Cheek slap?

Most people need negative or as shown in the drawings, down pitch. To achieve this, add washers to the top screw on the recoil pad. It might mark the stock a little, if it is made out of pine, but shouldn't bother a walnut stock. Even if it does, the marks would be under the recoil pad, if they don't disappear when and if you cut the stock.
 
Correct, adding length ( washers) to the top should reduce upward jump ( which is where the face slap comes from) and will redirect this energy rearward, slightly increasing felt recoil at the shoulder. This might not even be noticeable because the contact patch on your shoulder is quite large and a recoil pad softens the blow. The washer trick of course is just temporary to test the theory, a few shots or more probably a round of 25 or two should tell you if you're on the right track. As mentioned, if this is the magic formula to reducing your face slap and doesn't introduce other issues, your next step will be a permanent adjustment to your butt (stock). This can be an angled cut with a new suitably thick recoil pad or one of several adjustable recoil pads which usually can adjust for length of pull, drop at heel, pitch, and toe in or out. More expensive, more versatile, more popular on more expensive guns. And as already pointed out , pitch may not be your problem, or only part of the problem, but this test should give you some idea of where pitch fits into the picture without altering your gun or spending money. You mentioned that the top of the butt pad protrudes above your shoulder and if you do this to get your proper sight picture you need an adjustment in drop at heel. This wouldn't likely be causing your face slap by itself but it may be contributing by causing you to compromise your hold. The adjustable pad will allow you to lower the butt pad as well as alter the pitch.
 
Ashcroft: my input on the post was under the line in the post, the text above the line re: Ashcroft and Sledman was Mi2age quote not mine. See Mi2age post 07/20/2019 @ 11:30 where the text was quoted from.

My only suggestion was to read the article in the link I posted.
 
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Guess I misunderstood, It seemed to me that I was being misquoted. No matter, the point is, try the spacer (washers) under the top of the butt pad or plate.
 
Ran across this exact problem today. A guy was shooting his Churchill and commented that it was hitting his cheek from time to time. He was mounting the gun high on his shoulder exactly as the OP described. He is going to invest in an adjustable butt pad and decrease the pitch a bit. I'm sure that will cure the problem.
 
If looking into the stock fit/dimensions doesn't seem to solve your problem, you may want someone to watch you shoot from the side and see how your body position is while shooting.

Any time i've brought someone new to the range, whenever they shoulder a gun the bodies natural instinct is to lean your torso back slightly to balance out the weight that is now hanging off of the front of your body. When you lean away it shifts the buttpad away from you on the top, giving you more of the "up pitch" from the picture Fireguy posted, so when you fire the gun it wants to pivot up and gives your cheek more of a slap. It also is a weaker position to hold from, so you absorb the recoil more by your torso pivoting from your waist backward. It can also make your shoulder hurt more where the recoil energy is concentrated into a small wedge shape instead of the big rounded out flat area.

If you make a conscious effort to lean forward slightly you'll probably end up with much better contact with the entire buttpad, so you get less of the flipping up with the recoil and your body absorbs the recoil more straight back, instead of rotating in an arc around your waist.

If you notice much of a weight difference between your 870 and the versamax, or if one has a shorter overall length, you may be leaning more or less in a certain direction, which makes your problem worse.

Hopefully you get things sorted out.
 
So many good points but Mi2age have you first looked simply at how you mount the firearm to your shoulder as a starting point? I have seen so many shooters mount the shotgun too far out on the shoulder or low to cause them to lean their head over the gun causing them to feel the comb on their cheekbone. Very uncomfortable issue. Once we know that the mount is not the issue I would then go down the road of adjusting the pitch or cast of the rear stock using a variety of methods. Remember the average Remington 870 was designed for about a 5'10" north american male with a neutral cast. That does not translate to a great fit for everyone's body type or handedness.
 
If your gun does not fit you will lift your cheek off the stock to get the proper sight picture down the rib. This will cause the gun to hit you in the cheek and will result in less consistent results on target. Try building up the comb in order to avoid lifting your head - keep in mind this will change POI.
 
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