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Clark · July 2, 2013, 08:25 AM

To deal with the recoil of an 8 pound rifle shooting a 338 250 gr at 2600 or a 7mm 150 gr at 3300 fps, I learned to use soft AND wide recoil pads.

My favorite is the Limbsaver large grind to fit that I do not grind.

The reasons for this are that recoil pain starts somewhere around 20 psi on the skin:
1) A soft recoil pad spreads the recoil over time as it compresses.
2) A soft recoil pad spreads the recoil over area to comply with the shape of the shoulder.
3) A wide and tall recoil pad spreads the recoil over area

Together, these factors keep the worst spot on my shoulder skin below 20 psi, and I never feel any pain at all. I can shoot the magnums all day and not feel pain.

My father in the 1960s would get his shoulder bruised all black and blue from clay pigeon loads in a 12 ga shotgun. The recoil pads back then were hard as a rock.
Get rid of those narrow and hard old recoil pads.

July 2, 2013, 08:25 AM	#9
Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	To deal with the recoil of an 8 pound rifle shooting a 338 250 gr at 2600 or a 7mm 150 gr at 3300 fps, I learned to use soft AND wide recoil pads. My favorite is the Limbsaver large grind to fit that I do not grind. The reasons for this are that recoil pain starts somewhere around 20 psi on the skin: 1) A soft recoil pad spreads the recoil over time as it compresses. 2) A soft recoil pad spreads the recoil over area to comply with the shape of the shoulder. 3) A wide and tall recoil pad spreads the recoil over area Together, these factors keep the worst spot on my shoulder skin below 20 psi, and I never feel any pain at all. I can shoot the magnums all day and not feel pain. My father in the 1960s would get his shoulder bruised all black and blue from clay pigeon loads in a 12 ga shotgun. The recoil pads back then were hard as a rock. Get rid of those narrow and hard old recoil pads. __________________ The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books." "Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist. Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?