Hello William , You seemed to have bought my gun !!! Congrats ! I bid on that gun every week it was on GB except for the last couple of times ,I bid $1500.00 every week and then finally 1700.00 was my high ,had it been a smaller frame ,I would have gone to $2000.00 without concern ,and probably should have any way !! You certainly bought a nice gun and as far as the price as long as you are happy then you did great ! On the pad ,when I mailed the seller ,he said the pad wasn't hardened to the point where all of the flex was gone and if I had ended up with it ,I believe I wouldn't touch the pad ,seems to give the gun character !