Rossi Rifleman

Tired of having an aching shoulder after a trip to the range, I started looking for a recoil pad for my .357 R92. Our stocks are a bit shorter than most guns, measured top to bottom, so there aren't a lot of choices out there that fit.

After speaking with the manufacturer, I bought a Beartooth Recoil Pad Kit 2.0 from Amazon ($20). It's a neoprene sock that fits over the butt end of the stock and comes with a few different foam inserts you can cut (if needed) that go inside the sock. I trimmed one of the thicker foam pieces and tried it on the gun.

The fit of the sock was just a little bit sloppy, so I put a few stitches underneath it so it fits a little tighter, and it works well. The sock doesn't move at all and the padding left me with no aches after a range trip.

I have a bit of arthritis developing in my shooting shoulder so when I want to shoot my rifles with curved buttstocks or harder kicking ones during the summer when I'm not wearing a jacket, I just put on a Caldwell shoulder recoil pad rather than mounting a pad on my rifles. It works great and most of the time I don't need it.

Caldwell Field Shield

I have that one and a 'magnum' version of the same.

A friend was moving out of the states and gifted them to me.
They sit in the range bag most of the time unused but I have friends who probably should use them with the .45-70 or Beowulf.

I have a couple of those from back when they were under the PAST name. They work great and during the summer when doing load development that take the place of the heavy gear for our hunting season. Ten or 15 rounds into to any of the big bores and I'm happy I have it.

Make smoke,

I shoot mostly soft loaded .38s in my rifle, so no need of a recoil pad, but I do plan on getting some Talon grip tape and putting it on the curved steel butt plate, mostly to keep it from sliding around on my shoulder....

I use the Past shoulder pad too. Full .44 mag loads with the crescent shaped butt stock caused some sharp pain without it. I wouldn’t modify the gun and ruin it’s looks.

Y'all do know the crescent and steel buttplates are supposed to go against your upper arm, and not your shoulder - right?

rondog wrote:Y'all do know the crescent and steel buttplates are supposed to go against your upper arm, and not your shoulder - right?

Crescent yes, sort of. They fit a little further out so the points aren't poking your chest/shoulder.
Steel not so much. The curved carbine stock buttplates fit the shoulder pocket fine.
I've got lots of steel buttplates on older military style and other rifles that are designed for shoulder firing.