Does anyone have any good tips or advice on cutting down the stock on my shotgun?

I recently purchased a recoil pad for my shotgun, mainly for use in shooting skeet. By adding the recoil pad, it added an additional 2.5 inches to the stock. My arms are already just barely long enough to comfortably reach the trigger, with the recoil pad, it is very uncomfortable. I would like to just cut the stock off, does anyone have any tips or advice to help me do so?Does anyone have any good tips or advice on cutting down the stock on my shotgun?
Mossberg makes a youth stock for there Mossberg 500A shotguns....





Take a look! This stock is shorter.....


http://www.mossberg.com/images/Mossberg_鈥?/a>





Also....


http://www.mossberg.com/images/Mossberg_鈥?/a>





Contact Mossberg's parts department and find out if they have these available -- They should...


http://www.mossberg.com/content.asp?ID=5鈥?/a>





Also look at Gunbroker.com.... They have a shotgun parts section -- These stock's regularly show up there......


http://www.gunbroker.com/





If your not a woodworker then forget cutting it down..... Take it to a gunsmith.....Does anyone have any good tips or advice on cutting down the stock on my shotgun?
You should give a little more detail on what kinda shotgun it is, who make it, was it a factory stock on there in the first place? Wood or synthetic? Keep in mind that if you cut down the buttstock, the buttplate will not marry up with the stock correctly, because the stock tapers as it gets closer to the receiver. So you would wind up with a funky looking buttplate, or one that you would need to sand down to look normal.It sounds wierd, but you could look into getting a collapsible or telescoping stock for your shotgun. All aesthetics aside, cutting down a stock is as simple as measuring how much you want to cut off from the butt, marking it, and using a fine tooth saw to do the cutting such as a hack saw or something like that. Then sanding it down a little to smooth it. Keep in mind that removing the stock to do the cutting is strongly suggested, so as not to damage your firearm's finish.
In my garage, tape the cut, fine tooth saw on a 10-12 inch power miter saw. Level, using blocks, along the spine of the stock and clamp in place. The first cut is always on the conservative side to avoid taking too much. Fit the pad and check the fit. After the cut, shape the stock with belt sander, then rasp, then sandpaper. Stain, seal, poly, install pad, shoot two boxes at range.





or take it to the armorer.
use a clamp (home depot, less than $50) to hold the receiver area, then use a hacksaw and carefully cut to exactly the length you'd like. use a sander (power or by hand) to clean up the cut if needed.


I also recommend a variable speed dremel tool (around $50).
Yeah, find a gunsmith who will do it for you. He will measure you, have the equipment to properly cut the stock and trim the pad to fit. Seriously, try to find someone who knows what they are doing.
All of the answers below are good-





Long and short of it- either get a youth stock and put your recoil pad on it or GO TO A GOOD GUNSMITH.


Doing it yourself might make you the laughing stock of the skeet range.





Good luck
1 go to a gun smith


2 look into getting a youth stock for it


3 if you must..put tape where you cut to help prevent splintering...


4 fine tooth saw...very fine tooth saw


5 go to a gun smith.
Dont use a skill saw with a rip blade!..LOL!!!
get a gunsmith or a professional to do it
gun smith or woodshop