help with tactical stocks please!!

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I need help in choosing a tactical stock for my new shotgun, give me some ideas please! It's a Maverick 88, and as far as I've learned, almost completely interchangeable with Mossberg 500 garb, would like an AR-15 style adjustable stock as first choice..
 
I would recommend a Mesa stock adapter. It has a pistol grip adapter and a carbine stock adapter. I must warn you though that this type of stock adapter can make recoil brutal. I hear that limbsaver has a carbine endcap out now. The handgrip is a Houge and the stock is a Magpul.

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The most functional tactical stock you can get is conveniently the one that comes with your new Maverick.

Unless you have a justifiable reason to need to collapse a stock they tend to be hard on the shoulder and cheek.

Now for the standard YMMV to assume me not at fault for any flaming that comes my way.
 
Wood is tactical- and a lot easier to fit properly. And a properly fitted conventional shotgun stock works better than any aftermarket whizbang, in my experience.

'Course, I don't know nothing 'bout no tack tickle shotguns...

lpl
 
Stay with wood, after sculpting to your build. Add a good pad and sling studs.

Shoot a few hundred rounds. Repeat as needed.

Voila!! A shotgun most tactical..........
 
Wood stocks also have a tendency not to break as easily. They can be readily cut, sanded down, or built up on the comb as necessary - all for no more than your time and some sandpaper
 
Take the money you would spend on a new stock and spend it on ammo. Go shooting....and enjoy! After you put a few thousand rounds through it....do an evaluation to determine if another stock will make you shoot better. ;)
 
Most tactical stocks will probably end up costing half as much as your gun, man.

If anything, I'd suggest a Knoxx Compstock.
 
To answer your actual question, you're correct. Aftermarket stocks for the Mossberg 500 model shotguns can be used on Maverick 88 guns. The forends, however, cannot.

Pretty much the best tactical/collapsible style stock you can get is the Knoxx SpecOps stock, followed by the cheaper, non recoil reducing Knoxx SpecOps NRS.

Bear in mind though, as everyone has already stated, recoil on collapsing stocks for a 12 gauge shotgun tends to be rather unforgiving. I tried out a few different set ups and went with a Hogue short LOP stock for my Maverick 88. It fits me much better than the stock that came on it.

Good luck in your search, I hope I helped, and keep shooting!
 
Three recommendations. Any reason why these are recommended? What advantages do they carry over a standard buttstock? What does one look for in a "tactical" buttstock anyway?

Throwing up makes and models of a product is one thing, but a little more background what you think makes it superior could add a lot to the discussion.

One question for the OP: What is the problem you have with your current furniture that you're trying to solve?
 
+1 For the Knoxx SpecOps.

I have them on 2 different shotguns (Maverick 88, and Remington 870). The reason I chose them over the regular stock is reduced recoil, adjustable LOP, and large palmswell grip.

Made the gun a thousand more times ergonomical, and I can shoot hundreds of rounds per day without needing shoulder surgey. Also makes the gun more appealing for my wife, and nephew to shoot.

On a side note, there is NOTHING wrong with making your shotgun look good. If you like it, then you are more inclined to take it to the range and practice.

Stay far away from anything that folds, and the promag stocks are aweful. ATI and Knoxx are the only two choices IMO.
 
What is wrong with the wood that it is not working for you?

If you can tell us what your are functionally looking for in a stock then we can help you. However if you just want a stock that looks cool you are going to get jumped on because this forum is 99.9% traditionalists.

I am not picking on anyone, just laying out the facts.
 
Unfortunately for the "tactical" crowd, a good fitting proper stock (such as a wood or synthetic will have a better recoil dampening effect than any Knoxx blah blah system.
 
Sorry earl, but you're quite wrong.

When I fire my 590 with a Knoxx compstock, there is no perceived kick. There is certainly a push on my shoulder, but it has less of a push than a 7.62x39 SKS.

