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So it occurs to me that my M4 spends more time riding the safe than anything else that is in there, so I says to myself "Self, why not learn to shoot clays with it?" It's not built for that purpose, I know, but why not have some fun with the shiny toy in between the home invasion robberies and UN black helicopter patrols. 
So off to Redlands Shooting Park I go. What fun that is! Its been at least 18 years or so since the last time I attempted to shoot clays. I can't wait to go again. The thing I learned, however, is that after 200 clays, the Benelli beats your shoulder pretty good what with the recoil pad being made of approximately the same stuff my rubber mallet at home is. Anyway, I looked everywhere I could think for advise regarding a recoil pad that is more forgiving, all to no avail.
Unwilling to quit so easily I decided to order a Limbsaver Airtech 10808 even though I knew that the mounting holes wouldn't line up with the standard Benelli stock I had ordered to use while shooting clays. But, I figured I'd make it work one way or another.
So I wandered around the hardware store looking for some bit of something that would make it all come together - didn't find anything.
Earlier, I had found this link for an adapter:
But I didn't want to pay $9.95 plus shipping if i could avoid it, so I figured I'd take a stab at it before I ordered one.
As it so happens you don't really need the adapter. If you take the template that you can print over at:
Cut it out and lay it on top of the recoil pad that came with your M4 (which you remove with a phillips head screwdriver through the tiny holes that look way too small but which stretch quite a bit - use a drop of oil on the screwdriver tip when inserting), you can poke holes in the paper template to transfer the location of the M4 mounting points.
Then move the paper over to your new Limbsaver and mark the locations with a marker or something pointy. Drill out the new holes with an 11/64ths drill bit and you are good to go. You have to angle the screws and screw driver quite a bit to work them through the new holes, but the pad is so stretchy nothing is damaged. It just pops right back.
And the finished result...
It is a darn near perfect fit! If you run your finger along the joint you can feel a slight edge where they don't quite mate precisely but its not more than .015" or perhaps .020" which is more than adequate for the roughly made composite joke of a stock that Benelli makes for this scatter gun.
Now its off to the Shooting Park with my 18.5" barrel and red dot to see how she does and rile up the old guys with the 26" barrels that think thats the only way you can kill clays!
Hopefully this helps anyone attempting something similar.
So off to Redlands Shooting Park I go. What fun that is! Its been at least 18 years or so since the last time I attempted to shoot clays. I can't wait to go again. The thing I learned, however, is that after 200 clays, the Benelli beats your shoulder pretty good what with the recoil pad being made of approximately the same stuff my rubber mallet at home is. Anyway, I looked everywhere I could think for advise regarding a recoil pad that is more forgiving, all to no avail.
Unwilling to quit so easily I decided to order a Limbsaver Airtech 10808 even though I knew that the mounting holes wouldn't line up with the standard Benelli stock I had ordered to use while shooting clays. But, I figured I'd make it work one way or another.
So I wandered around the hardware store looking for some bit of something that would make it all come together - didn't find anything.
Earlier, I had found this link for an adapter:
But I didn't want to pay $9.95 plus shipping if i could avoid it, so I figured I'd take a stab at it before I ordered one.
As it so happens you don't really need the adapter. If you take the template that you can print over at:
Cut it out and lay it on top of the recoil pad that came with your M4 (which you remove with a phillips head screwdriver through the tiny holes that look way too small but which stretch quite a bit - use a drop of oil on the screwdriver tip when inserting), you can poke holes in the paper template to transfer the location of the M4 mounting points.
Then move the paper over to your new Limbsaver and mark the locations with a marker or something pointy. Drill out the new holes with an 11/64ths drill bit and you are good to go. You have to angle the screws and screw driver quite a bit to work them through the new holes, but the pad is so stretchy nothing is damaged. It just pops right back.
And the finished result...
It is a darn near perfect fit! If you run your finger along the joint you can feel a slight edge where they don't quite mate precisely but its not more than .015" or perhaps .020" which is more than adequate for the roughly made composite joke of a stock that Benelli makes for this scatter gun.
Now its off to the Shooting Park with my 18.5" barrel and red dot to see how she does and rile up the old guys with the 26" barrels that think thats the only way you can kill clays!
Hopefully this helps anyone attempting something similar.
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