Aftermarket Adjustable Comb Inquiry

Devlin

Devlin

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As I go deeper into the rabbit hole of the shotgun sports, I'm considering having an adjustable comb installed on my Caesar Guerini Magnus Sporting 12 Gauge. There is a guy in my area Vic Tomlinson who was referred by a member of my club who apparently does great work for a reasonable price as well. A job like this is beyond my abilities and I don't have the tooling or knowledge to get it done myself.

The gun hits fairly consistently for me now as it is, so I'm hesitant to mess with it a whole bunch but still intrigued at having more range of adjustment to fine tune it if that makes sense. I'm an average shooter at trap and a novice/intermediate at sporting clays, which are the to primary uses the gun sees.

Interested in hearing opinions or experiences of having this work done and was it a positive experience for you?
 
Have you patterned the gun at 16 yards? Does it shoot where you look? If so leave it alone.

The biggest mistake made with adjustable combs is adjusting them when you don't need to. My favourite clay target gun has an adjustable comb. It patterned right where I wanted as it came from the dealer and has never been moved.
 
It's a nice feature to have, but one that should be rarely used.

When used properly it can make a good fit a great fit.

If you change shooting styles, or have a significant change in weight, it may allow you to keep the gun fit to you without a new stock.




I've watched too many people make frequent adjustments
 
Vic installed adjustable combs on two of my 725s, because they didn't have quite enough drop at comb for me.. I did a little testing the first day after I received the guns back, and the stocks haven't been adjusted since. My new 28 gauge 725 has more drop at comb, and it fits me without any adjustment, so I will not have this gun altered.
 
stubblejumper said:
Vic installed adjustable combs on two of my 725s, because they didn't have quite enough drop at comb for me.. I did a little testing the first day after I received the guns back, and the stocks haven't been adjusted since. My new 28 gauge 725 has more drop at comb, and it fits me without any adjustment, so I will not have this gun altered.
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Did the installation of the combs affect the balance of the shotgun? Does/will Vic remove wood from the stock to maintain the same balance point?
 
Claybuster said:
Did the installation of the combs affect the balance of the shotgun? Does/will Vic remove wood from the stock to maintain the same balance point?
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The installation may have moved the balance point very slightly, but if anything, I prefer it the way it is. He actually had to add a small block of wood inside the 20 gauge stock, because while cutting the comb, he cut through one corner due to the size of the cavity in the stock. The 12 gauge has more wood in the comb, so it didn't happen with that stock.He filled the cut out so well, I would not have known, if he hadn't told me.
 
Vic does very good work.

As mentioned above, once you have the gun shooting where you want it, don't move the comb.

In your particular case, an adjustable comb may be of great value, because you shoot sporting and trap. General rule of thumb is that a flat shooting gun is used for sporting and a higher shooting gun is used for trap. You may find some benefit to being able to raise the comb when you shoot trap and lower it when you shoot sporting.
 
My intent is to set it and forget it as much as possible, as I've had similar experience coming from the rifle world too much screwing around leads to second guessing and you end up playing a vicious head game of one more tweak and it will be perfect I just know it....this kinda drove me out of the rifle game quite honestly.

Appreciate all the replies gang, looks like a number of you are here in SW Ontario as well. I shoot out at Twin City with the occasional trip around the sporting course at Galt when I want to humble myself. Planning to try my hand at the Bronze Horseshoe league and get out to the next shoot at Twin City on Feb 5th. Would be great to meet some of you if your involved.
 
Claybuster said:
Have you patterned the gun at 16 yards? Does it shoot where you look? If so leave it alone.
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It shoots just a little left for me, I tried some other guns with an adjustable comb that was kicked over to the right just a bit and it worked out to a more centered pattern on the board, if that makes sense. That's what led me to consider getting the stock altered.
 
Devlin said:
It shoots just a little left for me, I tried some other guns with an adjustable comb that was kicked over to the right just a bit and it worked out to a more centered pattern on the board, if that makes sense. That's what led me to consider getting the stock altered.
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Yes! I say go for it. Vic does good work. Then set it and forget it as you say. Thats the best way.
 
Devlin said:
It shoots just a little left for me, I tried some other guns with an adjustable comb that was kicked over to the right just a bit and it worked out to a more centered pattern on the board, if that makes sense. That's what led me to consider getting the stock altered.
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Then it's a good idea. I've never had Vic do any work for me but I know others who have and haven't heard any complaints.
 
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