Originally Posted By: thunderstick
...can you recommend a recoil pad no more than 1/2" thick ?



I also like the Pachmayr Old English pads, but they're thicker than 1/2". Since they ought to be put on by a pro, it would be easy to keep LOP the same after pad installation.

For occasional use you might consider:

http://www.chuckhawks.com/kick_killer_recoil_pad.htm

It's only 1/2" thick. I have a couple of 12-ga guns that didn't come with recoil pads, and use one of these only when shooting skeet (not in the field) and it's pretty effective at taming the kick.