There is a world of difference.
 
Recoil isn't a problem for me, about the wood, I love wood on firearms, but this I need to fold/adjust w/e very quickly, would have to be compact for vehicle transport (may carry in car at some point) I don't want just a pistol grip, I understand a shotgun without a stock is pointless, but I like the MEsa adapter a lot, if anyone has a used one for a Mossberg/Maverick they don't want, gimme a PM with a price!!
 
the problem I want to solve is: I want to adjust it, easily, in seconds, to manuver around tight spaces, just be smaller when Im not shooting it at the range. I'll look into Hogue, like the MAKO/Mesa adapter a lot though. I want to carry it on a sling, and make it small. AR-15 stock allows me to do that, make it several inches smaller, and Im already going from a 20inch bbl on my last shotgun to a 18 1/2 now. That'll help too. Thought I would here about wood from Lee Lapin, Dave McCracken and oneounceload, haha, I don't think 99% of the forum is traditionalists though..
 
I want to adjust it, easily, in seconds, to manuver around tight spaces,
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OK, so NOW the mall ninja in you comes out!...:D - in reality, that will NOT be something you'll be doing in the heat of the moment

As for traditionalists, I DO have a 500 in a closet here somewhere, I DID buy it originally with a PGO - YEARS and YEARS ago when I was young and dumb and before the Net was a wet dream in Al Gore's eye - it now wears a full length synthetic stock.........but, back to the point..........collapsible stocks do NOTHING to reduce ACTUAL recoil - gun weight and light loads do...proper fit and a good pad will reduce FELT recoil....put a good full-size stock on it so it FITS with a good pad and blast away knowing you'll have good control and the ability to make a fast follow-up shot due to proper fit
 
Unfortunately for the "tactical" crowd, a good fitting proper stock (such as a wood or synthetic will have a better recoil dampening effect than any Knoxx blah blah system.
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:rolleyes:

Oh yeah right...
 
Mallninja? naaaaawwww, just want it like that, it also looks prettier that way, and ya know if I like it more, I'll shoot it more, and therefore will be more profecient with it when it comes (if it comes) time to use it. Thanks though oneounceload, I've used your signature line on my facebook account as a status before, hahaha
 
Unfortunately for the "tactical" crowd, a good fitting proper stock (such as a wood or synthetic will have a better recoil dampening effect than any Knoxx blah blah system.


Oh yeah right...
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Yep, he's right......you can't change Newton Laws no matter HOW hard you try..........but it's hard to convince some folks that proper fit really does better than doodads.........


Thanks though oneounceload, I've used your signature line on my facebook account as a status before, hahaha
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I hope that's a compliment......;)

If you like the LOOK, put whatever you want - everyone has seen the mall ninja pic of the Oriental guy with everything, including a Swiss Army knife on his gun - if that floats your boat have fun with it.......but when it comes down to brass tacks, K.I.S.S. is always the way to go.....

Have fun......from this old curmudgeon to a young whippersnapper.... :D
 
oneounceload said:
Yep, he's right......you can't change Newton Laws no matter HOW hard you try..........but it's hard to convince some folks that proper fit really does better than doodads.........
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Owning an 870 with a Knoxx Specops recoil reducing stock, an 870 with a Mesa tactical adapter with an Enidine buffer, an 870P with the stock wood and a Limbsaver pad, and a properly fitted Browning Cynergy O/U, I feel that the weight and fit of a shotgun contribute more to my comfort of shooting than anything else. I regularly put hundreds of shells through the Browning at a crack. The Limbsaver pads are pretty nice, though.
 
i also have a maverick 88. would a non-collapsable pistol grip stock add anything to my handling abilities?
 
Yep, he's right......you can't change Newton Laws no matter HOW hard you try..........but it's hard to convince some folks that proper fit really does better than doodads.........
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However, employing the help of a cam system with very strong springs will change how that force interacts with your body.
 
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