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I finally got a little time in at the shop and put on a couple recoil pads. One is a 458 Lott Ruger RSM, and the other is a Dakota 97 in 9,3x62. Which Pad color do you like better? I wish that the Pacmayr Decellarator red was more pure red, it looks a little orange to me but I still think I prefer it to the plain black. The picture makes it look like I need to clean the dust out of the edges too. I'm thinking that the 9,3x62 needs a red pad and some iron sites to make it look more "African". It's already killed over 20 head of African game, though unfortunately not by me! What do you think?...............DJ ....Remember that this is all supposed to be for fun!.................. | ||
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DJ; I like a black pad with an ebony tip ( that top one is my idea of a perfect shape FE tip) and a red pad with no FE tip. | |||
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I'm a big fan of solid red pads with a black base. AD | ||
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either solid red or brown with black spacer NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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DJ For me it depends on the wood-darker wood looks good with a red pad, lighter with black. On those rifles I'd go with black. Just looks better to my eye. Doug | |||
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I like traditional red! I've been switching them all over to the new red pad. I likkkkke it! square shooter | |||
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LB404, I just hope you don't like them so much I can't "borrow" 3 of them from you..... ......DJ ....Remember that this is all supposed to be for fun!.................. | |||
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I like red. Tony Galazan at Conn.Shotgun Mfg has a good one that's called "The Period Correct" buttpad that looks good and absorbs a bit of recoil too. Elmo | |||
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I like red pads on wood stocked rifles. ANd I prefer red headed women. And When i buy a car (as oppposed to a truck), it is always red. And my underwear, well, never mind | |||
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on wins, mausers and CZ and such I seem to like red.........or as my Buddy Jeffe refers to...........Tiddy pink, but on Wbys and others I like Black. But its a hard call they both look nice, its just depends on what the world looks like when I wake up. Billy, High in the shoulder (we band of bubbas) | |||
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An old gunsmith friend told me that he always matched the pad to the tip, if present. Ebony tip/black pad, Rosewood tip/brown pad. No tip, brown pad, and classics, red pad. I am pretty fond of the traditional English style red pad, but I am a fan of classically stocked rifles and splinter forearm/straight gripped double shotguns. DRSS(We Band of Bubba's Div.) N.R.A (Life) T.S.R.A (Life) D.S.C. | |||
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red | |||
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who cares about the pads. I like those Scopes!!! | |||
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I think that they are both in good taste. Oh! & the brown also. As Patten said about pearl grips in pistols I believe the same applies to those god aweful white line spacers on recoil pads! Doug Humbarger NRA Life member Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73. Yankee Station Try to look unimportant. Your enemy might be low on ammo. | |||
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The color must be a matter of the "look" a particular stock has with the color of the pad. Both of those rifles look good to me in that respect. Most used to be red or brown in the past and I never liked brown pads. Now that Kimbers come with black pads I have got used to that color. To each his own. Join the NRA | |||
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I also like the red. Chuck | |||
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not a fan of pink recoil pads... especially for ME to put them on jeffe opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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Doug Humbarger NRA Life member Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73. Yankee Station Try to look unimportant. Your enemy might be low on ammo. | |||
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My vote is for the pad that reduces the recoil the most ,if the same Brown. Johnch NRA life Delta Pheasants Forever DU Hunt as if your life depended on your results | |||
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On a plain Jane walnut, with not much if any figure, black or brown. On a fancy grained piece of wood, red. On plastic, plain black. Unless I change my mind. "There always seems to be a big market for making the clear, complex." | |||
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When they make a "red" pad I'll get interested. Until then the pink and orange ones don't do much for me. Terry -------------------------------------------- Well, other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? | |||
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Red for wood, black for composites. | |||
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Leather on unscoped bolt actions. | |||
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Black once youv'e had it you won't go back | |||
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RED! [IMG]or is it tiddy pink? DRSS Member | |||
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My favorite red pad is Pachmayr's 1" medium 'Decelerator', which I have on my 338 Win. Mag. This is a beautifully-made pad that finishes out very smoothly, and it's much more effective than some of those brick-hard red pads Galazan offers. http://www.pachmayr.com AD | ||
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