Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as this thread shows! I would personally rather have a well done stock extension with matching figure and grain like Mark Larson does so well, than a thick Silvers pad. I have seen previous extensions on which Mark has perfectly matched the grain and figure with the original stock. He also does his own extensions and matches the grain and figure perfectly to the original stock. In both cases with seamless results. That said, if all you need is an extra half inch or so of LOP, a Silvers pad or a leather covered pad looks fine to me. There is no right answer on any of this, just personal choices made by us so that we can enjoy the old shotguns we like to shoot.

Rich