HMMurdock
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Okay, here's the story:
For whatever reason, I have some leftover Mossberg 500 parts. I've got a 20" ported barrel with rifle sights, the receiver and all the internals, I am just looking at stocks. I'm trying to keep cost down, so I'm sticking with the Mossberg. Please keep all "sell it and get a Remington 870" comments to yourself. Got one. Thanks.
I'm going to give this to my father as a gift for home defense/hunting. Due to his line of work, he has severe back problems and has not been able to effectively utilize a 12ga shotgun. Instead, he uses a cheap Rossi .410 and occasionally a old single-shot J.C. Higgins 16ga.
Frankly, I'd rather he have something that holds more rounds and with easier to find ammo. I think my Mossberg would be good for him, notably the ported barrel, I just need to pick out a stock. This will theorhetically be used for home defense and hunting (deer/boar).
For recoil reducing properties, naturally, my first inclination is to go with a Knoxx SpecOps, CompStock or Talon Thumbhole stock. The research I've done has said the SpecOps has more recoil-reducing capability than the CompStock, but I can't find s**t on the Talon.
I've also read the SpecOps has inferior cheek-weld. Can this be fixed by any add-ons? I don't mind accessorizing the M500, but let us accept the finished product will be a 12ga Mossberg with light to intermediate loads for a man with bad (and I mean severe) back issues.
The ported barrel with help some, no? I already own the barrel, so it stays!
Any advice on direction with the stock or otherwise?
For whatever reason, I have some leftover Mossberg 500 parts. I've got a 20" ported barrel with rifle sights, the receiver and all the internals, I am just looking at stocks. I'm trying to keep cost down, so I'm sticking with the Mossberg. Please keep all "sell it and get a Remington 870" comments to yourself. Got one. Thanks.
I'm going to give this to my father as a gift for home defense/hunting. Due to his line of work, he has severe back problems and has not been able to effectively utilize a 12ga shotgun. Instead, he uses a cheap Rossi .410 and occasionally a old single-shot J.C. Higgins 16ga.
Frankly, I'd rather he have something that holds more rounds and with easier to find ammo. I think my Mossberg would be good for him, notably the ported barrel, I just need to pick out a stock. This will theorhetically be used for home defense and hunting (deer/boar).
For recoil reducing properties, naturally, my first inclination is to go with a Knoxx SpecOps, CompStock or Talon Thumbhole stock. The research I've done has said the SpecOps has more recoil-reducing capability than the CompStock, but I can't find s**t on the Talon.
I've also read the SpecOps has inferior cheek-weld. Can this be fixed by any add-ons? I don't mind accessorizing the M500, but let us accept the finished product will be a 12ga Mossberg with light to intermediate loads for a man with bad (and I mean severe) back issues.
The ported barrel with help some, no? I already own the barrel, so it stays!
Any advice on direction with the stock or otherwise?
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