Jungle carbine butt-pad problems!....I bought some No.5 stock parts for a friend who needed the butt pad surround part(his was rotted and the sling loop was about to fall off)....anyhow...it took an extraordinary amount of effort to get the rotted rubber pad from the surround so I could mail him the only part he needed.

My No.5 Mk.I had a very hard and petrified pad with a notch out of it....I ordered some parts from Numerich for other projects and also ordered their reproduction carbine butt-pad for my carbine....same thing as the friends butt pad....need the strength of Hercules to get the petrified pad out. However I will report the repro pad fits perfect and is actually cushy! Much much more comfortable to shoot than a petrified 75 year old rubber but pad...

I'm interested in hearing how soft and comfortable a NOS butt pad is?