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Recoil pad removal ?
Zuma
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Any Ideas ? I recently bought a very nice little 20ga shotgun Circa
1960. Someone added a recoil pad but did not shorten the stock.
This makes it too long for me. I bought a black plastic butt plate that I would like to install in place of the recoil pad and return the gun back to the factory length of pull. Next I removed 2 screws from the pad and attempted removal, it won't budge !
Could there possibly be additional screws that are hidden ?
OR, could it be glued on ? Will I have to cut it off ?
Thanks for your advice.
1960. Someone added a recoil pad but did not shorten the stock.
This makes it too long for me. I bought a black plastic butt plate that I would like to install in place of the recoil pad and return the gun back to the factory length of pull. Next I removed 2 screws from the pad and attempted removal, it won't budge !
Could there possibly be additional screws that are hidden ?
OR, could it be glued on ? Will I have to cut it off ?
Thanks for your advice.
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sometimes these where glued in place, have fun [:D]
Removed one not long ago and yes it was glued on. Used a band-saw to remove close to the wood as possible, then a sharp knife and stationary belt sander for clean up.
The fun part was removing the last bit of glue and rubber w/o damaging the stock. Slow but can be done.
so I ended up band sawing it off as suggested. This was the first one
that I've seen that was glued on. It was screwed and glued ....
I will be installing an original butt plate with the original length
of pull. [:)]
20 gauge with target loads. BUT, I Gotta admit that I'm much
more recoil sensitive than I was years ago ...
For that reason, when shooting a 12ga , I really like my Reloads
that are only 7/8 OZ of shot. Even 12ga " trap loads " @ 1 1/8
seem to kick more that they used too.......
Ain't getting OLD Fun ?