930 spx Choate PG
this is a cut and paste from a post i submitted over at shotgunworld. it's a quickie review of my thoughts after installing the choate pg in place of the factory stock. it may or may not help you decide to get one for your spx. there may be other opinions out there but one more review couldn't hurt.
okay, i got off my lazy bum and installed it. i will say that my cheekweld is obviously different. more of a "head's up" sort of weld, but nothing that threw me off from the regular stock. the gun comes up and into sight with the ghost rings just as well and as quickly as before. i like clearing corners of my hallway much better than with the regular stock, but then again, without being able to shoot it with either stock, i can't quite attest to the fact the pg is better for this. but i do "feel" better walking through the house.
it does feel heavier. not much and i never did weigh either stock on a scale like i'd normally do. it could be the ergonomics or it could actually be that much heavier. i am not sure exactly.
this particular pg is the one with the checkering on it vs the previous generation that has just a rectangle with a line down the middle. pretty good grip but i can tell i'll probably be adding a strip of skateboard tape the the rear of the pg, the part that rests in the thumb/index finger webbing. i like to carry pg guns facing muzzle down holding nothing but the pg and then pull the gun to my shoulder and the ready. the grip tape will take away that little bit of inconfidence i feel in performing this action due to a slight amount of slippage.
the BIGGEST gripe i have about the pg is the buttpad. the choate pg buttpad is hard-er rubber where as the stock mossy buttpad feels like a nice gel pad in comparison. the kind you'd rest your wrist on for computer usage, and i mean the really squishy kind. this allows me a faster shouldering of the shotgun and less worry about "working it in" to the perfect shoulder hold as i find myself doing with the pg. i sorta feel like i'm pinching my chest (with my shirt off) with the pg where as the factory stock i did not.
i'd have to say i don't think i'd spend $84 again for the pg. perhaps $60/shipped, but since there is no competition and only the choate, it was my only choice. i may or may not go back to the regular stock. time will tell. i still have to take it out and shoot with it on. i personally say that the choate pg makes the shotgun look "tougher", though. but on the down side, it is more bulky. and i can feel it when i pull it from its corner of my bedside and bring it up to the ready. oh, and of course there is that negative of having to change my grip completely to disengage the safety. i knew i wouldn't like that, but it becomes more evident when you get to compare both stocks at one time.
i'll update this if i feel compelled to later on at some point.
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