Super X2 butt pad

[Dizos]

Anyone know where I can get a thinner pad for my Winchester Super X2? I found that the 1" rubber toe would grab my jacket shouldering while pheasant hunting.

-- Dizos

 

[HSMITH]

Grind that toe off at an angle and shape it rounded and smooth to be snag free. You need one of the "assorted grits" packs of sandpaper and a sanding block, add about 15 minutes of your time and a little elbow grease, some wax rubbed into the rubber and BAM you have a smooth shouldering buttpad.

If you want a thinner pad because the gun does not fit correctly then you need to do some looking. There are several direct replacements for the X2 on the market but they are all standard thickness or longer as far as I know. If you have a synthetic stock things tighten up even more on aftermarket choices. If you have a synthetic stock and need to reduce the length of pull the stock needs to be cut and the pad fitted to the stock again, this regrettably is not a job for an amatuer and you need to take it to a pro. Hope this helps.

 

[HSMITH]

Forgot to add that the gun NEEDS to hit your face before it hits or even really gets close to your shoulder, if it is hanging up on your coat as it comes up to your shoulder it is your technique that is bad and not the gun or the stock or your coat or anything else. Move mount shoot, and make sure that gun hits your face standing straight up with your head up, THEN the gun comes STRAIGHT back into your shoulder and when it hits your shoulder slap the trigger. There is no other way to consistently mount a gun, and if you are doing your part right everything you shoot at will get hit.

Also needed to add that the toe is the part at the bottom when shouldered. Typically when a pad hangs up on the coat a heel is involved but the remedy is the same, shape it and wax it.

 

[sm]

H, nailed it.
Remember too adusting stuff before proper techinque can really put one behind the learning curve...sometimes.

Yes, I have smoothed heel/toe/inside (toward me) of a recoil pad as H described. I did it more for sliding back more quickly and fitting my "pocket" better in cooler weather because clothing adds thickness and can alter the fit. Side benefit was the snag part... Even with having shot a bunch of rds...and the muscle memory...brain fade and/or Murphy has been known to happen.

 

[Dizos]

Thanks for the good advice.

 

[Bat Masterson]

HSMITH:

I'm having this problem in the context of 3-gun shooting. What kind of wax do I use to make the pad less sticky?

 

[HSMITH]

Bat, just about any will work. If you want to try it on a temporary basis you can rub some bar soap on it, if that is the ticket for you then you can wash the soap off and wax it. If you don't like it the soap will come completely off without much effort.

I've used clear shoe polish, paste pure carnuba car wax, and ordinary birthday candles. CLEAR wax is what I like, that way it doesn't discolor the buttpad.