What are y'all's thoughts on pistol grip stocks for turkey guns. I have an m2 12 with 21" barrel and was thinking about putting one of the mesa tactical urbino stocks with shorter length of pull. Any thoughts.
Thoughts on pistol grip stocks.
- Thread starter chrmayo
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I wont have one without it!!! Zero cheek slap!!
deerhunter10
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Not a fan of them. Just all personal preference.
Displaced_Vol
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I've never used one but I am curious about them. I don't think I'd like one, but I'd like to try and shoot one and see what I think.
You get back down through here i have several you can shoot
Soft Talker
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Hope to never be cool enough to have to resort to a pistol stock on a shotgun, especially to kill Turkeys.
Yes being cool is what I was going for. Thanks.
Soft Talker
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Those are my thoughts, anyway. To each their own though
Don't believe you will have to worry about it from the sound of it
Had an 870 with the surshot stock and I liked it. My current turkey guns don't have them.
I don't have one but I have thought lately that it could be handy being able to hold the gun one handed while set up.
The urbino is a very nice stock.
You won't regret it for a dedicated turkey gun
Setterman
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Setterman
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I have one on my SBE2, and really like it. I despised it at first though. For some reason the pistol grip made it basically impossible for me to keep my head down when shooting at birds, and therefore I went on an epic missing streak. Dang near through the entire gun away it was so bad. Added a Burris Fast Fire and now am very happy with the set up. I am not entirely sure the pistol grip makes a difference but I do like it.
Also, without the fast fire the recoil was crushing. Something about the angle change would allow my cheek bone to absorb the majority of the recoil rather than my shoulder. That went away with the fast fire
Also, without the fast fire the recoil was crushing. Something about the angle change would allow my cheek bone to absorb the majority of the recoil rather than my shoulder. That went away with the fast fire
Soft Talker
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Heard you were cool, but didn't realize you were that cool
That's what I shoot. I had the gun for years before I bought the shurshot stock. I would never go back on a dedicated turkey gun.
I really like them if your gun is dedicated for turkey. I have/had one on my SBE2 when I was still using a 12 gauge and it made a HUGE difference for to me in comfort and shooting. Only issue I had on that gun was I had a speed bead on it and changing the stock out so I could duck hunt and dove hunt with it was a pain cause I had to sight it back in each time.
But I moved to a 20g anyways so I just left it off at the moment cause I just dont use that gun to turkey hunt anymore.
But I moved to a 20g anyways so I just left it off at the moment cause I just dont use that gun to turkey hunt anymore.
It's going to be a dedicated turkey gun. I'll more than likely go with the urbino stock since it also shortens length of pull.
I first had one on a 12 gauge Benelli M2 and wanted to set up a lighter 20 gauge for my kids. The mesa tactical and some others looked a little too "tactical" to me, so I wound up going with the Choate brand. I liked the 20 so much after shooting tss, I sold the 12 and bought 2 more 20s. My boys and I now have 3 dedicated turkey guns with these and are pleased. For dedicated turkey guns, and maybe even on a slugger, I think I like the pistol grip better than a conventional butt stock.
