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[em9sredbeam]

Been there, done that. Atleast you had a hogue, I was using a cheap tacstar or something awkward hard plastic handle. 10 3" slugs, 20 3" 00 buck and I was done for. 1st and only time using that stupid grip. Went to a collapseable stock instead. Much better.

[ChrisBrooklyn]

ouch, yeah those little pistol grips hurt even with target loads

[Maltese Falcon]

Everyone has to learn this the hard way.

Pistol grips look bad A** and it looks so easy in the movies.

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[JAvendan]

Yep. My buddy had a similar setup... My right hand was bruised and swollen for a few weeks.

Joel

[wild_weasel]

I saw a GI in Iraq with a 590A1 setup like that try to shoot it like a handgun and proceeded to wack himself in the face. Everybody at the range huge laugh at him misfortune.

[UserM4]

IMO, 3" kick A LOT more than 2-3/4".

[SDM44]

IMO, 3" kick A LOT more than 2-3/4".

Exactly. Doesn't seem like much more on paper but it is.

I could shoot 2 3/4" slugs and 00 buckshot all day long on old Mossberg 500 with Hogue Tamer pistol-only grip, and it was very easy for me to manage & control by looking down the barrel to aim it (for my body type & strength). I could handle 3" shells, but it's not something I would want to shoot with the barrel next to my face. Now that kicks like a mule.

[Mbiker_101]

Haha I have to reply because I remember about 20 years ago my friend had a mossberg with a pistol grip and bet me I couldn't shoot it one handed, arm fully extended like shooting a pistol with 3" buck shot and I did.... Thought it broke my thumb off, but I did it!!!! Now I have more sense, just a little bit more. Ha

[Bigtwin]

OP,you could have asked me, and I would have saved you the pain! That is NOT fun!

[myk]

Jesus, all that on a pistol grip only setup?

Glad I read this thread, as I've been meaning to try 3" 00 buck-whatever on my SuperNova 'Tac. Just shooting the thing with regular birdshot was painful enough; the part of my chest where the stock was planted turned black for days. I can't wait to try some bigger shells, lol...

[CoopsDad]

About 20 years ago, I put a pistol grip stock on an old 870 and took it out to field to check it out. I set out a few aluminum cans as targets, got back about 10 yards and fired at the first can. BOOM! and a quail jumps up and flew from right to left just beyond the cans. Pure instinct kicked in and I attempted to shoulder the gun with a stock that had no shoulder portion. As I pivoted my body and pulled through and ahead of the bird, I squeezed the shot... and caught the butt of the pistol grip right dead center of my mouth. Buttstroked my own face. I seriously thought I was going to be pooping teeth but it merely gave me the worst fat lip of my life.
Insult to injury- I missed the bird. Pistol grips have much less control than a conventional stock.
I have had no use for a pistol grip on a shotgun since then.

[Capybara]

I will have my AOW in the Spring. Thanks for the advice on what not to shoot out of it.

[stix213]

Better you than me OP lol! Shooting a standard stock with it not firmly planted in your shoulder can cause a nice welt, I can only imagine pistol grip only

[ivanimal]

Ha! We all learn this eventually. Low base is no fun either, eventually it will be painful too. Just stock it!