I, too, cut my teeth on a Remington 870, and I like the fit of an 870, with an extension pad on the stock butt.However, there are some issues of which I think a person should be aware.A Remington butt stock has a length of pull of 14 inches. At 14 inches, at the heel, the drop is 2.5 inches and at the comb, the drop is 1.5 inches. Now when I put that slip on recoil pad on a Remington, I extend the length to 14.25, but I, also, create a heel drop exceeding 2.5 inches...to about 2.67 inches. You will increase felt recoil, when you lower the drop at heel. Now, this isn't a complaint...this is what I prefer, and, in fact, have my Beretta adjusted to a 2.6 drop at heel.Just by comparison, the Nova takes a different approach. They still want the field type of stock, but the length of pull is .25 inches longer to 14.25 and it is only dropped to 1.75 inches at the heel...that's a full .50 inch difference between the Nova and the Remington at heel drop, but if you made the Remington 14.25 with a slip on butt pad (making it the same as Nova), you would be talking about a difference of .92, which is almost a full inch. One inch is a big difference in heel drop, as concerns felt recoil...a big difference.I can tell you, just from reading the numbers, that this gun wouldn't fit me very well. HOWEVER, if it fits you, then the felt felt recoil will be less, and the cheek slap will be less....you will feel the difference.There is another issue to consider as concerns recoil. The Nova comes with an optional recoil reducer that appears to be quite easy to install, in the butt stock. Primarily, this recoil reducer is offered on their 3.5 inch guns. However, if you are shooting skeet, and the recoil reducer doesn't bounce the barrel around too much, I would certainly consider such an option.There would be no question that I would, personally, prefer the 870 to the Nova. However, if that Nova butt stock fits you, I would lean towards the Nova, just because it would offer less recoil, because the stock is more in line with the barrel, and because it has a recoil reducer option, which would better facilitate your desire to shoot clays.So called, "Pumper Clubs" are becoming very popular at the local gun club levels, and these people are VERY good skeet shooters....they have always been good at trap. I think they, also, have more fun with shotgun sports. In skeet, you need a perfectly fitting gun, and these field stocks (because they slop a full inch from comb to heel) allow that to happen quite easily by merely adjusting the LOP (length of pull), which drops the cheek down EXACTLY on the same spot, and all of the pumper guys figure this out. You will even see them shave rubber recoil pads to get it just right.I watched a guy, last year, shoot skeet with a 20 *****, Winchester Model 12. The visual is beautiful to observe, but the combination of watching and "hearing" that shell shuck out on the doubles is truly poetry in motion.