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JollyRoger · March 3, 2009, 01:01 AM

If you are dead set on the pistol grip for your shotgun, get the Speedfeed. I will agree with what everyone else has said that the full stock is your best option. I have fired several pistol grip 12 gauge shotguns with pistol grips similar to your second picture. If they have a straight-down pistol grip with a hump that rides over the web of your hand, the shotgun will beat the heck out of the web of your hand.

The Speedfeed, which looks as if someone just lopped a buttstock off at the wrist is better because it allows the shotgun to rise as it recoils. It takes longer to drop back on target, but it disperses the recoil energy as it rides up instead of jamming straight into the web of your hand.

I know a Deputy U.S. Marshall who came out to qualify with us as a Task Force Officer. His shotgun was cut off just ahead of a standard 870 magazine tube (I'm guessing about 14 inches) with a wood pistol grip shaped like the Speedfeed. Our shotgun qual course includes 2 slugs from the 50 yard line, and when I saw this guy holding his shotgun at eye level, I would have bet there was no way he would get even 1 on target. He hit both, and everything closer in. Could've knocked me over with a feather, but it seemed to work for him.

March 3, 2009, 01:01 AM	#14
JollyRoger Senior Member Join Date: April 24, 2005 Posts: 172	If you are dead set on the pistol grip for your shotgun, get the Speedfeed. I will agree with what everyone else has said that the full stock is your best option. I have fired several pistol grip 12 gauge shotguns with pistol grips similar to your second picture. If they have a straight-down pistol grip with a hump that rides over the web of your hand, the shotgun will beat the heck out of the web of your hand. The Speedfeed, which looks as if someone just lopped a buttstock off at the wrist is better because it allows the shotgun to rise as it recoils. It takes longer to drop back on target, but it disperses the recoil energy as it rides up instead of jamming straight into the web of your hand. I know a Deputy U.S. Marshall who came out to qualify with us as a Task Force Officer. His shotgun was cut off just ahead of a standard 870 magazine tube (I'm guessing about 14 inches) with a wood pistol grip shaped like the Speedfeed. Our shotgun qual course includes 2 slugs from the 50 yard line, and when I saw this guy holding his shotgun at eye level, I would have bet there was no way he would get even 1 on target. He hit both, and everything closer in. Could've knocked me over with a feather, but it seemed to work for him.