ORIGINAL: newguy23
As for the recoil, mine is amazingly light, probably the lightest recoil I have ever felt on anything that could kill a deer, I shoot 100 grains with a T-shirt on and I only weigh a tad bit over 150, I don't know why anyone would need any SIMS pads, etc.
The first time I had a long shooting session with mine, I ended up with a bruised shoulder. Let's put it another way. I also own a thumbhole stocked Disc Extreme. Before the sims the Extreme was slightly longer lenght of pull than the Omega (now they're darn near equal) and about equal in weight after scoping them. My Extreme also has a much softer recoil pad than the Omega's factory pad. I've been shooting 100 gr triple seven loads with a 260 gr. saboted bullet for over a year and never bruised once. I even recently tried 150 gr of 777 pellets behind a 250 gr. SST and still wasn't bothered by the recoil.
It simply was the pad. I was hindered by a rock hard recoil pad on my Omega. Your the only one who has to shoot your rifle, as long as it's not bothering you, then good for you. The recoil did bother me for nearly a hundred shots out of my Omega this year before I finally got the Sims pad. A hundred shots is plenty of punishment. I upgraded to more comfort during shooting.