I have a stock Mossberg 590 Shockwave and have been shooting it. I noticed it shoots about a foot high at 10 yards and I believe the reason is the action is higher than the barrel, so when I aim with the beed I have to aim lower than if I had a rail along the barrel like a hunting shotgun would have. I have watched a few videos and I use the technique of pushing my hands together as well as pulling with the handle (Gabe Suarez).
I got this gun to fill the nitch for when I cannot take a long gun, but I can take the smaller Shockwave. I knew this would be harder to aim than a full sized shotgun but right now it is not seeming to be very
practical. I would like some way to aim more reliably. My purpose for this would be to be able to aim reasonably well at a human attacker within 20 yards or to stop a large wild hog that was charging me. My 10mm pistol can fulfill those roles as well but I was thinking if I can learn to use the Shockwave effectively, having a shotgun would give me an extreme advantage in some situations.
One thing I like about the stock version of the gun is it’s very simple. As-is I can stash it in different places. I can abuse it and there is no large red dot or sight to catch on clothing or other things.
Installing the right red dot would still make it durable and would give me all the advantages of a red dot (fastest acquisition I believe) but the red dot would make the profile less slim and I wouldn’t feel as comfortable giving it abuse.
Large Tall sights might help but would snag on things … perhaps not enough to not get them but that’s a consideration.
If possible putting a rib on the barrel would fix the issue with it shooting high but I think I would need a gunsmith to do that for me.
Perhaps I can just put in some more work shooting by feel or learning to adjust for the height disparity and then with effort I will be able to shoot accurate enough with it with no modifications?
Thanks in advance for any tips.
I got this gun to fill the nitch for when I cannot take a long gun, but I can take the smaller Shockwave. I knew this would be harder to aim than a full sized shotgun but right now it is not seeming to be very
practical. I would like some way to aim more reliably. My purpose for this would be to be able to aim reasonably well at a human attacker within 20 yards or to stop a large wild hog that was charging me. My 10mm pistol can fulfill those roles as well but I was thinking if I can learn to use the Shockwave effectively, having a shotgun would give me an extreme advantage in some situations.
One thing I like about the stock version of the gun is it’s very simple. As-is I can stash it in different places. I can abuse it and there is no large red dot or sight to catch on clothing or other things.
Installing the right red dot would still make it durable and would give me all the advantages of a red dot (fastest acquisition I believe) but the red dot would make the profile less slim and I wouldn’t feel as comfortable giving it abuse.
Large Tall sights might help but would snag on things … perhaps not enough to not get them but that’s a consideration.
If possible putting a rib on the barrel would fix the issue with it shooting high but I think I would need a gunsmith to do that for me.
Perhaps I can just put in some more work shooting by feel or learning to adjust for the height disparity and then with effort I will be able to shoot accurate enough with it with no modifications?
Thanks in advance for any tips.