Reasons for shooting high?

MrNg
Maybe this horrendously bad graphic will help explain. :)
It would take about a minute to show you in person.
Cheers
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I've slightly corrected the graphic by changing the angle of the second shotgun so that the eye is in line with the sight plane.

The key points are that if you have shouldered the gun to the shoulder first then it is going to be sitting too low and your line of sight will be way too high and above the axis of the bore. (Top graphic)

To shoulder the 870 properly you need to bring the gun up and get a proper sight picture first (as shown bottom right) and cheek weld THEN shoulder the gun (it will sit hig on the shoulder). That way your eye will be low AND in line with the sights and sight plane. If you see the image on the bottom right you have the proper sight picture.

Hope that helps
 
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I have a 410 backpacker with a 12 inch barrel. I have to aim at the partridge's feet to hit the head.

The horrible graphic above explains it. You have to angle the barrel tip up to be able to see the bead. Either aim lower like I do, or put a higher sight on the front like my cousin did. My way is cheaper.
 
I've slightly corrected the graphic by changing the angle of the second shotgun so that the eye is in line with the sight plane.

The key points are that if you have shouldered the gun to the shoulder first then it is going to be sitting too low and your line of sight will be way too high and above the axis of the bore. (Top graphic)

To shoulder the 870 properly you need to bring the gun up and get a proper sight picture first (as shown bottom right) and cheek weld THEN shoulder the gun (it will sit hig on the shoulder). That way your eye will be low AND in line with the sights and sight plane. If you see the image on the bottom right you have the proper sight picture.

Hope that helps
 
MrNg said:
I think I found out why I was shooting high.
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While doing some dry firing I noticed my sight picture was like this. The image is a gross exaggeration but my sight picture looks like the image to the right. The lines are the straight lines on the receiver (not sure what the term is).

If I look straight down the receiver I cannot see the bead. Compared to the wingmaster, looking straight down the receiver I am able to see the bead.

If this is the reason for shooting high, it would appear that you guys are right that the bead is too low.
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Measure the length of pull of both firearms. Are they the same?
 
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