifle.

I also like the idea of the reduced loads with light bullets like Ed posted.
 
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