I got given to me by my dear old friend a Winchester model 70 pre-64 30-06 and its nice and want to keep it original with the steel butt plate . Here was my problem I had major shoulder surgery on my right shoulder and I don`t think my shoulder was ready for a kick from the steel butt plate. so I used a less recoil rifle that had a rubber pad on it and I shot my biggest buck ever of our family it scored 189 b.c. non-typical dressed 225 lbs. and I sure wished it would have been with the old 30-06 Winchester model 70 !
yes I could have used a different pad ? but I had a rifle already sight`n in so I just went with that rifle. but next fall 2019 I will be using that 30-06 Winchester per 64 model 70 for deer in Minnesota tel I kill a decent buck either next fall or the next fall 2020 ? I had a lot of respect for that old deer slayer-world war 2 vet.
