Agree with 2-piper & at least for the first 25 years of it's life a S.W. Silver pad is definitely softer than a wood, steel or horn buttplate + if you must have a recoil pad rather than a checkered butt it looks "right" & it can be properly shaped.

About the only negatives I can think of is that they get a little slick on the face after the rubber ages a while & their weight may require removal of a little wood from the stock to maintain the original balance point.