Which Limbsaver?

[Okiebate]

Hi everyone it's been awhile since I was on here. I just recently bought a Stevens 200 in 30-06 and if you have shot this rifle in 30-06 or 308 you probably know what I'm talking about when I say the recoil pad on this rifle is less than forgiving. I would like to get a Limbsaver recoil pad for my rifle but I'm a little confused on which one to get. I didn't see one made directly for Stevens so I'm hoping one if the Savage ones will work. Any help is appreciated! Thanks

 

[butters]

I have the same rifle in .308 and the stock and sad excuse for a recoil pad is less than forgiving. I went out and bought a Limbsaver medium size slip on pad for ~$35. I shot it today for the first time with the pad on and it seems to work quite well. I had relatively thick clothing on but I could definitely feel that the recoil was lessened.

P.S. it fits well and I am more than happy with the results.

 

[JNewell]

Go to the SVL website and print (follow the instructions exactly or it won't work correctly) their master template file. You may be able to match the stock to an existing pre-fit pad. Other than no sanding, the other nice thing about that is that the pre-fit pads usually come out being a little softer than the grind-to-fit pads because they can minimize the outside wall thickness (because they assume no further grinding will be done).

 

[steve_dune]

I just bought a Stevens 200 in 300 win mag and was looking for a limbsaver pad since my factory pad was broke. I couldn't find one that was a perfect fit so what I did was I bought model limbsaver #10601 for the Savage 110 wood stock. The fit wasn't real good so I ended up slotting the screw holes in the bottom side of the recoil pad to make them longer so I could slide it to match the contour of the stock. I put the pad on flush with the top and sides of the stock but the pad was still about 1/8" short. Once I added the Allen Buttstock Rifle Ammunition Carrier 9-Round Nylon Black #206 it covered the gap nice. I'm not sure if you would be interested in doing this or not but I didn't have a choice since my factory pad was busted. I like how it turned out and I think it looks better than the factory pad that fit! It’s also not bad to shoot.