Gunner my SG 300 H&H has a pad as well but it is what it is and the deer and the elk won't care:). It's a heavy sob and cumbersome in a box blind but I'm learning to live with it.
LOL, the 20 odd deer I've smacked with my old padded S.G. didn't register any complaints either, after carrying 36" barreled muzzle loaders and 30/34" barreled Sharps rifles my old H&H seems quite nimble in the woods or on stand.
