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Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Monte Carlo leather cheek pads elevate your face to provide proper eye alignment with the scope. Also ideal for decreasing the amount of drop on field shotguns for trap shooting. Protects your cheek from recoil. Made from top-grain leather with a molded rubber comb sewn in. Adjustable lacing fits all stocks. Available: 1/4" rise, 1/2" rise, 3/4" rise.

Average Customer Rating:

3.3 out of 5

33 of 50 (66%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.

Customer Reviews for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

4 out of 5

Good solution to a small fit problem, November 7, 2009
By DGLA from La.

"I bought this product to fix a small fit problem on my Stoeger Coach Gun - needed to raise my head about a half inch to sight correctly. Others have reported problems with the laces so I was a little skeptical. But, I didn't have any problems. This pad will not lace up like a boot - you can't just pull the ends and have the laces run through several holes. You have to work them one pair at a time, tighten from the front to the back and do that two or three times to get it snug. You are compressing a foam pad and the leather is pretty stiff, but with patience it will fit nicely. Don't plan on taking it off and putting in back on with any regularity or you will be frustrated. Some people don't like the flat, leather laces. I did not have any trouble with them breaking with the slow and careful method described above. And, being flat, the laces lie down very nicely on the bottom of the stock.

I recommend that you check the adjustment you need carefully before picking a size - I didn't and got too much. But, a little minor surgery and the adjustment is just right now. Most people won't want to do that, so measure first.

I think this is a good solution to minor fit problems. It looks good on my gun and does the job. Since I am committed to the gun, this was the best solution I found."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 2 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

3 out of 5

needs better laces, but pad is nice, October 26, 2009
By criss

"the cabelas leather cheek pad worked very well, my only complaint is the leather laces to lash it to the stock....with not much force,they broke while tightening...i would suggest using different laces...i would give the pad 4 stars, the laces 1 star."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 3 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

5 out of 5

Leather cheek pad, October 13, 2009
By TracerBullet from Boynton Beach, Florida

"I now have two of these. One on an AK with a red dot sight, the other on an M-1A with telescopic sight. Each rifle that I put an optic on needs the height of eye raised above that needed for the iron sights. This product fits the bill. It allows me to use both the iron sights and the optical sight. I had a problem with it "walking" forward with recoil. I solved this by running the last lace around the back of the stock. I covered it with the "kick killer" recoil pad.
The cheek pad works for both left and right handed shooters. The leather looks nice on a wooden stock."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 4 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

5 out of 5

leather cheek pad, June 16, 2009
By farmersam

"Works great looks good"

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 5 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

1 out of 5

LEATHER CHEEK PAD, March 18, 2009
By BPSHOOTR

"SORRY BUT THIS IS THE MOST SUBSTANDARD ACCESSORY I HAVE EVER PURCHASED. THE QUALITY IS EXTREMELY POOR, THE RIVETS ARE VERY POOR QUALITY. CAME LOOSE FIRST TIME I TRIED TO LACE THE PAD DOWN.

VERY DISAPPOINTED"

Would you recommend this product to a friend? No

Review 6 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

2 out of 5

Great idea, but, March 17, 2009
By GAkid from Duluth, Georgia

"Purchased this to raise stock height for elevated scope mount.
Threw away the silly flat ties and tried leather shoe laces. Still could not tighten securely. Went to military style shoe laces, they snugged up better but not tight. Seems to be quality material, however, I grew weary and returned it for credit"

Would you recommend this product to a friend? No

Review 7 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

4 out of 5

Great - Once it's on., March 9, 2009
By DarrylT from California, CA

"The cheek pad works great once it's in place. PUTTING it in place is another story. The leather lacing it came with broke when I tried to draw it tight. Replaced the lace, and conditioned the leather, and it works fine."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 8 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

4 out of 5

Leather cheek pad, February 23, 2009
By HRI57 from British Columbia, Canada

"Cheek pad was very well made with good, strong leather.
After all preparatory work was done, including replacement of the useless leather lacing with proper boot laces, fitting it to the rifle stock was easy and yielded a good looking and practical result. If it were not for the leather lacing, the cheek pad itself would merit a "5 out of 5" rating by itself."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 9 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

4 out of 5

Leather Cheek Pad, February 18, 2009
By bwebchimney from Providence, RI

"Unfortunately, this will not fit my M44 Mosin Nagant, or SKS. It's made well but the leather could be softer. It's better on a narrow butt end and w/ a bolt action it may be in the way. Overall it is made well and would never wear out on the right rifle."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 10 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

2 out of 5

Cabelas leather cheek pad, February 9, 2009
By luckybuck1 from Middlesex, nc

"Not what I expected. Did not fit well on the HS Precision stock. Interferred with the bolt when fully open rearward, had to trim the pad for fit."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? No

Review 11 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

4 out of 5

Taking it outside!, January 27, 2009
By Ohtohunt from New Lenox, Il.

