I recently got a Sims Pre-fit recoil pad for a 700 BDL with wood stock. According to the chart I required the 10111 but when trying to install it is slightly larger then the butt and the holes don't line up! I pulled a template for the 10112 off the Sims website tonite and the holes line up but it appears it maybe to small in comparison with the butt.

Anybody installed one on a 700 BDL/wood, if so did you have to retro or which model did you use? BTW, the rifle I am installing it on is chambered in a 7mm rem mag.

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skhunter..I havent installed one, but the instructions on the sims site indicate that you will probably have to relocate the holes on the butt of your stock...even on the prefit pads..I have been thinking about using a sims pad on the 338-06AI I am building...I hope yours works out ok..

Zeeriverrat1

A pre-fit recoil pad strikes me as an oxymoron.

Pre-Fit recoil pads for rifles are akin to one size fits all in clothes.

I don't mind retroing if needed but in this case the pad is overall to large for the butt of the rifle, so I know would never be happy with it. I'll have to check out the other model sims suggests to see how it looks in comparison.

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Originally posted by skhunter:
I don't mind retroing if needed but in this case the pad is overall to large for the butt of the rifle, so I know would never be happy with it. I'll have to check out the other model sims suggests to see how it looks in comparison.
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Though not familiar with the mentioned product, I am not surprised the pad was too large. The M700 in magnum calibers came with a recoil pad while standard chamberings did not. Since all had the same LOP, the butt of a magnum will be smaller than that of a standard gun because it was cut shorter for the factory pad. For a pre-fit to work, there would need to be one size for standards and another, smaller one, for magnums.

Glen, Sims do make a slightly smaller one as well for the M700 according to their website. Unfortunately the shop I purchased the pad at had none in this model to check out today, so I just returned the first one. I'll either wait and see or get a smith involved.

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