Taming my Maverick?

Cut your stock to the right LOP and add a recoil pad or Get a Knoxx recoil reducing stock.

People are going to say they are junk, some people (that own and use them) will say that they work fine. You can adjust the stock to fit your LOP. Mine works fine.

Look at the youth stock. If it will work, you can sell the other one and recoup most, if not all, of your money. Or find someone who has one and trade.

try this

http://www.blackhawk.com/product/SpecOps-Adjustable-Shotgun-Stock,1158,165.htm

recoil reducing and adjustable

I too have the Knoxx Spec ops stock and really like it. I think some of the claims about it are a little overblown but overall it does make a big difference.

Stocks on lots of shotguns are too long for lots of shooters. Especially on defensive shotguns, which seem to work better with shorter stocks.

The problem with trying to shorten a lot of synthetic stocks is that their walls are so thin. Often enough the factory recoil pads are 'socket' type pads, meant to reinforce the butt of the stock. That makes for problems in shortening them.

Which is why I like wood stock, aside from being a stick-in-the-mud olde phart as well.

I'd call Mossberg and see if they have a Bantam or Youth stock for the gun. If not then I'd look at Hogue's offering at http://www.hoguestore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=18&products_id=4615 . It might be that 12" is a little short for you, but my wife needs a 12.5" LOP and I shoot the 'house guns' that are set up for her a lot. I'm 6'3" tall and wear a 37" sleeve, and I just have to keep my shooting hand thumb over on my trigger finger knuckle to avoid hitting myself in the nose under recoil.

It's best to experiment around and see what fits you best, which is why I like wood. It lends itself better to experimentation than synthetics.

And a premium recoil pad is always a good addition to a properly fitting stock.

fwiw,

lpl

There are some so-called "ready fit" pads that require no fitting (so the factory says) for certain makes/models of shotguns. And then there are the more usual 'grind to fit' pads, which can be made to fit odd stock sized by grinding them down to match the stock profile. Those can be made to fit most anything, they come in basic 'sizes' like small, medium and large that have different ranges of stock sizes they'll fit.

Havlin Sales is pretty much the Mossberg go-to place. They list a Model 500 Bantam stock with a factory slotted recoil pad for $22 on their web closeouts page at http://www.havlinsales.com/ . They use frames and i can't link directly to the item, but it's down towards the bottom on the "Web Specials" page:

Model 500C bantam stock Wood will fit 12 or 20 ga with no noticeable gap, $22
Item: Bantam Buttstock. Specify dull or shiny

Far as I know the 500 stock will fit a Maverick OK, one of the Mossberg folks will no doubt chime in on that if I'm wrong. Might not match your forearm, but this ain't about style anyway, it's about finding out what works for you without busting the piggy bank. Anyway, if you're anal about such things, you can get the flat finished one and rattle-can it black. The bad guys will never know the difference.

I'm going to order a couple of those myself for the parts box just on GP... I LIKE wood, it's easier to work with.

lpl

I have the knoxx recoil reducing stock on my Maverick, and while it does reduce recoil some, i think its pretty overrated. Shooting the same load back to back, my gun still kicks just as hard as my friends 870 with a non recoil reducing stock. The 870 is a little heavier so that explains a little of it, but not all of it

My problem with the Knoxx stocks is that I'm not really looking for a pistol grip on this (it may see hunting use in Illinois),

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Have you tried hunting with a pistol grip anything yet? It's quite comfortable.

And just in case you still don't want to try it, Knoxx does make a recoil reducing stock that isn't pistol gripped. Go to www.knoxx.com and look at the stocks that they make.

Similarly, I'm having thin recoil pads custom made-up to replace the 1 1/2" thick things on the back of the Speed Feed stocks I own as they are too soft to hit anyone with while the LOP I find is a tad too long for HD and I have 35" arms (that's longer than average for the unfitted-shirt crowd)! They're probably from Brownells.
Al

pachmayr gel pad.

Al,be a sport and send me one of those pads, if you've no use for them. I'm a 39" sleeve, drives my tailor mad when I get shirts.

Pistol grips and Mossbergs do not mix because of the location of the controls. It would be all show & very little go. Can you do it, sure. Does the factory make them, sure. Have you tried one? It is kind of like tricking out a Hi Piont pistol with a red dot and $1,000 custom slide, why would you do that?

May I also suggest reading the following.

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11646

I'd been hunting with a Shotgun for 30 years before reading that thread. Amazing what how I learned to control the recoil of a shotgun just by sitting and reading that thread.

I also suffer from short-arm-syndrom. My LOP is around 12", and I love short stocks. That said, that thread on mounting techniques helped a lot, and I've since taught other people (including gun guys) how to use it to tame recoil, and how it allows the bead to come back onto target naturally.

Personally, I prefer the look of a nice wood stock on a shotgun, especially the look of the corn cob. Unfortunately they just don't work for me because of my dimensions. As a result, I like the six-position PG stocks. I find the PG is easier on my tennis elbow, and the six-position makes the recoil more manageable, along with making it more point-able for me. I had an ATI M-4 type stock on a 500, and didn't even have so much as a bead. Loved shooting that gun. All I had to do was shoot where I was looking when mounted. Now I'll probably have to put those stocks on my other gun/s. Still like the wood better, but getting them cut down makes for a small foot print on the shoulder from the stock, and the ATI just felt better all around.

Deus;
Where is this yellow bruise, exactly? You need to hold the gun to your chest -- the gun shouldn't hit you. Where? Stick your right arm out to the right side as far as it'll go, level with the ground, and bend your hand back to your shoulder from the elbow only. About there on your chest you'll find a slight concavity. That where the bruise is, or is it closer to the actual joint of your arm?
Al