Limb saver recoils pads?

Onmilo said:

Chemicals used in carpet making and cleaning solutions will accelerate the degradatiion of a Limbsaver pad.

ALL recoil pads degrade with the passage of time, it is the nature of the materials used to create them.

Prevention, don't leave a Limbsaver pad resting on carpet or even the foam in most gun safes.

Put a piece of metal or wood down for the pad to rest on & problem solved.



I have Limbsaver slip on pads for rifles & single shot shotguns and perma pads for two Mossberg 500 shotguns.

I have had no problems with the pads disintegrating or losing effectiveness in the 10+ years I have owned them.

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So you are saying a thin piece of plywood or lujan would solve the issue? I didn't have the safe when I first put these on. They were just in a closet on hardwood floor. It seems once this starts, there is no stopping it. The ones I took off are not on the plasticy safe carpet, yet anything the touch still gets stuck to them. I guess once it starts, it keeps going.
Does the new ones have any sorta warning in the package for this? I'd bet 75%+ of these get put in a safe with carpet floor.

cknpro, my wife tells me it is the Formaldehyde type chemicals used in flooring and floor covering products that interacts with the material in the pad.
I suggest resting pad on a a piece of cut glass or metal.
I use sheet aluminum pieces in my gun safes, mainly because some long guns are stored muzzle down and I don't want the muzzles sitting on carpet.
I've found putting some RIG grease on a degraded pad can bring back some of the life and prevent further cracking and crumbling.
One of the automotive tire restorer products may work as well or even better.
Just remember to blot off any excess grease before you go shooting. HTH

I have a Ruger No 1 chambered in S&W 460 magnum that kicks like a son of a gun. I think I need one of these.

The first time I shot it, I crouched on one knee, expecting the weight of the gun to absorb a lot of the recoil. It knocked me backwards and I almost slammed the gun into the grill of my truck. And I weigh 195 lbs. I was really surprised. After 20 rounds, my shoulder started turning purple. I've shot 3" 12 gauge turkey loads, and I'd say the recoil was not far behind those.

I use the slip on ones on my 16 ga shot guns for shooting trap, they work great, I have both the 1 inch and 1/2 inch, and use the one I need to get my LOP correct. It really takes out the recoil on shotguns with a hard plastic butt plate.

sappyg said:

Yes they work and are worth every penny.

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+1. Worst thing I could say about them is sometimes they are excessively tacky, and fibers from clothing will stick to them. They do reduce recoil quite a bit.

Yes, they're worth it, and Limbsaver is a standup company.

Regarding the degradation of rubber, there doesn't necessarily have to be any unusual chemical coming into contact with certain rubber items in order for them to break down and become gummy or even hard and brittle. Good rubber formulations are very precise as are the compounding and curing processes. A little variation in the formulation or a little variation in the compounding or curing process can lead to a batch that doesn't have the intended properties.

Or, you can simply have a poorly formulated compound and durability can suffer over time, not necessarily requiring anything to attack the rubber. Rubber certainly can be attacked by chemicals or ozone, but just routine exposure to the environment can cause some examples to degrade.

I had one turn to goo. One phone call and the factory sent me a new one. Good product and good service.