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interesting project BC30cal.

Are the Wildcat stocks molded then machine inletted? or is the inletting molded in?

that steel bottom metal you have pictured is from an early HVA 1600 btw.

For those interested in putting a Decellerator on a diet, I recently helped a buddy re-do one

the new pad



ground flat on a belt sander, so 1/32" - 1/16" of the hard rubber is left



find the edge of the insert with an xacto knife and cut around one side



metal insert pulled out and ready to glue on



On a postal scale, the pad lost almost 2 ounces. Actual loss will be less since you then grind away some of the outside. Still, for 5 minutes and no cost, it beats fluting a bolt for a 1-1/2 ounce reduction.

The weight loos (in my estimation) is as much in getting rid of some of the hard rubber as it is in getting rid of the steel insert