[Art Eatman]

I need to replace the recoil pads on two Springfield Sporters. Has anybody "messed with" or installed one of these Kick Eez pads?

My problem is that there are several "general purpose" styles shown at Midway USA's website, and I don't know enough about them. No shop, locally, carries them.

I know I want the brown color, and the smaller of the two sizes (length & width) available.

Anybody?

:), Art

[4 eyed six shooter]

Art, I just put on on rifle. It cut down easier that most of the other brands on my disc sander and it was easy to get a good even finish on the sides of the pad. I have been told that you have to be careful with the Kick Eze pads, as they do not stand up to rough handling as well as some of the others. Overall it was an easy pad to put on and looked great when done.
Good shooting, John K

[stevelyn]

I put a new Kick-Eez on a friend's Springfield recently. Scewed it onto the butt and traced the dimensions out with a pencil and ground it down with a belt sander.
The Kick-Eez pads soften recoil more than any other pad I've used, but they are grabby and you might want to use some Slick-Eez.

[Art Eatman]

Do either of you remember the Part #?

Art

[stevelyn]

Don't remember the part # off hand, I'll dig it up today, but I got it from Brownell's and one of their techs told me how to grind it to the dimentions of the stock.

[Art Eatman]

Hmmm. I emailed MidwayUSA a week back; no response. I'll holler at Brownell's...

:(, Art

[plnkr1234]

Hi,

I have a Kickeez on my shotgun and like it very much. Absorbs recoil very well.

It is slightly softer than other pads but not that delicate. It's also a little grabby and the slick eze does help.

IIRC, the softer material requires more care during grinding and installation. Slower speeds are needed and I think 100 grit followed by 320 grit is recommended. You may want to check the installation recommendations with the manufacterer.

Best.

[jarhead]

I have installed several Kickeez pads - I have found that it is better to use a coarser grit belt (i.e. 40-60 grit) for most of the trimming/fitting. Reason has been that the composition of the pad seems to absorb heat from the friction of the sanding - this tends to make it "gummy" and even seemingly light sanding passes can almost melt the edges of the pad and leave you witha less than desirable edge when you are finished.

Once the coarser belt gets you roughly fitted - let it completely cool and then use a finer grit (120 or so) to do the final touch up... this has worked quite well for me.

Kickeez pads are great - just be "gentle" and not too agressive in the final fitting, don't let it heat up too much from the friction and installation is quite easy...

[Mike Irwin]

I've got one in my basement that's going to go on my Winchester 1200 if I ever finish it.

Who knows, though. From what I've heard about the Rem. 81's recoil, it might go on it, instead. :)

[Atticus]

I've heard a lot of good feedback about these pads. Supposedly have great out of the box fit.

http://www.limbsaver.com/limbsaver/firearms/prefit.aspx

[Art Eatman]

Thanx, guys. And I'll check the link...

:), Art

[cdbeaver]

Last fall I had a Kick-eze recoil pad put on my Remington 721 .30-06 to replace one that had been on the stock for nearly 50 years. Boy, did that one need to be replaced!

The Kick-eze (I don't remember the part number) is doing an excellent job in reducing recoil. By the way, I had it professionally attached because of my inherent klutziness.

[Preacherman]

See http://www.kickeez.net/ for full information. I highly recommend them.