Cheek pad or something???

[MACHINIST]

Sunday when I shot my bird I immediately felt my cheek hurting,not a big deal as you only shoot once...maybe twice at a bird.It still aches like a fugger today.I have to keep my cheek right onto the stock pretty good the way my sights are or I shoot high.Do you guys use anything so the stock doesn't slam into your face like the beartooth comb raising kit?I don't need any comb height now but plan on a red dot so I will probably need one.

[mikejd]

Its all part of the deal.

My shoulder can take dozens of shots with the turkey gun but its the cheek that cringes after  a shot or two.

[MACHINIST]

Yea that's what I figured but wanted to see what was out there for any info.Oh well!!

[Crappiepro]

A Beartooth Comb riser will take all that cheek pain away! I got one, it's got 4 pieces of foam to add and subtract height. Their great!

[Jay Longhauser]

I shoot mine with a red dot and don't have to put my cheek on the stock

[d.winsor]

I have never had to use one of these but I think they would help you.      http://www.godagrip.com/cheek-pads.html

[the Ward]

I have never had to use one of these but I think they would help you.      http://www.godagrip.com/cheek-pads.html

x2.  Seen some members on here put these on their guns so I got one for my bps 10 to help raise my eye up for the red-dot and to take away some cheek slap. Worked great, might want to check them out along with the Cheek-Eze brand comb pads.

[Turkey Trot]

Pads and Slimsides made by D&E Enterprises and some are available in Brownell's catalog.

[Marc]

Actually,

The tighter your cheek and shoulder is to the gun, the less you will feel the recoil.  Let someone put their fist on your shoulder, so that the fist is resting against your shoulder, and tell them to punch as hard as they can...  It will simply push your shoulder.  Now, let them back that fist up so it is no longer touching, and you will really feel it.

Recoil is the biggest reason that I am not a fan of hard recoiling loads...  I do far more wing/clay shooting than I do on turkeys, and I really enjoy wing shooting...  Shooting hot loads increases the recoil and thus vastly increases flinching issues.  At some point I have to create a balancing act between the most lethal loads, and a load that does not cause me to flinch...  After all, no matter how lethal that load is, it will not be at all lethal if I cannot hit anything with it.

Gun fit is also really important for recoil...  If the LOP is too long, or too short, you will have more felt recoil (too long is far more commonly a problem).  If the stock does not fit, it is far more difficult to have the gun mounted properly.

Some of the comb pads can be helpful, and the adjustable combs with the pads (although expensive) can cut down on felt recoil as well...   I like to look down a barrel and not see any rib, but just barely see a bead; with wing shooting, I am not looking down or at the barrel or bead at all though.

If I see rib on the barrel, I find that I tend to shoot the gun too high.  If I cannot even see the bead (which has never happened to me) I would guess that I would be shooting too low...

[DirtNap647]

god a grip cheek pad....this is what ive been looking into

[Devastator]

A Beartooth Comb riser will take all that cheek pain away! I got one, it's got 4 pieces of foam to add and subtract height. Their great!

x2 on all my turkey guns!

[MACHINIST]

Well someone was nice enough to donate one to me on the forum here.I am glad I found this site.Lots of great people and info.How many other places on the net where someone would just say hey here you go!!Thanks again!!

[Skeeterbait]

If you're already having to press your cheek hard into the comb to keep from shooting high then the pad is likely to make you shoot even higher. The cheek pad may help some but it is going to raise your head.  The problem is the gun does not fit you.  Either the stock is too short or the comb is too high or a little of both.  When you shoulder the gun is there two fingers width between your nose and the back of your thumb nuckle?  if not then the stock is too short. This makes it hard to get your eye down on the sights. Look into using a thicker recoil pad or a slip on recoil pad.  Otherwise see if there are shims available for your make and model gun to lower the comb.