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Rubber kick pads

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Many of you have more experience than I do when comes to working on you guns so I would like to ask a question. Have any of you ever switched your gun from a rubber kick pad to a hard rubber kick plate?

If the gun left the factory with a hard kick plate, there was a slight concave curve to the stock. If a stock is cut, or if a rubber kick pad is installed, there usually is no longer a concave curve to the walnut stock. It’s usually “flat”. Now, if I wanted to install an authentic Fox hard kick plate on that gun, could I do it on that “flat” stock? Could I heat up the kick plate in an oven and gently screw it to the stock? The reason is to reduce the LOP by 3/4-1”. Any thoughts?
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Hot water bath is probably safer than an oven. Some buttplates change color when heated. It is still the best idea if you can't use horn.
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Good idea. Thanks
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Re: Rubber kick pads

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eightbore wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:00 am Hot water bath is probably safer than an oven. Some buttplates change color when heated. It is still the best idea if you can't use horn.
I did a search and noticed that on Nov 19, 2021 Silvers posted info on installing a recoil pad. He also suggested heating the pad in boiling water. 👍
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