So answer the question, instead of trying to deflect to avoid answering, is it ever a disadvantage to have a shotgun that fits properly.
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Again deflecting, the wrong type of shotgun is the disadvantage in those examples, not the fact that the shotguns fit you. But go ahead and try to find another way to deflect and avoid answering.
So would your high rib trap gun , or field gun be less of a hindrance if they didn't fit you? Would they be of any value for any application if they didn't fit you?
So how many top level trap ,skeet or sporting clays shooters, shoot shotguns that don't fit them? The reality is that you are deflecting to try and make some asinine argument , that proper fit isn't an advantage.
You are talking style, not fit, whether a top level shooter chooses an O/U, or a semi auto, or a single shot trap gun, they use a shotgun that fits them. But you know that, you are just being difficult for some stupid reason, perhaps because you are simply a difficult person that likes to argue.
The point is ,regardless of the numbers they fit, the shotgun points, where the shooter is looking.
To give an actual answer. Its my experience that there is no disadvantage to a properly fitting gun. Movements while having the shotgun mounted are natural and efficient. With the added bonus of not getting smacked in the face from the stock when pulling the trigger. A shotgun that fits properly will also shoot where you are looking. At the patterning board you will see the pattern hitting your point of aim.
Now a shotgun that does not fit, has more drawbacks. These include, but not limited too. Being smacked in the face by the stock, not being comfortable to hold and mount said shotgun. I feel another disadvantage to a shotgun that does not fit you will see at the patterning board. The bulk of your pattern will not be on your point of aim. It will be high left, high right (depends on where your eye is in relation to the rib)
Now i know many people that say their gun shoots "high left". That person has simply adapted their shooting style and lead to account for an off center point if impact. This can be difficult to consistantly repeat, but it is cost efficient.
*disclaimer*
I am not a master shooter, but i like to think i hold my own. I am a clay target shooter. My knowledge is from books that i've read and what i've verified in my experience. The Gunfitting book by Don Currie was a HUGE help for me.
Now a shotgun that does not fit, has more drawbacks. These include, but not limited too. Being smacked in the face by the stock, not being comfortable to hold and mount said shotgun. I feel another disadvantage to a shotgun that does not fit you will see at the patterning board. The bulk of your pattern will not be on your point of aim. It will be high left, high right (depends on where your eye is in relation to the rib)
Now i know many people that say their gun shoots "high left". That person has simply adapted their shooting style and lead to account for an off center point if impact. This can be difficult to consistantly repeat, but it is cost efficient.
*disclaimer*
I am not a master shooter, but i like to think i hold my own. I am a clay target shooter. My knowledge is from books that i've read and what i've verified in my experience. The Gunfitting book by Don Currie was a HUGE help for me.
Exactly! Everyone knows this, some just want to argue.
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Falconflyer
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Nailed it!
Sooh now it doesn’t matter if the stock fits just as long as it has a certain look?? If the stock fits me and I shoot
the gun extremely well, I really don’t care what it looks like but my guns have beautiful wood on them!!
Falconflyer
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Awesome wood Longstud and on the mark with your comment as usual.
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Amen...Carola Mandel
Look at the third shooter. Bob Shuley age 13, still the youngest shooter ever to win the NSSA nationals and with a Model 12 with a Batten Modulator choke. Anyone who thinks a pump gun is a handicap in skeet clearly does not know how to run a pump gun. I have a buddy who has shot the same gun in the 45 years I have known him for both trap and skeet. Only shotgun he owns. An 870 TC, monte carlo stock with a 30" full choked and a 26" skeet choked barrel. He is the smoothest lightning quick proficient pump gun shooter I have ever seen. I swear he is quicker than any autolader I have ever seen.
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