Why doesn't everyone use recoil pads?

Personal preference , some are not afflicted by recoil depending on caliber of course . 12 gauge , 3006, 300 win mag , are in most people's comfort zone , then the stock , weight of the gun , length of pull, and powder charges all have an effects on how hard the kick ! If you can try a rifle that comparable to the one you are thinking of getting is your best bet . Just don't think caliber is the way to juge perceived recoil .
 
Usually because it is cheaper to leave a cheap plastic plate on the stock...

I don't subscribe to the theory it is harder to shoulder a rifle quickly with a pad in place... that is operator error not knowing how to shoulder a rifle.
 
I would think that an aftermarket recoil pad would be added out of necessity. If the necessity is not there, they aren't added?
 
I prefer using a recoil pad, but they are not on all guns I have. Why? It is hard to add one while keeping everything else the same, including the value of the gun.
 
Depends on the firearm and what it's chambered in. I wouldn't put a recoil pad on a AR15, but one on a 300 magnum bolt action is a pretty good idea.
 
When I am game hunting in the fall I am well layered with clothing, more so at -20C and colder.
My outer clothes would more than compensate for any rubber buttstock....then again I have always hunted with a .25-06 thus no need for the pillow...

....and even if u choose to hunt with a hypermagnum...are you not just taking one or perhaps two shots?
..should the adrenaline from the hunt/shot not cover any recoil anxiety...real or perceived?
 
guntech said:
Usually because it is cheaper to leave a cheap plastic plate on the stock...

I don't subscribe to the theory it is harder to shoulder a rifle quickly with a pad in place... that is operator error not knowing how to shoulder a rifle.
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Not 100% true. When I shoulder a steel butt-plate shotgun if it touches clothing it just slides. When using my rubber butt-plate shotgun it can stick to the clothes messing up the process and can legitimately slow me.

OP personally I actually prefer steel butt-plates. Recoil doesn't bother me even in rifles which people constantly complain about (Mosin Nagants, M95 carbines in 8x56r etc.) and I find it less comfortable to try and shoulder the rubber recoil pads because they aren't designed to be shouldered properly, rather to go everywhere so someone doesn't get hurt (which I also believe has made a generation of shooter who don't know how to properly shoulder a rifle). To each there own.
 
because new fashion is to muzle brakes.

when shooting with one prone in a sand pit with a little breeze in the face and get mouth full of sand, its where you get an allergy to brakes and use good limbsavers on big guns
 
For hunting I do not use them, rifle is faster to shoulder without them however my target and range guns always have them. Plus when hunting it tends to be fall so clothing is thicker and there is no need for recoil pad, range shooting different story
 
I've got 2 375s. The lighter one I use a slip on pad for recoil and extend lop. Same reason I use one on my light 12ga shooting slugs. You can prove your manhood by shooting my light 375 off the bench without one though. I'm in Prince George.
 
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