Fox Collectors

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?

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.

Good idea. Thanks

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.