If you're buying one think long and hard about the recoil pad, it's needed.
Fish,
I can't argue with anyone saying they want a recoil pad on this gun, however I can tell you from extensive experience as the owner of what is probably the worlds lightest bolt actioned 20ga rifled slug gun, (Tar-Hunt Mountaineer barreled action, custom bedded in a Bansner Hi-tech lightweight stock), that recoil is still very manageable with a gun of this weight and current 20ga slug loads. In fact while my gun does have a recoil pad, it only weighs 6.5lbs
with scope and rings and I have no problem spending an afternoon at the range shooting through several boxes of high velocity slugs with it.
For reference I would suspect that the perceived felt recoil from this gun, even without a recoil pad, is less than that from a standard 12ga slug with a recoil pad.
JRH
