You must be clean shaven! All that stitching would be grabbing my beard. Looks neat though.
I was going to buy a new recoil pad for my .44 but it was going to be $96 for the one I wanted, and an entire new stock and forestock is only $120 so I’m going to enjoy a fresh spongy factory pad, and for $30 more not have mashed checkering. The question is, does the leather cuffs with ammo loops bother you when shooting? HRA makes a nice looking one...