Knoxx Spec ops?

F

Featherstone

Inactive
Hi Folks,

I have a question, I just put on a knoxx specops stock on my 590, took it to the range today and wow does it reduce recoil, I fired 20 slugs and felt no pain in the shoulder, BUT, it hurts the heck out of my cheek bone. I kept my face away from the metal part that the stock screws into, and kept my face no less then a inch and a half from it, but still felt this pane, right under my right eye.

Is there something im doing wrong?, I had my brother in law try it and he felt the same thing...I love this stock and cant believe how easy it is to shoot slugs, but damn if my cheek bone doesnt feel like im taking a jad in that spot on each shot.

Any help will be greatly appreciated..

Thanks..
 
Thanks BobK,

I wonder if I just keep my face on the side of the stock instead of getting a "cheek weld", maybe this will eliminate the problem:confused: I never had this pain on the cheek bone with the standard stock, but damn if my shoulder didnt hurt lol....
 
The knoxx stock generally lessens the pain in your shoulder. It does a great job at that. But it has a habit of increasing pain to the cheek. That hurts worse than the shoulder. It's an amazing device, but needs to have some fine tuning to get rid of cheek bite.
 
Yeah, feels like I was jabbed a couple times in the cheek lol, not a good feeling by any means...

Has knoxx talked about this or have they explained a way to adjust to this so there isnt this pain? Heck im willing to try anything as I love this stock, but dont want to feel like ive been punched on the cheek everytime I pull the trigger..

Maybe I should give them a call and see if there is a different way to shoot with this type of stock...

Thanks OneInTheChamber, im glad this isnt only me with this problem..
 
The cheek issue seems to be one of angles, or so it looks to me. The Spec Ops stock is at a slightly different angle, more downward, than the regular stock. That means the stock tends to pivot up sightly as the brace point of the gun is lower relative to the bore.

I have dealt with this in a couple of ways. First, it takes some getting used to, like other guns, and so I put a pad on mine. It is just a sling pad held down with zip ties. It doesn't pad things so much as spreads out the impact some. Remember, you are used to welding your cheek to more surface area than just a tube.

The other thing I found is that I don't rest my cheek bone down on the tube anymore. That is a sort of no brainer. I press the side of my face into the stock's tube, but lower down than resting my cheek bone on the tube. I found this to be especially easy when I am shooting with the stock off center on my chest in a CQB firing position (as with a carbine, off hand, but NOT shouldered, chested). The notion of not putting the cheek bone on the tube itself really should be a self correcting problem, like not overlapping thumbs when shooting a semi auto pistol whereas it is okay with a revolver.
 
"Cheek Slap"

Your instruction manual discusses the issue of "Cheek Slap" and the various methods to overcome it. Double Naught Spy's advice is pretty close. The first step is to lengthen the stock a click. That usually solves the problem The second step is to straighten your head, as Spy suggests. These techniques will help you avoid cheek slap and enjoy shooting.

Have fun,
 
Yeah I believe my cheek was sitting on the tube, so I need to take my cheek and place it as far back as I can on the "cheek pad" I have the powerpak on it also, I noticed that the reason I have to lower my head is I can see the barrel, if I dont and my shot will be off, I have a bead sight, so this is why im having this trouble with keeping my head straight . It was the tube that was killing my cheek bone, as ive been shouldering the shotgun today, trying to adjust so my cheek isnt on the tube. I also noticed if I tilt the shotgun just slightly, I can a better bead picture that looks more "normal".

I will try just keeping my head on the side of the stock instead of a cheek weld which puts my head over it, and see if that works...In the instructions it shows a guys face and where to keep it from getting smacked, but his face is some what on the tube aslo, so that didnt help.

Thanks everyone for your help, any other suggestions would be a great help..
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top