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I had to replace the pad on my enfiel a couple of years ago. I had to buy an oversize one install it and mark what had to come off to make it fit. I used a belt sander to take off the excess. I bought the pad from midway-usa. I went with a 1" pad and really like it. For coatings it depends on the look you like and how much effort you want to spend. For a traditional look you really can't go wrong with tung oil or BLO (boiled linseed oil). They are easily applied and you rub on some new if you scratch the stock latter on. I use BLO since I have several old and antique military arms.
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09-11-2013 10:13 PM
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elmapad,
Your rifle is easily identifiable as being one of those sold by Kleins Sporting Goods of Chicago in the 1960's. They must have sold huge numbers of them as they are commonly seen on WWW gun auction sites and pawn shops. They had a "blind-box" magazine that eliminated the floor plate and front portion of the trigger guard. They sold for about $89.00 in the 1960's.
I have always wondered what company actually did the sporterization work for Klein's. Must have been a very large production run.
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Wish I had read this post earlier, I would have pointed out the butt pad is a custom fit part which you would've wanted to keep intact.
You can fit a new one by using a jig or the" enthusiastic amateur " way by scribing the back of a new one and using a belt sander to slowly sand your stocks profile, the pads are designed to be sanded It sounds hard but it's not just time consuming, it'll look better too.
Of course you'll have to address the striped holes which is simple.
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