No, it does NOT have an R3 recoil pad. It has a rather thick, solid rubber recoil pad, which I replaced last year with an R3 to further lesson the recoil of the Managed Recoil loads that we shoot so that my daughter will have to deal with as little recoil as possible. You can buy an R3 pad that fits the 710 - just remove the two screws that hold the original one in place and install the R3 with the same screws.