Rubber butt pad maintenance after 50+yrs
Not a double gun, but a treasured Ithaca model 37 20ga (circa’ 1969 or 1970?).
Factory fitted with the nice butt pad shown below. Pad’s in great shape with no tears or cracks from dry rot that I see and it still seems to be supple despite its age. I know for a fact the pad’s had a light wipe with Hoppe’s before storage from time to time over the yrs, but mainly it’s just been stored in a safe dry place. I’m not necessarily inclined to treat the pad with anything but I can’t help to wonder what someone might use to treat this style of pad to keep it supple and/or prevent future cracking/dry rot?
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