I've got a Remington AWR with a McMillan stock the recoil pad of which has begun to slowly melt. I know this is not a new phenomenon but the question is how do I fix it. I called Remington when the pad first showed signs of turning to goo and they wanted me to send the whole rifle back for a complete stock replacement. This I was not willing to do. Last summer at a big sporting clays shoot, I asked several traveling gunsmiths what they could do for me. None had an answer. I tried putting Armor-All on the pad but that did nothing. Any ideas?
Thanks, RS
Prob be best to just sell it to me. Ok really I don't know. Is it screwed on or glued on. You can always do a grind to fit pachmayer decelerator.
Call limb saver with the part number, and they will send you a new one.
I did.
I bought a Remington 700 T-Hole laminated stock 300 wizzum with a 26" SS barrel that had a sticky pad. I called Remington (NC), gave them the serial number and said they would send out a replacement pad which they did. The pad was attached to a new T-Hole stock which my gunsmith said was $259 his cost! My gunsmith just switched the pads and now I have a new spare stock. I would send the rifle to Remington and let them replace the stock or better yet tell them to send you the new stock, you'll have a spare.
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Sims Vibration Laboratory
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For crying out loud, take the old pad off and put a Decelerator on!
It ain't that hard......
Casey
I didn't think it would be a big deal either but, because it is glued on, the gunsmiths I showed it to said they couldn't put a new one on. Had it been screwed on the fix would have been easy. My "can-do-anything" gunsmith retired several years ago otherwise this would have been replaced way back when it first started to melt.
I don't want a replacement stock because mine has been bedded and the rifle shoots great the way it is. Also, I'm not interested in paying the shipping cost on something that was not my fault. Remington wanted to replace the stock and wanted me to pay the shipping. I have the same problem with a Remington M7 AWR.
RS
There are many options. 1st of all, any competent gunsmith can remove the sticky pad and install a new one of your choice. Sims will give you new pads for free if you want to go back with the LS.
The easiest fix is to just cut the pad off leaving the hard plastic backer glued on, sand the plastic flat, then buy a pair of $2 flip flops, trace out the stock on the flip flop, cut the ff a little larger, epoxy it on, tape the stock and plastic to the ff line, sand with a belt or orbital until flush, then round the back edge of the ff with a sand block until you like the look. The negative is you'll lose about 1/4" lop, the positives are that it looks nice, works, and its dirt cheap.
Loder