Cannot Aim on my Mossberg 500 w/ Aftermarket Blackhawk Stock

[Glockamole]

Hi All,

Just purchased an aftermarket Blackhawk NRS Stock for my Mossy 500 Persuader. Orginally, it came with the standard shoulder stock. Figured I'll make the 12 Gauge look nicer.




The Blackhawk grip and handling felt great. But when I try to aim, I could not focus right at the beed sight. It wasn't like this when the standard stock was on it. The stock must be too high on par with the receiver height.

Has anyone had experience with this. How did you fix the sight issue?

Thanks,

 

[guthook]

Silly rabbit, everyone knows that you don't have to aim a shotgun.

Since you're going the aftermarket route, try some ghost ring sights.

(...or do the obvious and put the original stock back on.)

 

[rj1974]

Did you put a cheek piece / riser on it ? I know some of the blackhawks come with them , if so take it off . Other then that Id go with Guthook's suggestion.Ive found the pistol grip stocks to be uncomfortable and dont function as well as they look . But its your do with it as you please ,as long as your happy .

 

[Glockamole]

It felt good on the hand, but a pain on the neck. Apparently, this model does not come with the riser. So no way to drop or raise the stock height.

 

[rj1974]

It felt good on the hand, but a pain on the neck. Apparently, this model does not come with the riser. So no way to drop or raise the stock height.

Yeah I just clicked on the pic and saw its the one that come straight out from the receiver .If your not going with ghost rings or some sort of optic you need one that drops / angles down out of the receiver.

 

[nomo613]

try adjusting the stock back and forth? it worked with my stock.

 

[blackthorne]

You bought the wrong stock?

 

[Jester1341]

Guess it won't work ill give you $5

John

 

[jimbobborg]

Hi All,

Just purchased an aftermarket Blackhawk NRS Stock for my Mossy 500 Persuader. Orginally, it came with the standard shoulder stock. Figured I'll make the 12 Gauge look nicer.




The Blackhawk grip and handling felt great. But when I try to aim, I could not focus right at the beed sight. It wasn't like this when the standard stock was on it. The stock must be too high on par with the receiver height.

Has anyone had experience with this. How did you fix the sight issue?

Thanks,

I use that stock on my 870 and I put a red dot on it.

 

[hvymax]

You might be able to use the stock shims that came with the gun to correct the angle.. As others have said the straight pull puts you too high on the stock.

 

[Glockamole]

Sounds like I might need a red dot sight. The mossy does not come with a weaver style rail on the top of the receiver so I'll need that too.

What red dot sight would you recommend that's economical?

 

[jimbobborg]

Sounds like I might need a red dot sight. The mossy does not come with a weaver style rail on the top of the receiver so I'll need that too.

What red dot sight would you recommend that's economical?

You can use a saddle mount and put any red dot you want on it. $69.99 for a Bushnell mini-red dot http://www.amazon.com/Bushnell-Trop...E0HM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325082418&sr=8-1

 

[Glockamole]

Could not afford the expensive Aimpoint nor Eotech Red Dot, but did manage to get the Truglo Red Dot. A Weaver style rail is attached to the top of the Mossberg receiver for the Red Dot attachment. Used LockTite so the screws don't come loose. The aiming is so much better now. Thanks to everyone for the tips.

Also, what would be the easiest way to sight in the red dot, without having to waste a whole bunch of 12 Ga shotshells? I was also reading about the laser bore sights.

 

[hvymax]

You can get a picatinny rail for about $10 to mount most any optic. Like I said before you can use the angle shims to get the correct angle or elevate the bead to use over the picatinny rail.

 

[Hit and Run]

One option is to add a drop stock spacer. I have read that the ATI spacer works with Blackhawk NRS stock. See link below to see a spacer. This will drop the comb on buttstock by adding some down angle.

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/60388-1.html

 

[Darkemp]

Hi All,

Just purchased an aftermarket Blackhawk NRS Stock for my Mossy 500 Persuader. Orginally, it came with the standard shoulder stock. Figured I'll make the 12 Gauge look nicer.




The Blackhawk grip and handling felt great. But when I try to aim, I could not focus right at the beed sight. It wasn't like this when the standard stock was on it. The stock must be too high on par with the receiver height.

Has anyone had experience with this. How did you fix the sight issue?

Thanks,

I've got that stock on my Maverick 88 (same gun). I need a tighter cheek weld on it versus my wood stocked 500 to see the bead. Maybe you need a larger bead if it isn't working for you?

 

[Glockamole]

My previous post didn't show the pic correctly. Below is the Truglo Red Dot using the rail attached to the receiver.

Couldn't find any shim at the local store, so decided to go with the red dot instead. It turned out pretty good. Aiming is a lot easier on the neck and eye. I can also now use left/right hand and left/right eye to aim.

 

[Demoneyes86]

Good looking shot gun

 

[ColonelHurtz]

Pistol grips and Mossberg safeties do not get along well.