Storage

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

I hang them by the trigger guard, no weight on the butt. LOL

Just dont hang them in a sunny window or you will end up with a pad like jolly bill.

[Bill Jolliff]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Just dont hang them in a sunny window or you will end up with a pad like jolly bill.

Not exactly. This is the original pad on my Fox XE20 gauge. Note that it has a cheek piece and it was ordered and built that way.

The gun has been stored horizontally, and dark, for the last 38 years and this is what the pad ended up looking like. There was no weight on the pad.

Jolly, aka Bill Jolliff

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by Bill Jolliff

Not exactly. This is the original pad on my Fox XE20 gauge. Note that it has a cheek piece and it was ordered and built that way.

The gun has been stored horizontally, and dark, for the last 38 years and this is what the pad ended up looking like. There was no weight on the pad.

Jolly, aka Bill Jolliff

If it bothers you that much Bill, old buddy, old pal, I'll take it off your hands and see what I can do with it.

[Craig Larter]

Originally Posted by Bill Jolliff

Not exactly. This is the original pad on my Fox XE20 gauge. Note that it has a cheek piece and it was ordered and built that way.

The gun has been stored horizontally, and dark, for the last 38 years and this is what the pad ended up looking like. There was no weight on the pad.

Jolly, aka Bill Jolliff

I started my career working for Garlock a rubber products company. I believe the reason Bill's Fox pad deteriorated was the rubber was not properly vulcanized when made. I believe rock hard pads results from the loss of the lubricates originally compounded with the rubber. Same reason vinyl gets hard and cracks with age.