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Sorry the Hawkins pad is not quite the right size- as others have said here, better a bit oversized for the masking tape and buff down to fit proceedure-I sorta suspected it might be undersized, as the Trojan that wore it had a LOP of 13.625" from front trigger (a 3" DAH)- so even had that stock not been broken at the wrist and comb areas, I would have replaced it for a better fit- proper stock fit and trigger pulls are my "keys" to successful game shooting with a double gun- Several of my LC Smith 12 bores are Full and Full or Imp. Mod and Full-but I don't shoot skeet, and only occasional SC double gun events in the Non-Fall seasons--I have used the Poly-Wad spreaders and they pattern well, but a tad bit expensive for shooting clay discs that your dog can't retrieve or you can marinate in Vernor's Ginger Ale-sliced apples and brown sugar and bacon and grill in Reynolds' Wrap foil and have a better feast than any prime rib at the Lockerbie Club-or the DuQuense Club- or in your case Gary- the Canadian Club. I do have a Pachmayr solid brown pad from a Browning SBT (Kawasaki mfg.- the gun, not the pad) that might fit, but a Hawkins or a Silvers would be the most "correct"--and I have beaucoup screws, both straight slotted and Phillips head- if you need some-