Brief update - had the gun apart for its first-time cleaning and lubrication. The Pedersoli build quality is utterly dismal (tempted to make a separate post detailing all the ridiculous errors I found in it) and I wish to be rid of the gun, but since I bought it through Bud's I don't have a 3 day inspection and it is thus a "used" gun...
Lesson learned: don't touch Pedersoli with a 10 foot pole, and don't buy from Bud's. Thank you all for your responses, I'm afraid the pad will have to wait for a nicer gun.
On a side note, anyone know of any 12 bores on the market that'd fit a 6'8" weirdo like myself? Going to need around a 16" LOP - being tall is great until you want a gun that fits
