BradD Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I just got an unfinished .375 H&H on a Mk X, type D. I intend to make it a .375 Weatherby for when my oldest son and I go to Africa (I think I may have a lot of time to work on it the way things have been going). Anyway the stock is an unfinished Brown Precision fiberglass stock. It has a recoil pad that I don't like and wish to replace. I have never done fiberglass or any synthetics before and am not sure how to proceed. I know the pad is not screwed on, but rather somehow glued. Does anyone know how and what to use to mount a new pad? I can't find any info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limpid Lizard Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I has been a good 20 years since I did a Brown Precision, but they used to be hollow foam filled butts. The recoil pads are acra glassed on. If you can get the old one off, you hollow a little foam out, rough up the back of the new pad and acra glas it on. Use surgical tubing or a bicyle inner tube to secure the new pad until it dries. A tube around the nose and down over and around the pad works well. I did a High Tech Specialties stock last year. It is built like I remember the Browns. I did it the same way. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradD Posted March 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Thanks, LL, that's what I needed to know. Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Sounds like a rifle I looked at in a shop here in Fairbanks! Did it come with some funky scope covers? Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradD Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 No, Ken, it came out of Wisconsin. Just a white Shaw barrel on it and the stock about three-quarters fitted and he quit, except for the brown white line pad I can't stand. Never finished, never fired. He got a neck injury 20 years ago and decided he couldn't handle big bores anymore. Hope that never happens to me, I like big bores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Try acra-gel while holding it on with surgical tubing. Acra-gel is da bomb. This stuff is the answer for just about anything that needs glued that won't move for 24-48 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradD Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Sounds like the right thing. Thanks much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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