Thread: Hi-Tec recoil pad replacing

The thin pad on my .223 has worn out through being used as a walking stick.

I will replace it with a lump of cut out Jandle.
What glue do people recommend?? I have Ados contact glue - but is there something better?

@FRST what do you use?

I'd be using something a bit better than Ados, it doesnt seem to last too long, especially in a high use situation. Not sure what all the fancy products are nowadays, but I have used Stormsure/Aquaseal in the past and had no problems. It is used for repairs on waders and boots etc, but has the advantage of being a "filler" and adheres better cos it fills in all the wee holes in either the butt or the butt pad.

Pop into a rural vet and ask them for the shoof stuff they use to glue blocks onto cows feet. If it can keep a block glued to a 600kg cows foot until it's worn down to nothing it can hold anything! I used it to glue jandle pad on an old shotgun last year and no signs of letting go anytime soon .

Don't get between your fingers..

I use the 2 part araldite for allsorts. Seem to hold well. Glued a butt pad onto a carbon stock and all happy days, my 3030 wooden stock etc etc

Bit of jandal! You have got to be kidding me. I always use Pachmayr pads and glue with 2 pot araldite.

Originally Posted by garyp

Bit of jandal! You have got to be kidding me. I always use Pachmayr pads and glue with 2 pot araldite.

It wont just be any Jandal. Red Band brand for sure.

With an ice cream container lid cut for the white line spacer.

Originally Posted by garyp

Bit of jandal! You have got to be kidding me. I always use Pachmayr pads and glue with 2 pot araldite.

Jandal wouldn't be suitable for a nice wood/blue rifle Gary, but if it's going on a lightweight carbon stock they are actually pretty good and around a third of the weight of a rubber one. Tahr, I use Norski 2-pot 4-to-1 epoxy from Bunnings, thickened up with some micro baloon glue powder and black Norski tint. Happy to sort out for you if you want.

Ados builders glue from Bunnings just as good.

I use heaps of the Ados Builders Adhesive, a two-pot epoxy that comes in two reasonable size tins for about $80. Goes a long way. It's fantastic stuff and sets very hard, but I very much doubt it would stick well to any "greasy" PE type material. For contact glue, I tend to use the CRC Ados Ultra High Strength Spray Adhesive. Sh!t to a blanket usually. Stuck a rubber mat to a rear bag spacer the other day and she ain't moving.

I got a pair of size 13 Jandals for the job from KMart today. $1.25 Sorry @garyp

Churrr

I done mine on my carbon stock using selleys urethane sealer. I haven't had anything come off after using it, and I know it doesn't come off your fingers if you try wipe it!

I used warehouse jandels, must of overpaid. Were about 2 bucks from memory!

Sikaflex 210 I think it is. Be really sure you want whatever you apply that to. I have a speargun I stuck a plastic rail to and that was 20 years ago.

Good on you Tahr.

I used Jandal material on my 303 for a while. Just held it in with the two big screws that used to hold the brass butt plate. A kindly older hunter gave me a new thick butt pad and that lasted a few decades till it went soft and gooey.

I've put new butt pads on my guns (Pachmayr basketweave, I like) but just used silicone sealant so I can take them apart easily. It only lasts a couple of years but I just rub the remnants off and put more on each time I take things apart. It would depend whether there's a solid surface under the current pad and what its screwed into.