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Originally Posted by Jerry Harlow
As I wrote previously in this thread, there is no reason for two screw holes in a nail and glue on pad. I am still betting there are two screws down those holes.
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I poked a thin blade screwdriver down into one of those holes, releasing a cloud of rotten rubber dust, and indeed there were two screws. Then entire pad did come off, and is super hard in places. I will see if someone has an NOS they would be willing to part with, because looking at that pad I am not sure it would stand up to more than a couple rounds of trap and that would be a shame. The gun itself is just BEGGING to be shot.
I am a little puzzled by the recoil pad since as Researcher noted in a previous reply, the lettering has the Jostam in a triangle and says "NO FLINCH", but the no flinch pads I see on the various internet sites were more of a solid rubber, like the Hy Gun, while the sponge rubber ones seem to have been called the "no kick coming". But, given the relative inexpensiveness of these pads and the fact they were made 100 years ago, I suppose they had different branding over the years. It would be nice to find a sponge one in good shape, but the odd thing about those (as previous replies have stated) is that they came in a box with little tacks like shoe nails and were nailed on and then the next layers glued on. There is no evidence at all this butt has had any nails in it, so maybe someone just drilled holes in a sponge pad and used screws......certainly the screw holes do not seem to be in the position I would usually expect pad screws to be placed.
Ed