I use a limbsaver on a 30-06 when shooting at a target. It adds an inch or more to the stock length and can make it hard to get your eye at a comfortable and correct distance from the scope. My stock is the correct length without the limbsaver so it makes me scrunch forward to get the right scope picture when I use it. It is worth it tho, seems that a rifle will kick more at the range then in the field. I could shorten the stock sometime, but haven't. I just take the limbsaver off when I am in the field, a 30-06 does kick, but hopefully I will only be shooting once. I am sure that there are other good recoil pads tho, so check around once you have made a rifle choice.