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I recently bought a Merkel 147E 16ga. Its my second SxS, the other being a CSMC RBL 20 ga.
Neither of these come from factory with a rubber recoil pad. They have hard plastic butt plates. Most of the O/U guns I own or have owned have some sort of rubber recoil pad.
Any reason not to replace the plastic butt plate with a rubber pad?
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Extra length if you need it.
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if you alter the wood at all adding a pad you reduce the value of the gun.....if you just add a pad without cutting the wood, and save the buttplate and screws, then no harm done......
that's just the way it is......
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All of my guns have recoil pads. Checkered butts, plastic or horn butt plates, skeleton butts and heel/toe plates can all look nice and are considered traditional, but I like recoil pads for 2 reasons. 1) Recoil reduction. 2) Protecting the butt. My SxS guns all have Pachmyar Old English Decelerator pads. An excellent looking pad that has decent recoil reduction. My O/U target guns, which get shot a lot, have Kick-Eez pads. If you put a 0.6" Pachmyar on your gun without cutting the wood it will be about the same LOP. I think they look okay.  A good gunsmith can put a pad on a curved butt - it does take a little more skill, but allows one to keep the stock original as recommended above. Regards, Jeff
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you can go either way with a curved butt....I had Hugh Lomas shape a spacer to fit the curvature of my gr2 LC smiths stock then add a pad to the flat surface.....he could of also heated and bent a pad to fit the curvature....
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All of my guns have recoil pads. Checkered butts, plastic or horn butt plates, skeleton butts and heel/toe plates can all look nice and are considered traditional, but I like recoil pads for 2 reasons. 1) Recoil reduction. 2) Protecting the butt. My SxS guns all have Pachmyar Old English Decelerator pads. An excellent looking pad that has decent recoil reduction. My O/U target guns, which get shot a lot, have Kick-Eez pads. If you put a 0.6" Pachmyar on your gun without cutting the wood it will be about the same LOP. I think they look okay. A good gunsmith can put a pad on a curved butt - it does take a little more skill, but allows one to keep the stock original as recommended above. Regards, Jeff Wow Jeff, another terrific looking custom Fox!!!
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Any reason not to replace the plastic butt plate with a rubber pad? Reasons: They add weight. They are ugly. They reduce the value, if stock is cut, as noted above. They cost money. They are not necessary for smallbores, unless you are extremely sensitive to recoil, or unless you need the extra length.
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Any reason to replace the plastic butt plate with a rubber pad ?
Are the girls going to shoot it ?
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All of my guns have recoil pads. Checkered butts, plastic or horn butt plates, skeleton butts and heel/toe plates can all look nice and are considered traditional, but I like recoil pads for 2 reasons. 1) Recoil reduction. 2) Protecting the butt. My SxS guns all have Pachmyar Old English Decelerator pads. An excellent looking pad that has decent recoil reduction. My O/U target guns, which get shot a lot, have Kick-Eez pads.
If you put a 0.6" Pachmyar on your gun without cutting the wood it will be about the same LOP. I think they look okay. A good gunsmith can put a pad on a curved butt - it does take a little more skill, but allows one to keep the stock original as recommended above.
Regards,
Jeff +1 No reason at all not to, IMO. In addition, I think plastic buttplates are ugly and look cheap on a nice gun ......... they can slip on the shoulder ........ they get scratched and chipped, which looks MUCH worse .......... and, when you prop your gun in a corner or in some gun racks (in a duck blind, for instance) they will slip and slide on the floor and cause your gun to fall and be damaged. SRH
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Like Stan I prefer a pad, Slip on if the gun has nice wood and some value. Screwed on for most others. I need a bit longer LOP & can add a pad without cutting the stock. Curve to the butt stock causes no problems installing. Easy to go back to factory plastic.
It's got nothing to with recoil. Sticky pad facilitates correct mount and better 2nd shots. I like Pachmayr's 752 1 inch, same one as pictured above just a bit longer. Have a couple of Kick Eez, little too spongy for me. Switching them to Pachmayr's
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