Best bet for prefit pad for No. 1?

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26 July 2016, 22:18

Bill/Oregon

Best bet for prefit pad for No. 1?

I'd like to replace the old red pad on my circa 1979 Ruger No. 1. In choosing between Limbsaver, Kick-Eez and Pachmayr, which is likely to give the best fit and satisfaction?

27 July 2016, 01:00

impala#03

I have had good luck with Limbsaver. I had to elongate the holes to line up with the holes in the stock, but not much of a problem.

27 July 2016, 01:36

MJines

Pachmayr Decelerator in the old English reddish/orange. After the "melting" Limbsaver debacle a number of years ago . . . I would never buy or recommend someone buy one of their products.

27 July 2016, 02:39

Bill/Oregon

Well, I went and bought the last Limbsaver that fits at my local Sportsman's Warehouse. Of course, I have to glue dowels in the existing screw holes and re-drill.
Mike, I hope they don't melt any more! Surely that would have been an easy fix for Sims Vibration.

27 July 2016, 02:45

Dennis Earl Smith

Bill, I have used all and have ground all to fit stocks. None in the pre-fit category look as good as one properly ground to fit. Your thickness of pad is also a consideration of which to use. Competition guns get Kick-Eez or Pachmayr Decelerator. Rifles of normal caliber get Pachmayr or Kick Eez. ( notice the order preference) Magnum rifles for rifles and recoil sensitive people get Pachmayer Deceleratot or Limbsaver (although I dislike working with the material). Customer's choice.

27 July 2016, 03:45

Rockdoc

I have a Prefit Limbsaver on my 450-400 No.1. Works very well.

The melting problems seem to be in the past, when the pad was installed on my 375H&H magazine rifle

27 July 2016, 04:19

Bill/Oregon

Dennis, I agree a properly ground pad beats a prefit every time. It's hard going through life being cheap and impatient.
The Limbsaver is going on a No. 1 in 7X57, just for a bit more length of pull and because I never cared for original Ruger pads.
For what it is worth, I e-mailed Sims up in Shelton, WA, and asked them specifically if they changed their polymer formulas to address the "melt" issue. Will report when I hear back.

27 July 2016, 19:30

Bill/Oregon

Here's what Limbsaver had to say about the break-down issue:

William,
Our rubber supplier sent us a bad batch of material a while back and we did have an issue with the pads breaking down. It was quite the mess figuring it out. I was baffled when I first started getting calls and took us a little bit to figure out what had happened.
That being said, We stand behind our product 100% and have been replacing the effected pad at no charge to our customers. So if you ever have an issue with the pad please contact us and we will take care of it for you.

--
Bill Barnhart
Technical/Warranty Manager

28 July 2016, 01:55

MJines

quote:
Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Here's what Limbsaver had to say about the break-down issue:

William,
Our rubber supplier sent us a bad batch of material a while back and we did have an issue with the pads breaking down. It was quite the mess figuring it out. I was baffled when I first started getting calls and took us a little bit to figure out what had happened.
That being said, We stand behind our product 100% and have been replacing the effected pad at no charge to our customers. So if you ever have an issue with the pad please contact us and we will take care of it for you.

--
Bill Barnhart
Technical/Warranty Manager

Ask them if they are replacing carpet, hardwoods, gun cases and other materials that were ruined by the bad pads too? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

28 July 2016, 03:11

MacD37

quote:
Originally posted by MJines:

Ask them if they are replacing carpet, hardwoods, gun cases and other materials that were ruined by the bad pads too? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

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