Remington had a recall on some of the "R3" pads for that reason. Contact them to see if they're still doing free replacement for the defective ones. I had an LVSF with a pad that did that and they replaced it but that was years ago.
I had one of those soft rubber pads that was factory installed (I figure it was just an unmarked LimbSaver) on my CZ 452 Silhouette rifle. First it got sticky, then melted, then tore when I took it out of the vault one day, half of the pad stayed on the vault floor.
If I happen to purchase another rifle wearing one, it will quickly be swapped out. I have seen too many similar complaints for it to be random or user error. They're junk.
Yep their version of the limbsaver will do just that.
I hate those Limbsaver pads.. I just replaced one as part of a job for a customer 35 miles S of me.. It literally had turned into a sticky, gooey mess.. A new Pachmayr Decelerator fixed THAT problem..
I bought one of those Limbsaver grind-to-fit pads brand new. I didn't get around to using it for a couple years , it was in my shop , climate controlled. When I went to get it & put it on a rifle I found it had melted.
Slumlord: I have had three of my Remington 700's need the "dissolving" recoil pads replaced! Remington took the serial numbers of my Rifles over the phone (on 3 different occasions) and sent me replacement recoil pads that have worked out perfectly. They fit perfectly as well! NO charges to me what so ever. Puzzling that some here have had a different experience? By the way the recoil pads were all on the gray laminated Remington 700 stocks like you pictured. One of my Remingtons was in a soft gun case when it decided to start dissolving and I had a bit of a time cleaning/removing the "goo" left by that dissolving recoil pad off of my gun case. Good luck. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
Yep the R3 pads are junk. Made by limbsaver I have heard. Limbsavers are also junk. Nearly all turn to goo at some point. "We got a bad batch of rubber" has been their line for years now. They will typically send you a new one no questions asked if you call them. I am on my third or fourth replacement on my 870 supermag. Had my smith replace the one on my Ruger 77 350 mag. Was getting a bit sticky on the edges. It was a prefit that did not fit the best anyways so I elected to a have decellarator pad properly fitted and installed. Smith had a 700 stock in the shop with a square of safe carpeting firmly attached to the recoil pad.
Remington will replace it for free. I had a 700 in 300 WSM with a laminated thumbhole stock and they sent me a new recoil pad attached to a brand new stock. My gunsmith told me his cost on that stock was $249. Sticky pads is Limbsavers issue, not Remington's. What caliber is that LSS?
I put a Limbsaver on a rifle that did that. My 1st problem with it was it left a black mark on my friend's pickup seat cover, then it later stuck to the bottom of the safe. It's still on the gun and it doesn't do that any more. It's like it wasn't cured properly from the factory and age finally cured it.
Sweet..... It's always a win win When ya can sell off a Remington rifle and turn it into a gun you can use like a decked out savage 220. Week of the 7th. Buds/ Uncle Lees here we come.
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