I cut my teeth on Remington 870s, so all of my shotgun knowledge (what little there is) came from modifying/using this brand of shotgun. Most of my use of these shotguns have been for work and home security purposes. I recently saw a sale going on at the local Academy sports for their Mossberg shotguns so I picked up the cheaper version, the Maverick 88, mainly due to price but also because I preferred the safety on the trigger housing just like the 870s.
My issue is that I have cut down the synthetic stock on the 88 down about an inch (obviously for reduced LOP), and am having trouble deciding on keeping it this length or going even shorter, for easier maneuverability. The locations for the recoil pad attachment screws are still usable right now so I was looking at Kick Eez recoil pad grind to fit recoil pad and was hoping to still use the stock mounting locations. But I have started to question whether or not to go shorter and just fill in the stock with some type of epoxy that I can use to secure the recoil pad to.
I have two questions that I was hoping to get some help on: will a Kick Eez grind to fit recoil pad for a Mossberg 500 allow me to use the factory attachment locations for the screws? And if not, what epoxy has anyone had prior experience with that I could use to fill the stock to use as a secure mounting point for another generic Kick Eez pad?
Thanks for any help and appreciate the feedback.