I may look into a rubber recoil pad later down the road. Maybe see if the recoil pad off my wolf will fit. They only run $20 with shipping so it wouldn't be expensive to put one on if its a close fit.

That dern stain you used soaked in good! Its taking me more time steaming than usual to get the grain up enough to sand the stain out LOL.

In the end i will use truoil on it, most likely 25 to 30 coats. Very pretty wood that needs to be shown off best as possible.