Quoted: I installed an ATI full stock with pistol grip on my Mossberg 500A and now regret it. I went to the range to shoot it and that stock beat the crap out of my jaw bone. I was firing 12 ga. slug and 00 Buck. I have been shooting many years and never had a shotgun stock knock by jaw bone around like this one had. Well, needless to say, I put my full Mossberg stock back on and everything is fine again. I have 2 other friends who had the same problem with their Advanced Technology Inc. (ATI) stocks as well. Have any of you had the same experience with this particular stock?
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Sorry to hear about the discomfort. I've got at least 4 of those stocks on different shotguns.
This is an 870 that sees nothing but 3" shells. I've run Winchester 3" 1oz slugs through it
Here's my 1100. I ended up putting the 28" barrel and factory stock back on it, not because of discomfort, but because I use it for informal clays now. It was originally a "defense" gun, but its role has changed
I acquired another 870, but haven't finished all of the work and testing yet. The first 870 is for "out and about" farm defense, this is the "in house" defense gun
I have another, but I don't have any pictures for some reason. It is a Winchester 1300 Deer, fully rifled slug gun.
None of these guns are wallhangers or safe queens; they all get shot, a lot. My only complaint with ATI's stocks is the rock-hard buttpads. I voiced this complaint to them, and I suspect that they will introduce a solution for '07. They listened very well when I spoke with them before and I can see the results in their '06 line and website.
When it comes to heavy recoiling guns, the gun absolutely has to fit the shooter. I have yet to get a shotgun that fits me from the factory. Every shotgun I own has gotten a new stock, been modified in length, or something.
Another thing that matters tremendously is the shooting position. If the stock is wrong or doesn't fit you right, you will naturally adjust your shooting position, and that can be very painful. From what you describe, the angle of the ATI stock is wrong for you. They have a grotesque downsweep to the buttpad, much more so than the factory stock. If you are crawling the stock (have your cheek close to the receiver) you will get hurt. To dodge the sweep of the recoil or muzzle flip, the cheek needs to be as close to the buttpad as possible, yet still maintaining a good view of the bead.
SpeedFeed might be an option, but I'd check the angle first to make sure it won't be the same as the ATI. Choate might be a better option.