[joebogey]

Hi Guys,(and Gals)
I'm trying to get my 12 year old daughter into deer hunting. I had intended to purchase something on the order of the NEF in 243 for her. But, she's decided she likes shooting my old Marlin 30/30.
I have a friend who reloaded some ammo for me with a little less kick, but as she's not very stocky, I'm afraid she's still taking too much of a pounding.
My thoughts are a buttpad to cut down on the recoil a little. Any suggestions as to type or brand to go with?
Thanks in advance

[MDG1976]

I had an el-cheapo Uncle Mike's on my .308 and it helped quite a bit.

[jrfoxx]

I got a $5 rubber, slip-on one from Big 5 for my m44 and it helped out tons. Side benifit, is that I can remove it and/or swap it to another gun at will.

[MCgunner]

Slip ons increase stock length and if she's a little girl, the stock is probably already too long for her. Proper stock fit will drastically reduce felt recoil. I'd cut down the stock on the NEF to fit her and tell her she has to grow into the .30-30. JMHO, unless you wanna cut down the stock on the .30-30 to fit her or buy her another .30-30 to mod. I think she could probably handle a .30-30 recoil with proper stock fit and about any decent butt pad.;)

[scotty]

Another alternative would be to buy a replacement buttstock for the Marlin to cut down as necessary and install a recoil pad. When your daughter grows into it or you want to use it, just reinstall the buttstock to return it to the original configuration.

[joebogey]

Another alternative would be to buy a replacement buttstock for the Marlin to cut down as necessary and install a recoil pad. When your daughter grows into it or you want to use it, just reinstall the buttstock to return it to the original configuration.


Yeah, I went that route with the 10/22 and just bought a stock that had already been cut down. Course there's a million of them out there.
Not so sure how many 30/30 stocks there are on the market. I'll check Ebay tonight and see what I can come up with.

The problem is, this weekend is a free hunt here in KY. She can hunt with no permit, no deer tag, no nothing other than an adult supervisor. It's the perfect time to let her see if she's really interested. So, with that in mind, I went this evening and purchased a "Limbsaver" slip on pad to get her through the weekend. I don't want to mess with anything else till this is over since she's shooting so well with it. After that, I may well take your advice and find a stock, cut it down and use the pad as well. I just don't want to sour her on the shooting because of the recoil.

[308win]

The Remington R3 pads (actually LimbSaver) do a pretty decent job of soaking up recoil.

[Preacherman]

I posted about recoil pads here (http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=2124540&postcount=37) - hope it helps.

[MCgunner]

Gun Parts Inc. will have a stock if you get desparate later on. But, in my experience, it takes a while when you order anything from those guys. Deer season will be over. :rolleyes:

[joebogey]

Thanks for all of the replies and suggestions.
I'll keep all of this in mind when I get started on this project.

My daughter has a friend (also 12 years old ) who's decided she wants to learn to shoot now as well. I may have bit off more than I can chew. :what:

[joebogey]

That's helps a lot.
I had no idea they could be bought prefit.
I thought they all had to be fitted to the individual gun.

[Deer Hunter]

Also, you might want to check out this.

http://cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0009277221946a&type=product&cmCat=search&returnString=hasJS=true&_D%3AhasJS=+&QueryText=Shooter%27s+Friend&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.22&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=Shooter%27s+Friend&noImage=0&returnPage=search-results1.jsp

The "Shooter's Friend". It's said to be better than limbsaver, and it sure does look like it could take a bunch of kick out of the heaviest loads.

[joebogey]

LOL As I said yesterday, I went with the Limbsaver slip on. Today at the range she was tickled pink with the recoil and even moving up from 125 grain to 150 grain was not a problem. But for every good shot she made, there was another bad one. After watching her a little closer I decided it may be because she was having problems with cheek placement on the stock, causing her to have trouble getting the scope on target.
So we now have the slipon pad...and we now have something I need to get a patent on.
I wrapped the stock with some cloth to protect it. I then cut a piece of foam pipe insulation and placed it on the top of the stock, then fastened the whole thing together with a big zip tie. It don't look very pretty, but now she can place her cheek at just the right height every time. :D
Tomorrow we'll try again....

[Preacherman]

Joe, take a look at the "Cheek-Eez" stock pad (see http://www.kickeez.net/product3.htm and scroll down). It's sorbothane, and can be placed wherever you want the pad, and you can use multiple thicknesses to get the desired height. I've used it on a couple of guns for disabled shooters, and it's a very useful product.