Shotgun advice

[Daniel Honeycutt]

I want to get my son a new shotgun. The problem is he’s currently getting to big for his youth size mossberg model 510 and not quite big enough for a model 500. Is there an in between size or is it better to wait for his growth spurt? He’s currently 11.5 years old and he will get taller.

 

[RR]

Does his 510 have the stock with their spacer system? If not, maybe try picking up one of those stocks? If so, maybe get a full size adult stock for his gun and give that a go? A new stock is cheaper than a new gun..... easier to experiment.

 

[NKD]

When I bought my Franchi Affinity, it came with a youth stock with spacers as well as the full size stock.
Might check into something like that. Or as RR says, just the stock.

 

[Bailey Boat]

Think about shimming his current stock until he has grown into the regular sized stock, save a lot of headache and coin....

 

[Mirac]

Easy, take off the buttplate, scribe a line around it on some wood of different thicknesses. Cut out said wood. use screws just a tad longer to fit it all up.
Bingo bango... run it till he can fit a full size of his liking.

 

[RR]

If you want to play with stacked kydex as a spacer system let me know. I have plenty of small scraps that you could likely stack up pretty easily to make shims/spacers. I'd be happy to throw you some in a box and drop it in the mail.

 

[Cochise]

Kickeez makes 1/4" and 1/2" spacers under $10 that are easy to work and look good when you are finished.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/100648482