I recently purchased a used Winchester 1300 youth and ladies model in 20 ga. I intended it for a multi-purpose gun that both my daughter (14 yr) and I could use. We went to the trap club this afternoon, I shot my A-5 and she had the Winchester. She went 0 for 25 and was pretty discouraged. Being a very poor shot with a scatter-gun myself, the trap club was a ploy to get someone with more experience to help her out (and get some pointers myself. The 14/25 that I shot was the best I have done in my life.)
The end result was a little bit of instruction and the revelation that the youth model gun is still way too big for her. It looks like at lease 1-1.5 inches have to come off the stock and the recoil pad needs to move down by 3 inches. (I.e., when properly mounted, there is about 3 inches of recoil pad above her shoulder.)
I could probably shorten the stock, but I don't have a clue how to bring the recoil pad down. Any ideas.
Also, the youth stock is a different part number, but will a standard stock fit? Is it just the length of pull that is different, or is there something else that can't be fixed with basic carpentry?