I have a mossberg 500. Wood stock. I feel like the trigger is almost a hair too far for my short fingers. It's also smooth (trigger). I now have a dillema. I may start using my shotgun more for deer hunting, and keep it handy for home defense. Oh and also I may take it coyote hunting, due to firearems restrictions in certain areas. But my question is does anyone have a solution for this problem? Or has anyone else seem to have this problem too? And did you fix it somehow. It's obvious that the 870's have a shorter distance from grip to the trigger. You can see how the metal on the reciever is right in line with the back of the trigger guard where the mossberg's continues back for a little bit before the stock starts. The only other thing is I noticed at the gun store when I picked a variety of shotguns up, I thought the remmy was a little thin through the grip. The 590 I picked up seemed almost perfect, but it had the synthetic stock. Does the synthetic pistol grip curve maybe a little quicker than my wood ones? It would be nice to know if anyone else has had this experience before I just go blowing a bunch of money over nothing. I could probably live with this situation but I have a feeling it's going to knaw at me until I figure something out. Help!!!