I had one put on by a gunsmith, he recommended it he said he put on hundreds of them. When they are properly installed(and the plugs look perfect to me)according to there instructions, round the edges, buff with Vaseline, light coat of varnish. It looks exactly like the old original silvers pad not the new ones. I sold it to a very well known gun dealer, he committed that the gun still had the original pad on. I guess that is what we are looking for.