Has anyone used this Pachmayr recoil pad?

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07 June 2011, 20:12

shootaway

Has anyone used this Pachmayr recoil pad?

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07 June 2011, 21:13

craigster

Looks like a 752 series Old English. They have a standard (firmer) and Decelerator (softer) version. I've used both.

07 June 2011, 23:54

shootaway

quote:
Originally posted by drm-hp:
Yes, on my 404 Jeffery.
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Did you prefer this one to a Silvers pad?

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08 June 2011, 02:25

shootaway

I thought it was going to be used on my custom lott but was just informed that Ralph is going with a Silvers original instead.

08 June 2011, 10:18

Michael Robinson

Silvers uses a rather hard rubber (or at least it seems like hard rubber - it's almost brick-like) for its pads. They are rather primitive in comparison with today's synthetic pads.

In olden days, the Silvers pad was the thing to have.

But these days, I would not want one on a hard-recoiling rifle.

Mike

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08 June 2011, 14:04

shootaway

I really like my Ruger pad.It is not thick so it doesn't take up too much of the wood and it is firm so it doesn't reduce LOP or send the rifle all the way back so that my hand hits my face under recoil.IMO,recoil pads should be like shocks or springs,the heavier the load,the stiffer they are.

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10 June 2011, 14:40

buckeyeshooter

I have decellerator (black color) on my 50 alaskan, works loads better than a plastic buttplate for certain!

11 June 2011, 10:37

ozhunter

quote:
Originally posted by DoubleDon:
Pachmayer for modern guns. Silvers for vintage guns.

+ 1.
from what I have heard the SILVERS was not deigned with the reduction of recoil in mind but simply to provide more length to the stock.
The Galazan ones look similar to the SILVERS but are a little softer which might be an alternative.
An original Silvers on a 458W;

A GALAZAN pad on a WR.

11 June 2011, 16:40

hairbol

If you want the best of both worlds put the red Decelerator on and have the traditional color which I too like and the absorbing quality of the Decelerator. If you're not worried about aesthetics I like the Mag XLT on the fast stout kickers. It's a pain to grind though.

11 June 2011, 17:43

johnfox

Kick Eez pads are very good, I've used them on my trap and sporting clays guns for the past ten years and I rate them better than decelerators.

The downside with them is a poor range of colours.

11 June 2011, 20:55

Charles_Helm

quote:
Originally posted by hairbol:
If you want the best of both worlds put the red Decelerator on and have the traditional color which I too like and the absorbing quality of the Decelerator.

That's what I had done on my Whitworth.

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12 June 2011, 03:58

Michael Robinson

Great looking rifle, Charles.

The wood can't be factory, can it?

Is that a wing safety on the bolt shroud?

Mike

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12 June 2011, 06:44

Charles_Helm

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
Great looking rifle, Charles.

The wood can't be factory, can it?

Is that a wing safety on the bolt shroud?

Thanks. To the best of my knowledge the wood is factory -- still had the Whitworth pad on it.

That safety is a Model-70 style two-position I got from Jim Kobe.

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12 June 2011, 10:26

JBrown

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Robinson:

The wood can't be factory, can it?

I had an early Whitworth that had wood similar to Mr. Helm's rifle. I sold it to Will.

Some of the early Whitworths had beautiful, dark wood.

Jason

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12 June 2011, 15:15

ozhunter

Two PH's I know have 458 WHITWORTH's like that one but not as dark a stock as that one. Very light and great to carry but boy they have stout recoil.

13 June 2011, 22:42

Atkinson

I prefer the Silvers pad, but I'm not much on recoil pads anyway..Jack Belk told me all a recoil pad does is give the gun a one inch running start at you shoulder and he just might be right?

Held tight to the shoulder I can't tell much difference in a soft pad and a hard Silvers pad..I have shot some English big bores with metal butt plates and again held tight they don't wack you, held loose the get at you.

I like to leather cover my recoil pads on my big bores and the Silvers pads makes the job easier,and nicer looking as you can get the leather very tight on a hard pad IMO...