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P11

P11

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Morning fellas. I was hoping someone here could help me out with my shotgun mount/fitment.

I bought a Beretta a350 and planned on using it for hunting and some trap but im having issues with the fit and wondering how to fix it. My issue seems to be I cant get my head down into the stock enough when I shoulder it from a high ready or sometimes even a low ready.

I don't have a consistent mount , which ends with me missing easy clays. I feel like my head is floating above the stock often times which leads me to believe I need to bring up the comb with shims. But I read if my head is floating I need to drop the stock comb. Honestly I am a little confused and just need some advice or tips.

Additionally I tried taping a plastic straw to the rib and mounting the gun with eyes closed to see if my eye lines up through the hole of the straw, and it does, which is odd.

I find the browning a5 fits me a lot better out of the box and i have no issues with my head floating or getting poor cheek weld.
 
It's difficult at best and most likley impossible to diagnose a fit problem online. You're better off to find someone who actually knows what they're doing to acompany you to shoot a couple of stations and watch you shoot. If you ask around at your local club someone should be able to point you in the right direction to find someone who can help.
Once you get the fit figured out, then you need to practice your mounting of the gun..... a lot! I started shooting sporting clays before shooters were allowed to start with a pre mounted gun and I would mount my gun every day a few times to develop muscle memory and that has stayed with me to this day. You need to be able to bring the gun up to your face and should be looking down the center of the rib without having to adjust your head on the stock. Look at a point a few yards in front of you and mount the gun aiming at it, then look down at the rib to see if your eye is centered, even being out a tiny bit will multiply into yards at 25 or 35 yards and an adjustmant to the comb is required.
I still shoot sporting clays without pre mounting the gun, it's just second nature for me but you have to do it a lot to get to this point. Find some help and pay for some coaching, it will pay dividends!
 
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Ya my club does not have any shotgun sports. I mainly shoot clays on my property. But yes I understand what you are saying.


I was hoping for some input with regards to which way I should shim the stock based on my "symptoms" lol
 
hey P11, i have the similar issues with the beretta, can't get the head low enough. browning was a perfect fit off the shelf. Perazzi fit me great with no adjustment, as did ljutic. everyone is different.
 
Your post is unclear. Are you having to mash your cheek into the stock to get the correct sight picture? Or is the correct sight picture realized with your head floating above the stock? Does you gun have a mid bead for reference purposes?
BTW - most new shooters mount their gun incorrectly by bringing their gun to their shoulder and dropping their head to the stock. This can result in a ####-eyed arrgt. A better approach is to bring your gun to your cheek, and then settle the gun on your shoulder. This is not easy to do, and requires practice and muscle memory as advised by Falconflyer.
 
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Ummm, seems pretty simple. Sell the beretta and get the browning. Fact of life with shotguns, they don’t fit, they hit the road.
 
cosmic said:
Your post is unclear. Are you having to mash your cheek into the stock to get the correct sight picture? Or is the correct sight picture realized with your head floating above the stock? Does you gun have a mid bead for reference purposes?
BTW - most new shooters mount their gun incorrectly by bringing their gun to their shoulder and dropping their head to the stock. This can result in a ####-eyed arrgt. A better approach is to bring your gun to your cheek, and then settle the gun on your shoulder. This is not easy to do, and requires practice and muscle memory as advised by Falconflyer.
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thanks for your input.
 
Have you patterned the gun? If you don't know where it's shooting, you don't know what to correct. Pattern it at 32 yards and see where it's shooting.
If you look at the Beretta and the Browning side by side, it might show radical differences in the stock. That could be your problem. Are the stock lengths the same?
You seem to dismiss Cosmic's comments but he is exactly right. You should be able to bring your gun to your shoulder and shoot, without adjusting your head or sighting down the barrel. If you think you need to add something to the stock then you probably do. Try some cardboard or styrofoam taped on and see what happens. An adjustable buttpad might be the solution too. It works for me.
 
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