Recoil pad question

[Pa SxS]

Tell Galazan, Barnett, Hadfield and other high grade gun dealers that they are storing their guns the wrong way. I don't doubt that in the old days they would over oil their guns to keep them working and keep them from rusting. That oil has long ago dried up. As the saying goes, "a little dab will do ya"!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/...0-w680-h510-rw

[Bill Murphy]

The pad on your gun cannot be put back on if you take it off.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

Tell Galazan, Barnett, Hadfield and other high grade gun dealers that they are storing their guns the wrong way. I don't doubt that in the old days they would over oil their guns to keep them working and keep them from rusting. That oil has long ago dried up. As the saying goes, "a little dab will do ya"!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/...0-w680-h510-rw

Simple solution to his problem is to store it barrel down. Those high end dealers don’t keep those guns on the butts 24/7/365 for years at a time. I’d be willing to wager that the guns in that pic do not all have original pads on them either. The old pads break down more than new/repro pads.

[Phil C]

I have several of these pads that are new and original. If it letters with this pad I would have a new old stock professionally reinstalled.

[Chris T.]

Ed,
I have an NOS Jostam pad of that style if you're interested.

[Boltaction]

Originally Posted by Phillip Carr

I have several of these pads that are new and original. If it letters with this pad I would have a new old stock professionally reinstalled.

I did request a research letter which is en route, but it might be one with no records. We shall see. I did see some used Jostams of this type on Ebay but they looked as used as this one. I think I will just take the sage advice of the people who were good enough to reply to my query and leave it as is. It has certainly been my MO with my military rifles and handguns--some people can't resist refinishing and generally messing with patina when really as long as something isn't actually broken, it shouldn't be touched.

Ed

[Boltaction]

Originally Posted by Phillip Carr

I have several of these pads that are new and original. If it letters with this pad I would have a new old stock professionally reinstalled.

Unfortunately no records exist for this gun's serial number, so no way of knowing what it left the factory wearing. SN 206248 puts it as about a 1923 manufacture so the Jostam on it could easily be original.

Ed

[Dean Romig]

I think you could make it look pretty nice, if you want to get rid of that nice patina, with some judicious sanding on the sides of the pad with some very fine flint or garnet sandpaper… but leave the face of the pad as it is.

But first put some protective tape over the wood.



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[Phil C]

PM sent.

[Stan Hillis]

While I totally understand the desire to replace an old unusable pad with one exactly like the original, we should remember that if the original consignee had needed to do so he likely would have ended up with one that had a later patent date as well, or possibly even a different style.

Your gun looks very nice, Will. Well done.