Backstop Recoil Pad
Description
Description
The popular Backstop Recoil Pad helps to reduce flinch and provide a clearer view through your scope during recoil by upgrading your rifle's recoil system. It's unlike any recoil pad you'e ever seen.
TUNED TO YOUR FIREARM - It’s baffling that our competitors produce the same recoil pad cushioning for every customer's firearm. Obviously, a customer with a 300 Win Mag needs a pad with firmer support than another customer with a 6.5 Creedmoor. That’s why we tailor our recoil pads to your firearm by analyzing its specific recoil and delivering a pad with the right cushioning density for your firearm.
ADVANCED LATTICE STRUCTURES - Other recoil pads are just a simple chunk of rubber. Backstop uses advanced manufacturing techniques to produce tiny structures that each break at just the right moment during the recoil impulse to drastically cut the velocity of the recoil.
DUAL-LAYER DESIGN - After thousands of shots on high-end pressure sensor testing, we developed a dual-layer design where the top section soaks up smaller early and late vibrations, and the crush zone at the bottom caps off the peak recoil force. The difference in recoil is noticeable and can be quite drastic.
AVAILABLE FOR OVER 300 FIREARMS - As far as we're aware, no recoil pad manufacturer has more designs to fit a wider variety of firearms than Backstop. No grind-to-fit nonsense. No looking up part numbers on forums to figure out what pad you need. Just tell us what firearm you have, and we do the work of finding the right design for your firearm. When it comes, just screw it on and walk away.
STORAGE CASE INCLUDED - Every Backstop Recoil Pad comes with a hard plastic storage case that slips over your pad during long-term storage in your gun safe so it never loses its squishiness. Other pads get deformed over time and lose performance.
LIGHT WEIGHT - Despite much better performance, Backstop is lighter than nearly any other competitor's recoil pad we've tested, and generally will not make a meaningful change to your length-of-pull.
WE GOT YOUR BACK - If you ever have the slightest issue with your recoil pad, call us, email us, or send a smoke signal. We simply don't allow customers to be unhappy with their purchase.
How It Works
The Data Speaks for Itself
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6.5 Creedmoor (10.4 ft-lbs)
Our leading competitor's premium recoil pad outperforms most factory pads, but still produces a significant jab in the peak of the recoil. The Backstop looks more like a vibration! Skilled shooters will appreciate less scope jostle to spot impacts through the scope during recoil.
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7 Rem. Mag. (23.2 ft-lbs)
At a level of recoil similar to most 7 Mag rifles (22 ft-lbs), the Backstop provides a much more gradual increase to the peak of recoil. The peak is much lower with the Backstop which slowed the rifle more effectively. There's still a big push on both graphs, but the Backstop is the clear winner.
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.300 PRC Rifle (35.7 ft-lbs)
Note the three graph sets show peak forces approximately at the same height on the graph due to the changed scale to measure each recoil level. The same setting, however, is obviously used between the two pads tested at each recoil level. Here, a 300 PRC's jab is softened to a push.
Behold, the Throne
Included with every Backstop Recoil pad is the patent-pending "throne," a hard plastic protector to keep your recoil pad from losing its bounce during long-term storage.
Other pads lose performance over time like leaving a compressed spring under tension. No need to use the throne for storing the pad for a few days in the cabin while hunting, but if you'll leave your rifle stored butt-down for over a week, slide on the Throne. It's included in your purchase.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have a Backstop for my gun?
Do you have a Backstop for my gun?
At the top of this page above the buy button, fill in your rifle's make and model. If you see yours listed, we have a Backstop for you!
If not, tell us what make/model of gun you have on this google form and we’ll send you an email when we have a model available.
Backstop recoil pads are currently available for over 200 different rifles and shotguns. Our pads fit a wider variety of current-model rifles and shotguns than any other brand.
It takes our engineer about three full working days to create a new design, and then we have to test it to make sure it’s right. The process is time-consuming, but soon there will be a Backstop for everyone.
Can you ship to my country?
Can you ship to my country?
Backstop is currently only available in the USA. Unfortunately, because this product is tailored to the end user, exporting this firearm part has dumb government restrictions that prevent us from shipping around the world.
Is it really necessary to customize the pad to the recoil of the individual rifle?
Is it really necessary to customize the pad to the recoil of the individual rifle?
This is where we saw the biggest gains in performance.
Most companies don’t want to make different densities because it means more SKUs and more shelf space.
Because we sell direct to consumer with lean manufacturing processes, we can dial it in to your gun.
A pad can’t be too soft or it “bottoms out.” It can’t be too hard or rifle velocity isn’t sufficiently slowed before the peak and momentum builds. As long as a rifle’s recoil is between those extremes, there isn’t too much difference. So when you order, we do a calculation and place your rifle in one of four recoil categories and make a pad matching that density.
Is the difference noticeable?
Is the difference noticeable?
Oh yeah! There’s an obvious difference in the feel of the recoil impulse on your shoulder. If you shoot a lot and know what your rifle’s recoil feels like, you’ll definitely feel it.
However, some of our competitors tout “UP TO 70% recoil reduction.”
By nearly every metric in our testing, the Backstop Pad outperforms the competition, but saying “70% recoil reduction” is misleading in our opinion. It doesn’t FEEL like that to the shooter. I’d estimate it feels more like 35% less on most guns.
However, the feeling on your shoulder isn’t actually the point of the Backstop Pad. We care more about you being able to spot your impacts through the scope, and for that, it’s a game-changer.
I should also note that we tested pads in as light of guns as 243 Winchester. We frankly didn’t think we’d see much difference because the recoil impulse is light, but we actually made significant improvements in the ability to see through the scope and spot impacts during recoil even in light recoiling guns.
Is this made in China?
Is this made in China?
No, but full disclosure, we often get Chinese takeout while making your Backstop Pad.
Backstop Pads are made in our tiny little office in St. George, Utah. We do 100% of the process in-house with our little staff of 5 people.
Is it durable?
Is it durable?
We’re hunters, so believe me when I say we EXTENSIVELY tested durability.
Jim jabbed our prototypes with forks hundreds of times to make sure it wouldn’t show wear easily. He left it out in the hot summer sun for 3 months to see how it would stand up to the elements. We tested it in sub-zero temperatures, left it in a hot car, drove a car over it, stored it for months, etc.
It’ll hold up to whatever you throw at it… unless the thing you happen to be throwing is a grenade. We haven’t tested that.
This is too expensive
This is too expensive
We get it. While Backstop certainly isn’t the most expensive on the market, it is still a premium product, and we think it provides the best performance.
We can make it cheaper, but we’d have to compromise performance. Each pad we make requires over 5 hours of machine time, and we use exotic materials like carbon fiber composite plates and high-performance materials.
If Backstop is too expensive for you right now, we get it! We still want you to have a good pad, so we recommend Limbsaver as an alternative. Our computerized testing of pads from the competition shows it’s the second best recoil pad out there. It’s no Backstop, but it’s better than most factory pads.
