I had somebody PM me asking about the butt pad on my HW50s so thought I'd comment here in case it can help someone.
I noticed that the flat-backed or sometimes slightly curved oem buttpads can cause vertical stringing with our fussy springers. No matter how hard I tried to be consistent with shouldering the gun, I'd get shots that hit high or low. So, I started looking for something that would make a consistent shoulder weld easier.
I found the Brian Samson webshop and his butthook/pad. It's 3d printed and pretty adjustable. It even allows for some cant. He's got some templates of the different baseplates that you can print to find one that closely matches your stock. He recommends not sanding them so a close match is easier than trying to sand to fit. I'm pretty sure I remember reading, maybe on his website, that he's a competitive shooter himself there in England.
Anyway, putting his buttpad on my HW50s helped immensely in the vertical stringing I was seeing with the oem pad.
I'd highly recommend one, or something similar. The concept just simplifies one more aspect of shooting a springer accurately on a regular basis, by making the hold easier to replicate, at least for me.
I noticed that the flat-backed or sometimes slightly curved oem buttpads can cause vertical stringing with our fussy springers. No matter how hard I tried to be consistent with shouldering the gun, I'd get shots that hit high or low. So, I started looking for something that would make a consistent shoulder weld easier.
I found the Brian Samson webshop and his butthook/pad. It's 3d printed and pretty adjustable. It even allows for some cant. He's got some templates of the different baseplates that you can print to find one that closely matches your stock. He recommends not sanding them so a close match is easier than trying to sand to fit. I'm pretty sure I remember reading, maybe on his website, that he's a competitive shooter himself there in England.
Anyway, putting his buttpad on my HW50s helped immensely in the vertical stringing I was seeing with the oem pad.
I'd highly recommend one, or something similar. The concept just simplifies one more aspect of shooting a springer accurately on a regular basis, by making the hold easier to replicate, at least for me.