Is it me??

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Has anyone ever had a shotgun that they just can’t shoot well?

I bought a revolution arms cheap Turkish semi to use as a duck gun, something that wouldn’t hurt my feeling to throw in the bottom of the boat or kayak cause I hate doing that stuff with my browning silver (wood stock)

Anyway after a couple hunts Im realizing that I can’t hit $h!+ with the thing.. I’m missing shots that I would have never missed with my silver.. no I didn’t pattern it or even shoot the thing before taking it out hunting cause it showed up right before opener.

Anyone else experience this?
 
You just learned the importance of shotgun fit. Unfortunately many people have no clue as to shotgun fit, and they shoot very ;poorly, because they are using shotguns that don't fit them.
 
A few years ago I decided to take a 1/2 inch shim out of my butt stock thinking it would match my short arms better. The next few hunts I couldn’t hit a thing, put it back in and I was back to normal. Sometimes it doesn’t take much.
 
Compare the "pitch" between the gun you shoot well and the one that shoots poorly. Stand the two on a hard floor, butts flat against the floor, and see where the barrels point in relation to each other.
 
Lodi said:
Compare the "pitch" between the gun you shoot well and the one that shoots poorly. Stand the two on a hard floor, butts flat against the floor, and see where the barrels point in relation to each other.
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Drop at comb, and cast are the biggest factors that I have seen, as far as shotgun fit effecting a persons shooting.
 
stubblejumper said:
Drop at comb, and cast are the biggest factors that I have seen, as far as shotgun fit effecting a persons shooting.
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I agree. Pitch is the third and lease important. Still a factor though.

To answer the OP’s original question. It’s not you and it’s not the gun. It’s both of you together that doesn’t work. I had a 1956 wing master for many years. Later I bought an a400 Beretta. Couldn’t shot for sh2t with it. Completely different cast and drop. I adjusted it as much as I could and still struggled with it. I have since extended the butt plate and it improved enough that I can shoot it fairly well today.
 
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Check that the plastic stock bolt hasn’t stripped. Only one of those things I ever saw in the field had that exact thing happen part of a box into opening day. I was at the boat ramp and got got see the aftermath.
 
Have you tried patterning it on paper? Some guns and choke and ammo combinations can shoot other places than point of aim
I have troubles with the old auto5. I can't seem to see past the back of the reciever
 
Going to chime in when your shooting your shotgun for the first time try to duplicate the same conditions as if your hunting - like wear your hunting gear to check for fit because you will shoot differently if you shoot your shotgun wearing a tee shirt etc etc. I had the same issue with a Browning I had to extend myself more and align up as supposed to my 870 Rem which was point and shoot
 
IvoB said:
Going to chime in when your shooting your shotgun for the first time try to duplicate the same conditions as if your hunting - like wear your hunting gear to check for fit because you will shoot differently if you shoot your shotgun wearing a tee shirt etc etc. I had the same issue with a Browning I had to extend myself more and align up as supposed to my 870 Rem which was point and shoot
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It your shotgun isn't point and shoot, it doesn't fit you, you shouldn't have to change how you hold each shotgun. I have O/U, SxS, and semi auto's, and I just point and shoot them all.
 
I have seen two guns that when shot at the pattern board at the board were way off , so far off that nobody that tried could hit center when aiming there!
Bother were Bennelis and both times the owners were told it was them.
I ended up fixing one by making a shim that had over 1/4 deviation in it, crazy.
Those two guns were extreme examples however.
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I had a Browning Gold I loved to shoot but missed too much with it compared to my 870 and sold it.
 
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