How to remove a glued on recoil pad

[loose noose]

A good buddy of mine brought me a beautiful Browning BPS that has a recoil pad on it, but he wants a Limb Saver installed on it. The only problem is the pad appears to be glued on. Now how do you get the old pad off without screwing up the beautiful stock. Believe me I do know the pad is glued on.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[rcmodel]

I seriously doubt the pad is glued on.

There are two Phillips head screws holding it on.
All you have to do is locate them.

They were applied through tiny slits in the pad, using grease to prevent the screwdriver tearing the pad up.
After the screws are in, the driver is pulled back out, and the tiny slits are self-healing so you can't see them.

Push on the pad in the center with a pointy punch or something until you find the slits.

Then use a vaseline greased Phillips screwdriver to take them out.

PS: Yes, I am pretty sure!

rc

 

[g.willikers]

But then, again, it could very well be glued on.
I've run across a couple like that.
Depending on the type of glue, it might soften with a heat gun, or maybe even a hair dryer set on high.
If not, carefully cut the old pad off, close to the stock and sand the remainder off.
But check for the screws first.

 

[loose noose]

Dog gone it RC, don't you ever get tired of being right all the time? I've done hundreds of recoil pads over time, but this one really had me baffled. Anyway I took a second look, and sure enough, I found the first hole on the toe of the stock and the other one was directly above it and 3" just like it was supposed to be.

Anyway I thank ya kindly once again RC.

 

[Kp321]

Like you said, rc is right all the time. I have never run into a factory pad that was glued on, only aftermarket jobs. For those, I keep a table saw set up with a very good, sharp fine cut blade which I use to cut stocks for pads. After I triple check that there are no screws, I cut the old pad off at the wood line, with the saw kerf splitting the pad/stock junction. Some pads (Pachmeyr)have reinforcing steel plates so don't want to get too deep into the pad and hit one of them with my high $ blade.
I tried to pry the glued on pads off but ended up damaging the stocks. Cabinet glue will come off, epoxy won't.

 

[PapaG]

I got a sixteen gauge French double from a friend that had a horribly installed pad on it. It WAS glued on besides having the two screws. A wide wood chisel, flat side to the stock, well padded and tapped lightly, moving around popped it off with no stock damage.
It does happen.
But, RC is generally right. It is kind of fun to find the exception.

 

[rcmodel]

Oh those crazy French!

But this was a Browning BPS..


And I'm not always right.
I thought I was wrong once, and it turned out I wasn't.

No, seriously, I am not always right.
I just get lucky most of the time.

rc