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anyone make their own buttplate: if so what kind of material did you use. I made one for my grandson's rifle out of rubber but am looking for other options. want light weight and probably rubber for non-slip to clothing. thank you. | ||
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I have a pile of buttplate stamped blanks from steel and have made them from horn as well. | |||
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I've made a couple from 1/8" aluminum, but they can be slippy without a shoulder hook. TomP Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right. Carl Schurz (1829 - 1906) | |||
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You realize you can buy thin rifle pads made of rubber. I have made buttplates from black resin and a rubber mold; but these are for historic ones. Steel is fine but not for a kid. Aluminum or steel; you could checker it and then it would not slip. Or spray it with the sand filled paint that you use on stair steps. How about this: no buttplate at all; checker the wood like on a Chapuis double Rifle. Or just nail on a piece of tire; like making a pair of sandals. I'll sell you an NDT WW2 Jeep tire; that would look cool. | |||
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I've seen where people have put on the bottom of a tennis shoe using a couple of lathing screws, and then belt sanded off the outside to more or less stock shape. The visual appearance wasn't too good, but it seemed to work okay. I generally just send limbsaver my $30 or so, and use one of their grind to fit designs. | |||
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I have done what what ssdave said with a Limbsaver grind to fit pads. I will try a new idea sometime. I will use Eva foam. (It's the same stuff that they use for the kids tumbling mats/squares that link together. You can get it off of Amazon in different thicknesses/colors. It's called closed cell foam and is also used in canoes for flotation.) I will glue it to a piece wood then screw the wood to the buttstock and sand it flush. Cheap experiment. IHMSA BC Provincial Champion and Perfect 40 Score, Unlimited Category, AAA Class. | |||
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I've made "silly" pads out of "Anti fatigue" floor mats from harbour fraught 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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I'm assuming you're not trying for recoil absorption. I've made them out of steel. For a light one, the sheet metal is pretty light. It allows you to blue it and make it look finished. Easy to trace a pattern off the stock and cut out with the bandsaw or saber saw. I have also tried to mold resin/epoxy into a buttplate. Haven't had great results with that. Finally, vintagegungrips.com sells repro buttplates for vintage rifles. I've made these work. | |||
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It's very easy; I use resin kits and soft rubber molds you make from old buttplates. As long as you pour the resin into the mold so as not to get air bubbles trapped, its' like molding popsicles. | |||
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sk1: recoil absorption not an issue. just want light weight and a non-slip surface. the molded plastics always seem a bit slippery. I'm thinking a somewhat soft rubber like material but rigid enough so there would be no gaps between it and the wood when the screws were tightened. Thinking there is probably some other material that could work but don't know what it might be. | |||
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Been looking for a curved steel plate with spur that is 5 1/2" deep .. seems nobody makes one that deep. Any leads welcome! I have made simple steel buttplates (no compound curves) for eg Stevens Favorites and then engraved them. But anything more complex I think one needs to investment cast, or stamp with a fancy die and a big hydraulic press. Russ Gould - Whitworth Arms LLC BigfiveHQ.com, Large Calibers and African Safaris Doublegunhq.com, Fine English, American and German Double Rifles and Shotguns VH2Q.com, Varmint Rifles and Gear | |||
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dpcd, That resin kit/mold sounds cool! devere, Also, I should mention that EVA foam will sand, round off, pretty well. ( the Limbsaver recoil pad rubber looks like it might be a very dense EVA foam on a stiff rubber base. I'm not sure.) Brian IHMSA BC Provincial Champion and Perfect 40 Score, Unlimited Category, AAA Class. | |||
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Right; I am not suggesting a plastic resin molded plate for the OP. I think I hear that you want something cheap or free; otherwise, there are commercial pads that work very well for $30. Glue on a piece of high density foam. | |||
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I had help from a friend but we used a scrap piece of walnut painted black and screwed it onto a green over molded hogue to reduce the length of pull. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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I just finished one this week that I made from a very thick peice of steel for my 99 Savage and it has the tit and rounded head..Took me 6 months plus working on it from time to time, and near toss it a dozen times, but its now on the gun, too nice to blue however,I may get someone to frame and checker it..I used a set of files, hones and paper, never ever again.. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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Russ, I have a curved plate with a widows peak that measues 5&1/2". I took a few pictures and sent them to your email. It is a stamping with compound curves. Steve | |||
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I have a matched pair of Greeners that have cork over the original buttplates. When I bought the guns I intended to replace them with leather covered pads, just never got around to it. When I asked about the cork, the old gent said the buttplates had Greener on them which he did not want to loose. Cork weighs nothing and can be shaped, just ugly! | |||
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 Use a 1/8 inch of 1018 steel and shape a couple of caps to fit on the butt stock. This is on a Martini action and you can take the stock off without any damage by not removing any other pieces. I use a piece of iron to shape similar to the butt of the stock which it will be fitted onto. If you can engrave the plates and checker between the caps you will not add weight. It will not slip. My milling machine of the old hack saw and files. | |||
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Flip flops make good ultralight recoil pads and come in a variety of swell colors. Jeremy | |||
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