It happened to me once but I just mounted it with two newly drilled holes. Worked perfectly.

 

Limbsavers that I have had deteriorated badly, maybe due to climate ? I have had better luck with Pachmyer.

 

am in moofy's camp....I just filled the old holes and drilled new ones....

 

Boris i saw the pachmayr ones and i love pachmayr grips (i put them on almost all my Smiths) but the reviews for the recoil pad were bad. How is yours working out for you?

 

Great ! I hear what tbilly is saying, not as soft, but I prefer the Pachmayr. I am yet to have to replace one , where as the Limbsavers have melted [?] I guess its a personal preference thing :dontknow:

 

Pachmayr aren't nearly as soft, or effective as Limbsavers. I say drill new holes.

 

There is a version of the limbsaver that fits the 1895, most will match the holes, I haven't had to drill new ones yet! I don't recall the model that I use, but its the same for all of my 45-70's which are 1895G's. Most didn't even need to be ground to fit!

 

That's what I put on mine. Holes matched. Not a perfect fit, but close enough.

 

Limbsaver going on 5yrs

 

what is it with limbsaver material that makes them go gummie? i have to scrub mine with talc to use them after storage.
but they are all i will use.

 

Not sure but I do know that rubber auto suspension bushings made with rubber from China crack/begin to deteriorate in a matter of a few weeks, whereas OEM (Volvo) rubber bushings last 20+ yrs.

it has to do with the *quality* of the rubber.. German/European rubber products (automotive) will far outlast made in china rubber products by a loooooooong shot.

Could be they are using cheap grade of rubber?

 

Went a little further down the line and had a mercury piston installed in the butt stock before I had the Pachmyr installed. Now my .45/70 even with my hottest loads is a fun gun to shoot.

 

Ive mounted Limbsavers on 2 45/70 and an odd six.
Filled the old holes with wood glue and chopsticks. (nice thing about having an Asian wife, always have lots of broken chop sticks).
Redrilled the correct holes.
Ill never use a pachmayr again

 

Does anyone know what the number of the limbsaver is that fits the 1895 45-70 guide gun?

 

Did you check their website?

 

ProblemoNumeroUno,

I feel your pain. Mine has a beautify steel crescent butt plate and it weights 9.6 lbs! I have fired exactly one 535gr cast bullet. Had to, you know. If you have not already considered reloading, you may want to. Many have turned their lever 45-70 into a mild recoil machine with 45 Colt to 454 Casull equivalent loads.

I happily shoot silhouette matches where warm up and matches run around 50 rounds over 1 hour and never flinch.

For hunting loads where you carry all day and shoot once, a heavy fast bullets is hard to beat. However, for every day practice and friendly competition you can load this great cartridge with subsonic to 1,800 fps 280-300 gr cast loads and really enjoy the rifle.

I agree with others above. It is OK to drill a different hole pattern for a pad you like then sand/grind to fit the stock.

 

I installed Limbsaver 10102 on my GBL and SBL and the fit was almost perfect with the same screw holes.

I should add the fit was not absolutely perfect. there is about 1/32 inch of stock showing in one spot. If you want an absolutely perfect fit then you will have to go to a grind to fit. But my rifles are hunting rifles and that doesn't bother me in the least.

 

I also used the 10102 prefit pad on my 2000 ported guide gun, and like Mr 29 above, almost a perfect fit. Works well for me.

rlm1, Randy
Team 45-70
Team 444M
Team 35R

 

Thanks for your reply. I actually spoke with them and they told me while they didn’t have one specific to the Marlin 1895 45-70 they said that others have used the 10102 Classic and the 10806 AirTech. They told me to print out the templates from their web sight and compare them to my stock. I set my printer to 100% and printed them out, but none of them, including the 10102 and 10806 fit. My printer might be the problem, but I’m not sure at this point. My rifle is a brand new 45-70 GBL so I guess I’ll just order the 10806 and hope for the best.

 

Thanks Officer 29 and rlm1, I’m going to try the new 10806 AirTech which is the equivalent to the 10102. I’ll post how it goes.