I've heard that before also. Basically your shoulder is acting as a recoil pad by providing some give. Using a shooting rest with no give to it makes the stock absorb some of the force.

I can see it.. and with tang cracks so prevalent, one of the reasons I haven't bought a lead sled.

Comparable to the difference of slamming a buttstock into the mud versus slamming it onto concrete.

Last edited by Calhoun; 08/17/15.

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