I thought I'd pass this along to my fellow shotgunners. I have a speedfeed stock on my HD shotgun. Well, I guess if you leave the stock loaded for a long time (4 months or so) the springs push on the plastic washers on the recoil pad and cause them to fail. I should've taken a pic but I did not. Speedfeed took care of the problem, but just be aware it could happen to your shotgun if you leave it loaded for a long time.

thanks Ray Ray...i leave my speedfeed unloaded but this is good to know

Thanks Ray. Took my 4 shell out of the stock. All seemed ok with the recoil pad.

Thanks Ray. Took my 4 shell out of the stock. All seemed ok with the recoil pad.

 

Check the plastic washers inside the rubber recoil pad.

Check the plastic washers inside the rubber recoil pad.

 

Ok, thanks.

What happened was one washer broke and the other had all the weight of the 2 springs on it and it broke as well.