Recoil pad question

[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.