Just finished work on my prototype adjustable recoil pad. Feels really great in the shoulder and is very positionable!! Learnt a lot from this one though and will make a few tweaks to streamline the design before I make the next one, until then, have some pics to gawk at
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Finished Prototype Adjustable Recoil Pad
- gary martin
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Re: Finished Prototype Adjustable Recoil Pad
how do you plan to adjust the vertical oriantation on the fly? i had a problem with the std butt plate on my EV2. it required an allen key to undo the plate and slide it up/down a dovetail.
- tomdavies9
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Re: Finished Prototype Adjustable Recoil Pad
Interesting point there Gary, I never adjust mine on the fly so the thought hadn't really crossed my mind... however they are tapped with a standard thread so could quite easily swap the grub screw for a thumb screw etc. Something I will definitely look in to.
Re: Finished Prototype Adjustable Recoil Pad
Very nice! Is that a shot blasted finish I see?
Curious to know the material and the weight.
Curious to know the material and the weight.
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- tomdavies9
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Re: Finished Prototype Adjustable Recoil Pad
Thumb screws ordered since this is the prototype then theres no harm in a little experimentation while testing!!
And yes it was grit and then bead blasted, overall weight is around the 300g mark, but this is going on the back of a front heavy springer so its fine for me. The next one I make will be a much more streamlined design so I can hopefully shed a few grams
And yes it was grit and then bead blasted, overall weight is around the 300g mark, but this is going on the back of a front heavy springer so its fine for me. The next one I make will be a much more streamlined design so I can hopefully shed a few grams
- gary martin
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Re: Finished Prototype Adjustable Recoil Pad
tomdavies9 wrote:Interesting point there Gary, I never adjust mine on the fly so the thought hadn't really crossed my mind... however they are tapped with a standard thread so could quite easily swap the grub screw for a thumb screw etc. Something I will definitely look in to.
i tend to move mine up when shooting standers.
Re: Finished Prototype Adjustable Recoil Pad
Just to be contrary I used to move my MEC FP down for standers!, have now reverted to simple (allbeit adjustable) old fashioned style pads... one less thing to fiddle with & have yet to note any discernible difference aside from shaving around 350 grams of weight off.
Nice engineering work, it looks great.
Nice engineering work, it looks great.
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- tomdavies9
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Re: Finished Prototype Adjustable Recoil Pad
Cheers for the comments guys it's all appreciated
Thumb screws on their way so will be playing around with that idea for sure.
Thumb screws on their way so will be playing around with that idea for sure.
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