"Overall quite pleased with item. Grommet crimp at lace holes is pulling out in some places; a little redesigning in this area would go a long way toward making this a more rugged product, fit for out of doors use."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 12 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

4 out of 5

Two good things happened to two classics, January 27, 2009
By jpool from Florida

"I purchased two of the Cabelas leather cheekpads, the 1/4 inch rise and the 1/2 inch rise to accomplish similar but different effects on two firearms, The 1/4 inch rise worked quite well raising my eye sight line to the proper place for a recently scout scoped model 94 Winchester. The 1/2 inch cheek pad was offset to the left sufficiently to place my head and eye so it lines up with the side plate and offset scope mount on my model 71 Winchester. Both of these cheekpads have helped the real utility and desired function of both rifles without altering the classic value. I can still use the back up iron sights as well, but I have to cant my head for those now., or remove the pad (a simple operation)

The only con, and why I did not give the item 5 stars, was the leather lace was not very strong. I subsitutied a 54" boot lace for the lace and that worked much better. A 1/8 " round latigo lace should be considered to replace the leather lace by the retailer."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 13 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

5 out of 5

cabela's Leather cheek pad, December 23, 2008
By ColoradoHigh from Western Colorado

"I had reviewed the opinions from others and agree. The leather lace did not work and was replaced with a lace from my old combat boot. Now it is a great product.Thanks."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 14 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

1 out of 5

Cabela's Cheek Pad needs redesign, December 1, 2008
By glaciermandoc from Northwestern MI Outdoorsperson

"I have previously purchased this product and have successfully used it on countless hunting trips. It turned my Remington 742 into a tack-driver....allowing for a phenomenal cheekweld with the stock.

The current model offered by Cabela's is grossly different from the original and thus suffers greatly. The new model does not fit your stock intimately. Nor does it have the cheek pad sewn ontop of the stock sleeve. Rather, the new model leaves a gapping hole between itself and the stock, allowing it to snag on obstacles and collect dirt, brush, snow and debris. It sits off to the side, rather than being centered on the stock, as the "lift" material is sewn UNDER the leather sleeve, rather than be sewn ONTOP of the leather stock sleeve.

I am bewildered as to why, cost most likely, this design was ever adopted. It does elevate your cheek to allow for a better sight-picture, but I would not recommende this model. Cabela's should produce and sell the old style leather cheekpad that fits well, aligns well and functions well....all this with an adaptive fit."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? No

Review 15 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

3 out of 5

Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad, November 20, 2008
By JoeFlyrod from Harwinton, CT

"I purchased the 3/4" thick cheek pad to use on a Mossberg 500 slug gun. The pad was required because I had mounted a BSA green dot sight on this gun, and the height of the sight was such that without the pad, the only way to see through the sight was with my head lifted off the stock.

The addition of the pad allowed me to use the sight properly. In that regard it was fine. However, when tightening the lacing on the pad which secures it to the gunstock, about a third of the small, brass grommets pulled loose from their holes in the leather. I tried to re-seat them using a standard leather snap seating tool, but to no avail. The grommets need to be either a little larger, or thicker to function properly. Considering the cost of the pad, the grommets should be of higher quality."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? No

Review 16 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

3 out of 5

Has potential, September 27, 2008
By garmasters from Olathe, Kansas

"The leather is STIFF. The first thing I did was slather it in vaseline and put it in the oven on low to soften it up. Leather laces are no match for modern nylon laces. Mounted it with nylon laces and, like others, found the bolt wouldn't go back far enough. I cut the top sewn corner off, back about 3/4 inch. This allowed the bolt to go back enough to allow the ejector to work, but I couldn't remove the bolt - a necessity to clean the bore. I loosened the laces and slid it back about 1/2 inch. Now all is well. I put this on an FNH-PBR (model 70 Winchester)."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 17 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

3 out of 5

My Review, July 26, 2008
By Anonymous from bradford county PA

"The cheekrest would not work on my Parker Hale because the cheekrest interfered with the bolt.But I put it on my .22 and it works great.I think there should be a warning in the fine print about the product interfering with the action.Also my half inch model rose about an inch above the comb and the metal grommets tore out when I tightened the leather laces.I still think it is a decent product and it works good on my .22."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 18 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

4 out of 5

Very functional..., July 21, 2008
By GreyBark from the woods of Pa.

"Good product, padded well and fits great. Looks great and adds to the nostagic look on my Henry, and puts my eyes at the perfect level for scope use and in relation to my shoulder and rifle butt. The leather strap used to tie it up is too flimsy and tore when I was tightening it, luckily at the very end, even after I treated it with some quality oil. Get a good leather boot lace and use it instead, and you'll be happy."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 19 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

4 out of 5

To make it fit right, May 17, 2008
By LouieLes from Hesperia, Calif.

"These pads are very stiff and the wide leather laces that come with them are worthless, at least for this job.
Use narrow rawhide or rawhide looking shoe laces, the wide leather laces provided won't tighten completely without making you tear out the eyelets.
Soak the whole thing in water, before starting and then begin to stitch it down, when it dries it conforms to the stock really good.
A great way to get your eye to the level of the scope, where it should be!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Review 20 for Cabela's Leather Cheek Pad

Overall Rating:

3 out of 5

quality for the money, April 8, 2008
By Anonymous from Anoka, Mn.

"I found the fitting of the cheekpiece to my Enfield #4 a bit of a chore, but I got it on. The laces are too thin and broke as I laced up the piece. After finally getting the piece to fit, it began to slide forward under recoil. A brad at the rear of the cheekpiece solved the problem and everything is good to go."

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

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