fitting bsa recoil/butt pad

[boonergooner]

I have a mk 3 BSA Meteor with no butt pad, I have sourced a BSA branded butt pad that fits, the butt has two holes in it and the butt pad has two holes in the stock side that match, there are no holes in the other side (that fits to your shoulder), can anyone please tell me what to use to fit the pad? Wooden dowling and araldite? Thank you.

[edbear2]

Maybe some clues here?.....

http://www.gunspares.co.uk/shopdispl...24702&cat=Mk5#

[Phil Russell]

OK ... I may be wrong, but look again.
You may well find that there are two small slits that allow a screw to be inserted into the pad. These slits then allow the pad to close over the screw so that it appears not to be there.

Cheers, Phil

[styggron]

An old Mercury stock that I have is fitted with two metal rods on
to which the BSA standard type recoil pad locates. No external holes in the recoil pad.

[Phil Russell]

An old Mercury stock that I have is fitted with two metal rods on
to which the BSA standard type recoil pad locates. No external holes in the recoil pad.

That is good information ... thanks. I have not seen that before.

How does the pad fit to the stock ...glue or friction or?

Cheers, Phil

[boonergooner]

I have tried stretching the rubber on the shoulder side of the pad, but I see no slits for screws. I think some rods and glue may be the way to go. I guess I will measure the depth of the two corresponding holes to get the lengths of the rods. There is the remains of what looks like glue on the butt pad.
Thanks for the input.

[styggron]

Hi,
I think it must have been glued and with the passing of time the glue has failed. No screws were ever used on it as far as I can see. The fixing rods are I think original, the job is neat and the holes on the inner surface of the pad line up exactly.