Suggestions for attaching recoil pad to metal buttplate?

Clead · November 9, 2004, 06:22 PM

I was wondering if anyone has experience with something like this. I have a Choate top-folding SG stock for my 870, and I've successfully shortened it to a more useful LOP. Question is: What would be the best way to attach a nice recoil pad to the crappy little steel buttplate on there? The only way I could think of was simple black cable ties. Functional but amateur.
Thanks for any help

Ledbetter · November 9, 2004, 08:14 PM

Some pads slip on.

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ctd/p...PRMLWR82D8CVB6

Clead · November 9, 2004, 09:36 PM

Ledbetter thanks for the suggestion. That would be great, except the buttplate moves when the stock is folded, and as such, the recoil pad can't protrude forward of the buttplate itself. I'm thinking glue and tiny screws into holes drilled into the buttplate might do it.... But I'll wait for some more input.

dfaugh · November 11, 2004, 10:09 AM

I made a adjustable one(can move sideways and up and down) for a target stock, using "stick-on" velcro tape. The sticky on the tape wasn't really strong enough for continued use so I eventually used contact cement, now it stays put. If you want yours permanently attached you could dispense with tape altogether, just use contact cement.

**4V50 Gary** · November 11, 2004, 11:26 AM

I'd use the glue that they use to patch bicycle tires with.

Clemson · November 12, 2004, 12:40 PM

5 minute epoxy will work. Glue, let set up, grind to proper profile. Removal will require heat.

Clemson

Watchman · December 3, 2004, 10:54 AM

Just about any epoxy will work. Make sure its where you want it before it sets up as you wouldnt be able to blow it off with dynamite once its cured...

November 9, 2004, 06:22 PM	#1
Clead Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2000 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 110	Suggestions for attaching recoil pad to metal buttplate? I was wondering if anyone has experience with something like this. I have a Choate top-folding SG stock for my 870, and I've successfully shortened it to a more useful LOP. Question is: What would be the best way to attach a nice recoil pad to the crappy little steel buttplate on there? The only way I could think of was simple black cable ties. Functional but amateur. Thanks for any help

November 9, 2004, 08:14 PM	#2
Ledbetter Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2000 Location: California USA Posts: 4,533	Some pads slip on. http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ctd/p...PRMLWR82D8CVB6 __________________ Regards, Ledbetter from thefiringline TFL #4573 NRA for Life Winchester Canyon Gun Club for Life

November 11, 2004, 10:09 AM	#4
dfaugh Senior Member Join Date: January 17, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 1,715	Easy answer I made a adjustable one(can move sideways and up and down) for a target stock, using "stick-on" velcro tape. The sticky on the tape wasn't really strong enough for continued use so I eventually used contact cement, now it stays put. If you want yours permanently attached you could dispense with tape altogether, just use contact cement.

November 11, 2004, 11:26 AM	#5
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 22,298	I'd use the glue that they use to patch bicycle tires with. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

November 12, 2004, 12:40 PM	#6
Clemson Senior Member Join Date: March 9, 2001 Location: Greenwood, SC Posts: 880	5 minute epoxy will work. Glue, let set up, grind to proper profile. Removal will require heat. Clemson __________________ NRA Endowment Member, NRA Certified Instructor CWP Holder US Army veteran Gunsmith www.boltandbarrel.com

November 9, 2004, 09:36 PM	#3
Clead Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2000 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 110	Ledbetter thanks for the suggestion. That would be great, except the buttplate moves when the stock is folded, and as such, the recoil pad can't protrude forward of the buttplate itself. I'm thinking glue and tiny screws into holes drilled into the buttplate might do it.... But I'll wait for some more input.

December 3, 2004, 10:54 AM	#7
Watchman Junior member Join Date: August 9, 2000 Location: ARKANSAS Posts: 484	Just about any epoxy will work. Make sure its where you want it before it sets up as you wouldnt be able to blow it off with dynamite once its cured...