Looking for Tips on Trimming a Laminate Stock

[noleman]

I have a Remington 7600 with a laminate stock.  It currently has a plastic butt plate on the stock.  I want to replace it with a rubber recoil pad, R3 or Limbsaver probably.  I want to trim the stock to keep the overall length the same.  I'm looking for any pointers on how to trim the stock without scarring it up.  To make it fit right I will probably have get get a grind to fit pad and I don't have any experience doing that either.

[Dave in WV]

IMHO if you have no experience with cutting a stock and griding a pad, using a gunsmith to do the job will be worth the money.

[DCRthe3rd]

Hi , I am far from a gunsmith but that has never stopped me from pretending , I took a rem 870 and cut the stock and refit the factory recoil pad
I removed the pad and measures what I wanted removed from the butt stock and wrapped that area I was going to cut in masking tape to prevent splinters , then I had to measure again and drew a line on the tape where I wanted to cut , borrowed a table mounted circular saw if thats the correct term and cut it , worked out nice.
then I remounted the recoil pad and the bottom "toe" of the pad hung low , I once again borrowed a tool , this time a table mounted disk sander , worked out well also.
A word on the disk sander , coat the pad area to grind down with vasoline , use a fine grit , take your time and don't heat up that rubber pad