At the end of last season I went through and cleaned and wiped down all of the guns in my safe using Birchwood Caseys Sheath. I went to pull out a couple guns before season started to verify their zero and noticed that one of them had a large chunk of its recoil pad missing. the area around it appears to be dry and my first thought was some how it had dry-rotted in the safe.
The gun is a Howa 1500 in a Hogue Overmouled stock (original factory configuration). I sent the photo below to Hogue to see if they had any issues reported with their pads and their "specialist" said it was a chemical burn and not dry-rot.
Kinda hard to figure out how that happened when the pad showed no defect when it was stored at the end of last season and now it shows a missing corner. There are no chemicals stored in the safe and the other firearms that were stored next to it show no effects.
I had a similar issue with my Browning A5 and browning acknowledged that their recoil pad material was not as durable as they hoped and they sent me a new pad. Hogue wants to charge 30.00 for a new pad.
I respectfully told them that wouldn't be happening and I would refrain from purchasing any of their products in the future as IMO this is a material defect. Not that it really matters, but just kind of rubbed me the wrong way.
The gun is a Howa 1500 in a Hogue Overmouled stock (original factory configuration). I sent the photo below to Hogue to see if they had any issues reported with their pads and their "specialist" said it was a chemical burn and not dry-rot.
Kinda hard to figure out how that happened when the pad showed no defect when it was stored at the end of last season and now it shows a missing corner. There are no chemicals stored in the safe and the other firearms that were stored next to it show no effects.
I had a similar issue with my Browning A5 and browning acknowledged that their recoil pad material was not as durable as they hoped and they sent me a new pad. Hogue wants to charge 30.00 for a new pad.
I respectfully told them that wouldn't be happening and I would refrain from purchasing any of their products in the future as IMO this is a material defect. Not that it really matters, but just kind of rubbed me the wrong way.
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