Recommend a grind to fit pad

[strat81]

Recommend a grind to fit pad. Reducing felt recoil isn't the issue. This will be a finishing piece for a cut-down M1 stock.

I want something easy to work with that'll look decent when it's done. I have access to a bench grinder, belt sander, and misc. power tools.

Thanks in advance!

 

[H2O MAN]

Contact Tony at LAW483.com

 

[308win]

I installed a Remington R3 on my BDL synthetic stock and the pad was easy to shape to fit using only hand tools (coarse bastard file and sand paper). I believe that the Remington R3 is the re-branded Limb Saver.

 

[dmazur]

I understand the Limbsavers can be hard to grind as they are so soft. I have read that if they are frozen first they are easier to work with.

I did a Pachmyer Decelerator on a Ruger M77 and that turned out OK.

I have a gunsmith working on a couple of Ruger No. 1's, and he preferred the Decelerator to the Limbsaver, for ease of installation.

 

[rantingredneck]

I've done both a Limbsaver and a Kickeez. They both reduce recoil very well and they were both very easy to work on a 1x42" belt grinder.

 

[strat81]

I almost pulled the trigger (ha! get it?) on a Limbsaver but I read about some installation issues. If you aren't careful, you can "break" the pad by rupturing the air pockets or something like that.

 

[battlecry]

I just did a Pachmayr Decelerator for my K-31 on a Dremel strip belt sander and came out fine. Got it from Grafs.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Boy, I wish you could think of another option since your goal is aesthetics, not recoil reduction. Reason being, grind-to-fits tend end up being none too pretty, even if ground perfectly correctly. Seems like you're barking up the wrong tree here - but then again it may be your only option (other than a new stock), to get the LOP right. I've used both a Limbsaver and a TruGlo, but as I said, neither ends up particularly pleasing to the eye when done, so I can't recommended them for your purpose necessarily.

 

[PTK]

Grind to fit looks perfectly ok when done properly. Problem is, most people don't do it correctly.

 

[RonE]

From a previous thread here

Worked on the stock today - Cut the butt square, made a "white line" spacer, went to the thrift store to pick out the material for the "PacMan" recoil pad material (eats recoil, not your sholder). I used a product called F26 to glue the PacMan pad to the white line spacer and used special high speed low drag attachment devices (sheetrock screws) to attach it to the butt.
See: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=369278&highlight=Snipper
Click on page 2 to go right to the butt pad.