Ground the recoil pad today and boy what a pain in the butt that was! Had a Sims Vibration Labs Limbsaver pad so that's what I used. I decided to do the recoil pad myself so I also bought a fixture/jig to hold the pad and get the toe angle right. What a mess that soft rubber makes when being ground! I watched the SVL youtube "how-to" video and saw that I needed to change grit going progressively finer as I neared the line, always keeping the sandpaper/belt buttered up with WD40. What they didn't make clear was just how far and wide the tiny little oily rubber particles go. Dust collection does not work on those little bits so they fly everywhere.
From now on if I ever need another recoil pad installed I'll pay WHATEVER the 'smith wants to install it. Gotta go and wash this goo off. At least no blood was spilled in the process of sanding the pad so that's a plus.
