I find a lot of people will resist to putting a soft reciol pad on any rifle they have .
To me it is a no brainer .
If your bothered by the reciol of the said rifle , your not going to enjoy shooting it , rather you probably going to learn to shut your eyes or pull your face off the stock not knowing when you fire the gun .
And that my friend is a hard thing to unlearn . As a young shooter it cost quite a few bricks of .22 rimfire to get over the reciol of an 'o6 rifle .