Recoil pad

AR-15 style rifle telescopic stock equipped with a recoil pad.

A recoil pad is a piece of rubber, foam, leather, or other soft material usually attached to the buttstock of a rifle or shotgun. Recoil pads may also be worn around the shoulder with straps, placing the soft material between the buttstock and the shoulder of the person firing the gun. The purpose of this device is to provide additional padding between the typically hard buttstock surface and the user's shoulder, to reduce the amount of felt recoil of the firearm, and to prevent slippage on the shooter's clothing while aiming.[1]

See also

  • Recoil buffer

References

  1. ^ "Recoil Pad". AmmoWisdom.com. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Firearms (list, glossary, and topics)
  • Firearm
    • lists
  • Gun
  • History
  • Safety
  • War
  • Weapon
Types of firearms
Handguns
Rifles (list)
Machine guns
Shotguns (list)
Ammunition
Historic or famous
Mechanics and components
Components
Sights
Actions
Physics
Metrics
Gunshot
Ignition
Ammunition
Bullets
Cartridges
Society
Gun violence
and safety
Firearm industry
Arms control
Gun laws
United States Gun