I hear what you are saying my GPR has become a safe queen for the same reasons.

If learning to shoot with that style of stock is a non-starter because of the clothes you have to wear you might want to take a look at Jaeger rifles. Jaeger's are shorter than Kentucky/Pennsylvania rifles so they are easy to hunt with. And most importantly for you the Jaeger has a flat chunky butt. Nothing against the GPR but after buying a Jaeger I never wanted to shoot a crescent stocked rifle again.

Here is a pic of a Jaeger from ToW: