Hello kamilaroi,

No offense taken, but when I have a "Self-Flagellation" moment, I grab one of several other rifles that will "kick the Crap" out of me in the 95 to 120 pounds of recoil range.

Meantime, although I like I prefer "look" of a "toe & heel" plates, I'm kinda pleased that someone else took the initiative to install such a nice "functional" recoil pad. Yesterdays load felt like a steel butt-plated 30-06 shooting 200g bullets. This one is going to be more "fun" than "mean" even with Full Power loads.