I have an Ithica SKB Mod 600 O/U in 12 Ga. How do I remove the butt pad?

Good advice from Tex.

Here's the exploded diagram for your very nice shotgun: http://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/IthacaSK... It shows the buttplate being held on by two screws (which is what one would expect), but it doesn't show the screws going through the recol pad, which seemed to have been optional back then. That makes me wonder if it is glued on.

I would carefully poke around with a small probe (I use an icepick) to see if you can find the screw holes in the pad. If they are there, it will be easy to feel them when you're on them, even if you can't really see them. If you find them, use a #2 Phillips with Vaseline to remove the pad.

If it's the original pad and is decent shape, you don't want to damage it getting it off, especially if it's glued on there. If it's glued on, I would definitely take it to gunsmith.

Best of luck to you!

Nice gun. The pad could be glued on, but probably the screw slots are just not obvious. The screw entry slots are cut with a razor blade so they will be less visible. Unless you plan to install a new recoil pad yourself, don't worry about it. Take it to a gunsmith, he'll know what to do. Or, if you must, poke around on the recoil pad with a small screwdriver and see if you can find the screw slots. The pad will have two screws. If you find them and decide to remove the pad yourself, put some vaseline on the screwdriver so as not to damage the slots. You will have to experiment to see whether the screws are common head or phillips head.

LOL....I'm still trying to get the old pad off my Savage synthetic stock ( because it's nice and soft) and put it on my Boyd's thumbhole stock....because it isn't nice and soft.