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Another noob question,
To the best of my knowledge, which is very limited, the reason that shotgun "fit" is so important is because the shooter's eyeball is the rear sight. Lets put this point on hold for a second.
At an indoor range, at max distance (60 feet / 20 yards) I tested 4 different 1-oz. slugs, boxes of 5 each. Federal "Truball", Rio low-recoil, Seller-Beliot and Fiocchi low-recoil. It was a little hard to tell the difference between the wad holes and the slug holes on paper but suffice to say that the Federal and Fiocchi were the tightest groups, but all groups shot right-to-right-and-high of my center X's. Having one more X on the paper, I picked the Fiochi and aimed at the bottom-left of my circle and put all 5 on the X.
Now, back to my "fit" question, can you experts give me an idea of what I need to change (my stock has some adjustment options, I know its not a LOT but its something) to get my slugs from shooting high-right to dead-on?
Alternately, maybe 60-feet is not the right distance for shooting slugs, I'm fully prepared for that, and the fact that they are shooting high may be a good thing, if that's the case then I only need to correct the shooting right.
Any help is appreciated!
Also note, I'm signed up for the SoCal Skeet clinic on the 20th of this month, and I know Captain Dick and the crew will help me to get fit/mount as part of the exercise. So maybe this question is moot, but I would still like to know what you guys think.
To the best of my knowledge, which is very limited, the reason that shotgun "fit" is so important is because the shooter's eyeball is the rear sight. Lets put this point on hold for a second.
At an indoor range, at max distance (60 feet / 20 yards) I tested 4 different 1-oz. slugs, boxes of 5 each. Federal "Truball", Rio low-recoil, Seller-Beliot and Fiocchi low-recoil. It was a little hard to tell the difference between the wad holes and the slug holes on paper but suffice to say that the Federal and Fiocchi were the tightest groups, but all groups shot right-to-right-and-high of my center X's. Having one more X on the paper, I picked the Fiochi and aimed at the bottom-left of my circle and put all 5 on the X.
Now, back to my "fit" question, can you experts give me an idea of what I need to change (my stock has some adjustment options, I know its not a LOT but its something) to get my slugs from shooting high-right to dead-on?
Alternately, maybe 60-feet is not the right distance for shooting slugs, I'm fully prepared for that, and the fact that they are shooting high may be a good thing, if that's the case then I only need to correct the shooting right.
Any help is appreciated!
Also note, I'm signed up for the SoCal Skeet clinic on the 20th of this month, and I know Captain Dick and the crew will help me to get fit/mount as part of the exercise. So maybe this question is moot, but I would still like to know what you guys think.
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