thanks for the links guys...now i just gotta wait till my paycheck arrives......
like i said, this is my SECOND 870, my first one is my hunting gun that i have hunted with for the past 13 years and i already know what i dont like about the stocks, i have broken my left wrist twice and carrying an 8 pound shotgun all day in the deer woods really hurts my wrist, hence the pistol grip fore end, it will be loads easier on my wrist, i have handled my uncles 870 with a pistol grip stock and i prefered the way it handled, this is my home defense/slug gun, i dont need a 28'' barrel banging around in the dark in the narrow hallways of my trailer house....before i buy anything i research it diligently and try to handle it as much as possible before plunking down the cash, this is not to be the coolest kid on the block, if i was trying to be the coolest kid on the block then i would have a folding stock, barrel shroud, bayonet and about 8 shells hanging off the gun some way some how. i dont like being tacticool.....i prefer being smarter and better equipped than any adversary that i might run up against....