This year I bought a mossberg 835 and it about killed my shoulder. Today I bought a simms vibration lab recoil pad and man does it help. I shot it 9 times today and my shoulder wasn't sore at all and that was shooting 3 1/2's. If yours kicks as bad as mine you might want to give on of these pads a try, the difference in shooting with one and without one is like night and day.