I recently purchased a Venture Compact in 7mm-08. I added a Leupold 2-7x33 with weaver mounting gear. Its a sweet little package and will make a great stalking deer rifle come fall. However after i got the rifle home it seems just a tad shorter than i remembered in the store. Good news is it comes with a 1 IN. shim. (or so) When i add the extra length to the stock the recoil pad that "clicks" into the shim fits up like crap. It looks terrible and cant seem to leave it as is. I can leave the gun shorter because when its deer season its fridgid here and I wear a large parka. On the other hand summer may be a hassel. Has anyone else had this issue and or found a solution. I know ill get the whole call smith and wesson/thompson center blah blah but all that shipping stuff and waiting seems like too much of a hassle. Any fit up solutions? I know its a budget gun but seriously it looks like a 3rd grader fit these pieces up.