Winchester sx3 20 gauge shooting high

[Spiderman645]

Hi everyone I bought a brand new winchester sx3 20 gauge with a 26" barrel and walnut stock. The gun fits me great only problem is that it shoots really high. If I'm at 20 yards and shot a target that is let's say 24"x24" I may put a couple bbs in it at the top and that's pointing right in the middle. none of my other shotguns or any shotgun I've ever shot does this, and it is something I would like to learn how to fix. I've tried different ammo and it all shoots over 1foot high. Do any of you have the same shotgun and have the same problem? Is there a fix to this or may my gun be defected? Thank you.

 

[Beretta687EELL]

You need to pattern the gun from a solid rest to make sure. To change the POI (point of impact) in relation to the POA (point of aim), you have to move the comb in the direction you wish to move the pattern. So, in your case, lower the comb. The other options are to have Briley in the USA make you a special choke tube to change where the barrel shoots OR bend the barrel. Some may say your barrel is defective and others will say it shoots great. I would bet that Winchester will tell you that it is shooting within specs.

 

[mrgoat]

I would not disagree with post #2, but try this first, mount the gun like your going to shoot without think about it. Now what do you see? Do you see a lot of the top of the rib/barrel ? If you do the comb is high. Do you see a lot of the top of the barrel/rib and some of the left side as well ? If you do not only is the comb high the stock is to straight for you and needs some R cast. If you are seeing straight down the rib/barrel and are not looking down on it to any great degree then the stock/comb is the correct height for you but there is another issue causing the gun to shoot high such as a bent barrel. This little experiment will at least tell you if you have a barrel issue or a miss fitting stock issue. Trap guns built specifically to shoot trap are built with high combs so they purposely shoot high as in that game you are shooting rising targets. So when you mount a trap gun and look down the rib your looking down on the rib to quite a degree.

If it is the stock a decent gun smith can alter the height of the comb and the cast if need be by shimming or altering the inletting where the stock meets the receiver. Or you can get out the rasp and lower the height of the comb, but now you have to refinish the whole butt stock. There are other options for the stock but those are the basic two.

If you have a bent barrel issue that is tricky and a job for a experienced gun smith. As mentioned there is also choke tubes that may correct the issue. Then again you need the services of the good gunsmith that has experience with correcting shotgun issues. In SW Ontario I am at loss to suggest anyone as I don't know the area. One fella I know that is an excellent shotgun gunsmith is Steve Milton of Precision Arms in King City just north of Toronto. He has done work for me over the years and it is excellent work. He is a no nonsense type of fella that calls it the way he sees it.
Hope this helps you and gives you a few ideas.

 

[stubblejumper]

Perhaps the SX-3 really doesn't fit you as well as you think it does. I own two SX-3s, and have fired a few more, and I find that for me, they shoot very close to 50/50.

 

[Grouse Man]

The gun isn't shooting high, you're looking low. You need to get your eye further down on the stock to better line up with the barrel's centerline.