It may be very well worth the downtime due to grind-to-fit, given this short term (possibly quite short - grind to fit recoil pads can be installed in a resonably expedient manner, to be sure) out of order status caused by such an application is offset by an opportunity to insure your gun fit remains the same if that is what you are going for. Grind to fit also represents a fine chance to fine tune that Wingmaster's fit to yourself. I'd seriously consider grind to fit myself and would lean that way if my gun needed a new pad.
If I was going for a pre-fit I do believe I'd definitely want to check out a variety to check for fit. Insuring that your gun shoots where you look is accomplished in large part by fit. Without this, a wide degree of compensation techniques must be employed to hit ones target. Fit can not really ever be overstated when it comes to a Shotgun used for Wingshooting/Aerial targets and small game (the Wingmaster's forte). Fit is never a bad thing and aids in still target shooting (Big Game; Turkey, Card shooting, fighting shotgun disciplines likewise. You name it, a better fit will bring about better results!
The only excepetion that proves this rule that I can think of is an idiosyncratic technique used for handling heavy-recoiling loads by Jeff Quinn of GunBlast.com fame - he holds the gun a couple inches off the shoulder with a push/pull grip on the gun and states it abates felt recoil of heavy loads for him.
Sounds like you've got a lovely gun there Sir. All the best with your renos!
Last edited by "No Choke"Lord Walsingham; 02-05-2014 at 12:54 AM.
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