Any of you guys ever use one of these?

[APG]

Get all the advice that you can get and then do whatever works for you.

 

[Snake Pleskin]

Get all the advice that you can get and then do whatever works for you.

I agree, listen to all the advice, sort it out, then decide what works for you!

 

[Britsmoothy]

I agree, but the butt plate design is abysmal as far as I am concerned.

They are fine used correctly as intended.

 

[SOLANCO]

that is only 18rds? Yes, many would load a tracer or two towards the end to remind them they were running low!

 

[SOLANCO]

We did not have a lot of trust in the magazine spring. Thought it better not to stuff to max.
Yes to the reason for the tracers. A tracer is a better clue to change mags than the click on empty.

 

[SOLANCO]

I agree, listen to all the advice, sort it out, then decide what works for you!

God gifted you two ears and one mouth. Pay attention to the ratio.

 

[docmel]

Use a pad if needed. Who cares what anyone else thinks.

The old saying, "It doesnt take practice to be miserable: That comes naturally" is so true

 

[French Colonial]

Curved buttplates have never been a problem for me.

I have shot a 30-06 flat buttplate with heavy 220 grain loads from the prone position without a recoil pad, will not be doing that again.

 

[ord sgt]

I was shooting a 50 cal Kentucky long rifle with 80 grains of FFG and round balls. After around ball 20 I could not find a spot on my shoulder that did not hurt. It actually beat my shoulder black and blue.

Too much powder for target shooting. Good hunting load but not for long sessions of shooting at paper targets. I use 50 grains FFFg , a cloth patch and .495 roundball. I can shoot all afternoon and no soreness.

 

[Bullit]

I shoot my 45/70 with hot loads all the time and don't need one, but once I had a 338 Win Mag. On sighting it in, that thing kicked the dog snot outta me. Of course I ran about two boxes of ammo through it before I decided to try something else. I bought a Paast recoil magnum pad and it sure helped. Only thing is it really kinda got in the way when shouldering the gun in a standing position. Worked great for slow benchrest shots. Never did get that gun sighted in. Found out later that Ruger (it was an M77) had a batch of bad barrels that all ended up with wandering zeros. Till I got the pad, my shoulder was black, blue, red, purple, green and yellow. I'm sure it kept me from getting a blood clot so they do have their purpose.

 

[DuncNZ]

I have a titanium right shoulder joint , it is reversed in that the humorous has a cup on the end and the shoulder blade a ball . My surgeon advised me not to shoot anything over .22 so I have made a pad from a Spenco shoe liner doubled over and held inside my shooting shirt with velcro with big hooks. It works just fine off the bench or prone and I dont need it off hand.

 

[stephenprops1]

shoulder aids are for SISSIES! stand up and shoot like a man, there were none for us when we shot the M-1 GARAND in the ARMY in 1961. jmho.

You need to show respect for people that may have medical issues, arthritis, Rotar cuff surgery and many other possibilities. I have no problem shooting a high-power weapon (mentionable or un-mentionable) and I am almost 70 years old. However, I do have many friends and acquaintances that have ceased shooting or gone to a lighter caliber. Heck, a friend of mine's great-great aunt shot a rabbit in her garden with a 12-gauge shotgun that fractured her collarbone. While she was still in the ER she asked him to trade that shotgun for a 410.

 

[toot]

you ae so right. I to am 78+++, and have a myriad of ailment's, and I preserver through them, just me. OLD AGE IS NOT FOR SISSIES! just all of us enjoy the time we have left, doing what we enjoy, jmho.

 

[Britsmoothy]

I shoot my 45/70 with hot loads all the time and don't need one, but once I had a 338 Win Mag. On sighting it in, that thing kicked the dog snot outta me. Of course I ran about two boxes of ammo through it before I decided to try something else. I bought a Paast recoil magnum pad and it sure helped. Only thing is it really kinda got in the way when shouldering the gun in a standing position. Worked great for slow benchrest shots. Never did get that gun sighted in. Found out later that Ruger (it was an M77) had a batch of bad barrels that all ended up with wandering zeros. Till I got the pad, my shoulder was black, blue, red, purple, green and yellow. I'm sure it kept me from getting a blood clot so they do have their purpose.

Ruger thought they could foresake stress relieving

 

[Snake Pleskin]

We did not have a lot of trust in the magazine spring. Thought it better not to stuff to max.
Yes to the reason for the tracers. A tracer is a better clue to change mags than the click on empty.

absolutely. It is a technique(tracers) used by many militaries.

 

[Shadowalker164]

Many thanks to all you guys! Deep, deep pool of knowledge and experience here. I will use my recoil reduction pad with my Pedersoli Kentucky, I love her curved buttstock, her backside just don’t love me back.
I have no pride, and like Snake said: no prize for pain. My shooing pad is relatively comfortable to wear, and works surprisingly well! I admit it looks a little dorky, but like I said, no pride

 

[Snake Pleskin]

I knew a guy that owned a .458 magnum rifle. Did he plan on going to Africa or hunt large bear , NOPE, He just thought it was cool. He got all insulted when he asked me to try it and I declined. I said, I do not have to hit my hand with a hammer to know its going to hurt! Nope, I do not shoot rifles that kill on both ends.

 

[Snake Pleskin]

I haven’t tried it yet, still waiting for the bruising to clear up. It feels good in place, and it might ease that bracing I do for the kick that ain’t helping my groups

I have one of the pads. They work. I would not use it hunting because it changes the lop etc but then , I only usually ever fire but 1 shot hunting, so I ma not concerned about the recoil and I use more manageable rounds, like .270, .308, 7x57. No magnums etc for me.

 

[Snake Pleskin]

They are fine used correctly as intended.

i agree, but it is all relative. Some people think shooting a steel but plate 03 Springfield is fine, I don't!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

you ae so right. I to am 78+++, and have a myriad of ailment's, and I preserver through them, just me. OLD AGE IS NOT FOR SISSIES! just all of us enjoy the time we have left, doing what we enjoy, jmho.

Youth is wasted on the young