RE: 30.06 = shoulder turned to hamburger
I bought a Sims limb-saver slip-on pad tonight. I put it on right over the stock pad. It is a bit longer, but I think I like it better that way. I am going to try and shoot again tomorrow and see how I do. Hopefully it will be enough to take care of me. Now I will just need a trigger job and I will be set.
Will try and put a pic of it up when the wife gets home with the digicam.
PS: My box stand has that tubular foam you are talking out on all the lower edges of my shooting windows. It should help with recoil and with protecting my gun finish.