There is a Limbsaver pad and a Limbsaver Air Tec, two different worlds in taming felt recoil. I use the Limbsaver Air Tec.
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Backfire Recoil Pad
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quandary
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Just last week I received one to put on an XLR Element 4.0 magnesium with the C6 butt stock. Perfect fit. Took 5 minutes to swap out the stock Limbsaver (which is about 1/4" thick and essentially worthless for shootimg more than 6 to 9 rounds in a session with a 7PRC barreled action on the chassis). I haven't put an action back on the chassis to shoot it but a visual and physical inspection of the Backfire pad leads me to believe that it will work as advertised.
quandary
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Finally got to the range with the Backfire Recoil pad. Put a 300PRC onto the XLR chassis. Shooting a spicey load with 215 Berger hybrids at 2830 out of a 22" barrel. Ultra 9" suppressor so minimal recoil reduction. The Backfire Recoil pad is great! I would highly recommend it. I will be ordering one for my MPA chassis. The Backfire pad feels just as good as when I am shooting the 300PRC on a Manners PH stock with a Limbsaver pad.
It sounds like you are under the impression that ALL Limbsaver pads are 1/4" thick. Is that what you believe?
I'm glad you are happy with your new recoil pad, but I suspect you'd be equally happy w/the 1" thick Limbsaver pad, too.
We don't have to tear down another product in an effort to elevate the one we might prefer. Both can be good & effective. It starts with comparing fairly. A 1/4" pad vs. a 1" pad isn't a fair competition.
quandary
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Where oh where do I start with this post....... Perhaps you will note there are 2 posts above, amazingly one right after the other regarding my need and comparison. In the first I noted I was unhappy with the performance of the Limbsaver pad on the XLR chassis. It is a thin little pad and likely for it size does an admirable job. But doesn't do a good enough job on a heavy caliber, as I noted. In the second post I reported the results of replacing the Limbsaver pad with the Backfire pad, noting the great job it did, "The Backfire Pad feels just as good as when I am shooting the 300PRC on a Manners PH stock with a Limbsaver Pad."
Are you familiar with Manners? With the Manners PH? Manners makes high end carbon stocks. Do you suppose they put 1/4" pads on their stocks? Did I say that it was a 1/4" pad? Did I say the Limbsaver did a bad job in the Manners stock? Did I say the "BACKFIRE PAD FELT JUST AS GOOD AS THE LIMBSAVER PAD?" I am not quite positive but I am pretty sure that statement would indicate equivalent performance between the Backfire pad and the Limbsaver pad.
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