Recoil pad for shorter LOP?

[Sierra Sherpa]

My .45-70 Handi's LOP is too long for me.  Instead of cutting the stock or buying a shorter one from H&R I was wondering if anyone could recommend a replacement pad that would drop about a half-inch off the current length. 

I checked the FAQs and saw the threads and even liked the brass plate idea, but I'm not too handy with a butter knife much less a band saw!  Some of the posts were a bit old and the link to the Brownell offering still didn't have an image even though it was dated 2007 and said that an image was coming soon.      Thanks for your help.

[Hit or Miss]

I would cut it off!  If you have a buddy with a compound miter saw it only takes a few minutes to cut, redrill and re-attach the recoil pad.  I did a quick g**gle search using butt plate and did see a few interesting options, nothing handi specific though.

[quickdtoo]

The thin H&R butt plates are about .250"-.375" thick, that would be the simplest solution for a wood stock, a synthetic stock is a bit more complicated, all pads/plates on wood stocks are fitted, so plan on making some changes to get a perfect fit.

Tim

http://www.gunpartscorp.com/catalog/Detail.aspx?pid=8330&catid=3626

[briannmilewis]

You can always buy a youth stock and add a slip-on recoil pad to make it 1" longer. Unbolt the old stock and bolt on the new one, no surgery required.

A regular H&R stock LOP is 14.25", a youth stock is 11.75".

So a Limbsaver slip-on would make a youth stock about 12.75" LOP.

[Darreld Walton]

Grind to fit pads from the "major players" are available in lengths from 1/4" on up.  I personally prefer the Pachmayr's, though only because I've been installing them since 1973, and that's what I know. 
Limbsaver makes pre-fit pads for a variety of the more popular makes/models, but I don't know off the top of my head if they make one for the Handi.  Maybe something would cross, but I haven't seen a reference that would say, other than on the packaging.

[gcrank1]

Take off your pad and carry it with you to the next gun show (or make a cereal box template). There is always somebody with a box of buttplates and pads to find something 'close'.

[Sierra Sherpa]

Thanks for all the good ideas and link.  My buddy said I should just get on a rack and he'd stretch my arms out longer.  I like your suggestions better, although a rack would probably help out my aching back.