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All the suppliers seem to be out of White Butt Pad spacers. Does anyone make there own & what material do you use?
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I cut WLS' from the side of a large white plastic (washed) Clorox bleach bottle, saved from Momma's trash toss.
Slice off the top neck/bottom & down one side, before flattening the white plastic out for marking/cutting.
The plastic can be pencil marked/outlined, around either the buttplate or the naked end of the buttstock (held vertically while scribing).
I use the BP, so I can also mark the screw hole locations.
I cut around the marked-out spacer, about 1/4" oversize, and punch or drill out the holes for the screws.
Mount the spacer on the stock, sandwiched by the BP & held by the BP screws.
Pare off (carefully) the 1/4" excess with a sharp knife blade (smaller = better).
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Do the bleach bottles have thick enough plastic? Seems like they may be too thin? I need to do this for a Marlin Mountie.
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I've used the lid from a Cool Whip container. It doesn't take much to be noticeable.
Last edited by Batchief909; 01/19/13.
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All good suggestions but like Sakoluvr said I think I would like something a little thicker. I will come up with something,when I do I,ll post it here.
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It's not like it'd actually cost either of you a dime, beyond the half-hour's time it'd take to try something out-of-the-box.
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I have read that the lid off a white (duh) 5gal bucket is the material used by many to fill that space. I need to do that with my 57M.
Good luck.
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I'd sell you one off of an original if you want.
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I'd sell you one off of an original if you want. I should have added, it's a 1952 Marlin 39A. I think I just assumed that must be what you wanted because I have 39s on my mind right now.
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