Remington 700 BDL Recoil Pad
04-12-2008, 07:45 PM
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Typical Buck
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Remington 700 BDL Recoil Pad
I've recently tried installing afew different pre-fit Sims recoil pads onto my Remington 700 BDL without much luck. The Sims packages say certain models will fit, but they never do. The gun has the plastic butt pad which is ok, but I would prefer something a little softer. Has anyone else had this problem? Would a 'smith be able to install a decent pad on for me?What doi do?Thanks in advance.
04-13-2008, 12:44 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Remington 700 BDL Recoil Pad
ORIGINAL: bigbulls
Have a gunsmith install a grind to fit pad. If they know what they are doing it will look a thousand times better than the pre fit models.
Have a gunsmith install a grind to fit pad. If they know what they are doing it will look a thousand times better than the pre fit models.
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04-13-2008, 04:56 AM
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RE: Remington 700 BDL Recoil Pad
ORIGINAL: Troutman10
... The gun has the plastic butt pad which is ok, but I would prefer something a little softer...
... The gun has the plastic butt pad which is ok, but I would prefer something a little softer...
Have a 'smith put it on for you. It'll look great, & it'll make the BDL soooo much easier to shoot.
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04-13-2008, 07:27 AM
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Typical Buck
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RE: Remington 700 BDL Recoil Pad
Thanks for the help guys. Do I purchase one of the grind to fit pads and have him do the work on it? What's the process of grinding? Is the recoil pad on the gun when it's being grinded? Sorry so many questions as I'm unfamiliar to the process. Thanks in advance.
04-13-2008, 10:22 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Remington 700 BDL Recoil Pad
R3 issims. I also tried one of these thinking I'd get a better fit but no luck.
As to the process for a smith and a grind to fit. They'll sell you the pad and you for fitting. I have installed a few grind to fit myself and the process i use is remove the stock from the action/barrel, then install the grind to fit onto the rifle, put 2 wraps of masking tape around the heel of the butt and grind it down using a bench sander until the first layer of masking tape is removed. I then finish fit it by hand. With the sims I freeze the pad before grinding, works much better as the resin used is soft. Pachmyar I haven't.
As to the process for a smith and a grind to fit. They'll sell you the pad and you for fitting. I have installed a few grind to fit myself and the process i use is remove the stock from the action/barrel, then install the grind to fit onto the rifle, put 2 wraps of masking tape around the heel of the butt and grind it down using a bench sander until the first layer of masking tape is removed. I then finish fit it by hand. With the sims I freeze the pad before grinding, works much better as the resin used is soft. Pachmyar I haven't.
