I think you are onto something there GWB.
After I read this post, I remembered that when I first got my sled around 2006, I padded both sides because of a sloppy fit of the stocks, but I also padded the bottom and back with the thought of reducing felt recoil.
I'd say it probably served a two fold purpose for me without realizing it, as I have never had a problem damaging a stock while shooting with it.
Garry
I’m gonna do that to mine
"To me, the lead sled is a solution in search of a problem. Has intuitive appeal to shooters who do not fully understand the dynamic forces in play when a rifle is fired"
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I'm sure I qualify as a member of that group!
IIRC I only took one course in physics and that was in 1969.
However, there was a formula which in my current state of confusion may or may not apply.
Principles of energy and work
(From The Sciences, 6th ed., by Trefil and Hazen)
Introduction: Work
Scientists say that work is done whenever a force is exerted over a distance. Pick up this book and raise it a foot. Your muscles applied a force equal to the weight of the book over a distance of a foot. You did work.
This definition of work differs considerably from everyday usage. From a physicist’s point of view, if you accidentally drive into a tree and smash your fender, work has been done because a force deformed the car’s metal a measurable distance. On the other hand, a physicist would say that you haven’t done any work if you spend an hour in a futile effort to move a large boulder, no matter how tired you get. Even though you have exerted a considerable force, the distance over which you exerted it is negligible. Physicists provide an exact mathematical definition of their notion of work.
In words: Work is equal to the force that is exerted times the distance over which it is exerted.
In equation form: work (joules) = force (newtons) x distance (meters),
where a joule is the unit of work, as defined in the following paragraph.
In symbols: W = F x d
In practical terms, even a small force can do a lot of work if it is exerted over a long distance.......
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/classes/scmh/1010/Energy%20and%20Work.phpSometimes in my old age it seems I no longer have the vocabulary/lexicon to expresss precisely the import of what I'm trying to say, so I just went to the end of the block to take a pix to help illustrate my point.
Seems the black/yellow striped sign acts like a target, as quite often this apparatus has to be repaired. However I do believe it would be preferable to hit the "target" rather than the bridge abutment.
well that's kinda the same thing with the sled.
layers can be added
and can work to protect sling stud/swivel as well as stabilize skinny fore-ends
ya!
GWB