Need advice on shotgun fit

[Covey Ridge]

Covey Ridge :

I certainly can't take any credit for it being "my way" ... it's just the way it is. QUOTE]

my error! I should have said "the way" or "that way" but said it,
because you suggested it and it is the most practical.

BTW getting a little coaching as you suggest later is a good suggestion. One should explore every option before wood is actually ground off.

 

[Varmit]

If the gun is shooting high then it is likely the comb is too high for you. The "rear sight" of a shotgun is your eye and to lower the pattern you have to lower your eye in relationship to the point of impact.

The Churchill patterning method is to stand 16 yards away from the patterning board and test the gun using a full choke. At that distance every inch of pattern movement equals 1/8" of stock alternation (e.g. if the gun is shooting 4" high then you have to lower the stock by 1/2")

The good news is that this is an easy fix if you want to keep the gun. Start reducing the wood in small increments (1/4" to start) until the pattern is where you want it to be and then have the stock refinished.

yes, I meant to say "too high", it was early this am when i posted. ES175 is going to send me the chruchill details so i might just get this thing to shoot right after all.

 

[beretta boy]

I'm SURE you can ... keep with it.

I took a brand new, fresh out of the case Beretta DT-10 and immediately (after patterning) had it shortened slightly, changed the pitch, had it cast-off and had a new Pachmayr Decelerator Old English pad installed in place of the Beretta factory pad.

 

[Covey Ridge]

I'm SURE you can ... keep with it.

I took a brand new, fresh out of the case Beretta DT-10 and immediately (after patterning) had it shortened slightly, changed the pitch, had it cast-off and had a new Pachmayr Decelerator Old English pad installed in place of the Beretta factory pad.

How do you determine the correct pitch?