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Has anyone seen the remains of an old pad like this one? I'm thinking it was originally a leather covered pad, but the filler material is odd looking. The black colored base is well fitted to the buttstock, same as a modern recoil pad would be. Any help would be appreciated. Silvers 
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It looks like it may be the remains of a Jostam Sponge Rubber pad or one of its predecesors. They came in single layer, double layer and triple layer styles. In 1918 catalogues its the S & R Recoil pad. By 1925 its the Huntley Shock Absorber. By 1929 they are part of the Jostam line of recoil pads and remained in their line into the early 1950s.
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Researcher, thanks as always for your information. I think you are right, it's the remains of a Jostam pad, and when it started going bad the owner used one of those rubber stretch-on pads to cover it and keep everything together.
I'll get another pad on the gun and I'll have to think a bit how to blend in some new varnish to make the rub mark less noticeable. I really don't want to get the entire buttstock redone. If anyone has any good ideas on this, please let me know. Thanks again! Silvers
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Here is a 2 ply as new. As I understand it, the flat rubber piece was tacked on the butt and the main pad stuck on it with an adhesive. 
Last edited by Walter C. Snyder; 02/10/07 12:08 PM.
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Thanks everyone, here's a couple of other pics. This has really intrigued me. You'll see the base flat rubber piece was tacked to the butt, and the pad was glued to it. However the elastic filler is beige colored and the face (part that goes against your shoulder) seems like leather to me. Do I have an earlier version of the Jostam or something else? Any ideas how I can glue a more modern pad (without the base piece) to the existing base piece that's tacked in place? What adhesive to use? Walter, if you have an extra Jostam for sale, would you please PM me? If we make a deal I'll send a donation to the Administrator. Silvers  
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Just to let everyone know; I found two Jostam pads with a gunsmith I shoot clays with occasionally. He's going to install one of them. That will keep the gun looking "period". Thanks everyone for your help. Silvers
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It's very unusual to find those "foam" pads in good shape. Although many were made, they seemed to succomb [sp?] to oxidation and the elements quicker than all rubber pads. They are kind of neat, but don't store your gun butt down, which I'm sure you already have thought of.
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Silvers, Be sure to post pictures once you get the new pad on. Should look great.
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