Hey guys,

I was just wondering what you guys do about cheek slap. Especially in the shotguns. Rem. 870's and the top barrel on O/U's are the worst for me. Especially on Full chock. I know that the muzzle rise and stock design is to blame. But I dearly love my cheek tight on the comb and tight in the shoulder pocket. The ones I restock for myself, I stock so this doesn't happen. But what about a factory stock.

Do you take wood away (downward slope) in the front part of the comb? Add cushion (I'd hate to add that permanent stick pad) to the comb or what? Just looking for some other suggestions.

Thanks,

Coon

If you have an old stock to play with , try altering the "pitch"(angle of the buttpad to line of bore) done carefully you can go both positive and negative without Shortening the LOP very much.

Or, send it to Mag-Na-Port and have it pigeon ported. I had our 870 Super mags Pigeon Ported and it make the recoil no worse than a 3" magnum load and the muzzle jump (cheek slap) was GREATLY reduced. Regular porting would help also, but with Pigeon Porting they put in a few more holes.

Another thing to consider is "cast" or the offfsetting of the stock to either the right (cast off) or to the left (cast on). For the rest of this I will assume a right handed shooter. The purpose of cast is to allow the shooter to bring his cheek up to the side of the stock as oppsed to down on top of the stock. It allows the shooter to more easily align his eye with the bore/sights/barrel/etc. In this way when the gun recoils it recoils away from as oppsed to into the shooters face. Cast is measuered fom the base of the receiver strainght back and then at 90 degrees off the centerline to the butt. 1/4 inch of cast makes a tremendoud difference and unless you have very large cheek bones 1/2 inch will be way too much. You can experiminent with cast by loosening the butt retaining nut and slipping a toothpick into the gap between the butt stock and the back of the receiver. Retighten the stock. THe toothpick will cause the butt to cant in the direction oppsoite the toothpick. To apply cast off for a right handed shooter insert the toothpick into the left side of the gap making sure to run in virtically to allow contact on that whole side. Once the butt had been secured on the toothpick shouler the gun and even fire it and see how she handles. It may take some getting used to since you are now placeing your face more to the side as opposed to on top of the stock. Experiment with different size shims until you get the most confortable fit. This is the amount of wood that must be removed from the right side of the stock to make the change perminent. Left handed shooters need to shim the right side and then cut the left to make the change perminent.

You can adjust the amount of drop by shimming aither the top or bottom of the gap.

Grin and Bear it!

Well, I just try to hide it from her, until she buys something expenseive, then say something like, "well, that's nice, dear, and look what followed me home from the gun show last month!"
Oh, wait...

Got no idea what it is, so I guess I must just be ignoring it.

I watch what I say and when talking to others,I make sure that I'm standing at least 1.5 arms length away from them. Sorry,just could'nt help it.

"Cheek slap" is the result of poor stock fit, it should not happen...In all probability, 1/8 to 1/4" of wood off the top of the comb will cure it for you..and of course a custom stock with a little cast off will do away with it...Any gunsmith worth his salt can cure your problem after he observes you mount the rifle, and I better add to your shoulder...