Custom lace-on leather "trap" recoil pad, with a curve in it

[Begle1]

I want to get a curved "trap"-style buttpad on my shotgun, something with exaggerated devil horns on the top and bottom.

I think a leather lace-on pad would be the most elegant solution and avoid any potential rules concerns. That makes it somewhat adjustable too.

https://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?topic=69374.0


I've seen plenty of lace-on pads with straight butts, but not one with a curved butt under it.

Any insight on how can I go about making such a thing?

I'm considering buying some leather and a trap pad and then trying to kludge my own thing together, it'll be my first attempt fabricating something like this though so I'm not optimistic it'll look very good.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I like a simple lace-on pad that covers a decent amount of the stock. I put a small piece of padding inside to fill it out.

This is on a rifle but I make shotgun ones the same.

[Begle1]

Looks good to me. Long enough to cover the cheek weld too.

What kind of leather do you use?
What kind of lacing?

And most importantly, how would you go about "bending" the butt to accommodate a curved cushion?

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Looks good to me. Long enough to cover the cheek weld too.

What kind of leather do you use?
What kind of lacing?

And most importantly, how would you go about "bending" the butt to accommodate a curved cushion?

You just make the cover curved to fit the stock.


I personally don't like a crescent butt plate, though. I prefer a shotgun stock like that one in my earlier post. And, yes the shotgun stock is historically correct on some Winchester short rifles.


The long cover protects the stock from some of the damage you can do to it during CAS matches when moving quickly on some stages, like bumping the stock against the hammer of a holstered pistol or placing it quickly back on a wooden table.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

The leather was just some upholstery stuff I had on hand. The lacing was cut from a piece of that leather, too.