Hi folks. I wasn't sure if I should have put this in the General category, so if I screwed up somebody just move it. I've just recently gotten interested in shooting the shotgun. After 35 years of nothing but high power shooting, it seems kinda weird, almost like I'm starting over again. One of the reasons I never messed with the shotgun much was because I am cross dominant, and could never hit anything with it. I've got a fellow out at the local gun club who is going to be working with me in trying to overcome that problem though, and I'm anxious to give it a stab once again. My question however concerns the length of pull of a gun. I've got a Remington 870 pump that I'm starting off with, but it seems like every time I try to shoulder the gun, it catches me under the arm pit. I measured from the trigger to the center of the buttpad and it is 14 inches. Also, when I bring my face down onto the stock, I feel like I'm way back on the stock. Just doesn't feel natural. I've thought about cutting the stock shorter, but don't want to butcher the wood if that's not the real problem. How can I go about checking this to see if that is the problem? Is shortening the stock something that is done often to guns? Thanks for any advice you could give me. Ron