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Why does my 12b give me a black eye?


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Bettinsoli O/U Deluxe 12b I have the same gun and have more or les the same problem i tend to get bruised cheek and also

End up with very large bruise on the inside of my right arm not my shoulder, not that this matters as i cannot shoot for toffee anyway. I think the gun dosent fit me properly at all it seems too long for me; trouble is i am stuck with it as i cannot afford to get another one. My fault should have tried the gun first wouldn’t have another one :good:

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A bad gun mount and a low comb will give you more of a kick rather than a higher combed gun due to the gun rotation under recoil as the lower gun will recoil more than a higher one.

 

Can you reference this? Its an opinion I have never seen before and would be interested in the basis for it.

 

While I agree that bad gun mount and low combs often give an adverse re-action to recoil, the recoil value remains the same regardless of the comb height - its simply that the wrong parts of the shooter's body are contacting, ie the cheek bone or the heel pad is not in full contact spreading the load - but the recoil value itself is constant.

 

I can see that a lower drop to heel would cause greater "rotation" and induces muzzle flip, but my view is this is only of any significance in a S/S and the comb height itself is not the culprit, its the differential between the pressure line back from the barrels and the heel contact. On an U/O this pressure line is directly back into the heel on the under barrel ( which is why U/O's are preferred for competition and that U barrel should be fired first), so this aspect is minimised on an U/O.

 

Where can I find more info into the described effect of a lower gun recoiling more than a higher one?

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Bettinsoli O/U Deluxe 12b I have the same gun and have more or les the same problem i tend to get bruised cheek and also

End up with very large bruise on the inside of my right arm not my shoulder, not that this matters as i cannot shoot for toffee anyway. I think the gun dosent fit me properly at all it seems too long for me; trouble is i am stuck with it as i cannot afford to get another one. My fault should have tried the gun first wouldn’t have another one :good:

 

Maybe get it altered to fit you? No where near the price of a new one and it may only be a couple of minor changes in either the gun or your mount.

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I tried one a few weeks back, and had the same problem, kept smacking my cheek.. Gunsmith suggested I try it with slip on recoil pad to see if it would give me a better fit. Whilst waiting for one to come in stock, the shop got a less than year old lanber in.. Went and tried it out, fitted nicely, no smack cheek and saved myself £150..

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  • 2 weeks later...

Hi all, tried the thicker but pad, and tried shooting with my cheek a little less toward the break, it worked. I'm getting on with it for now, but I'm hopefully gnna get a lefty at an up and coming gun fair in Feb, my mount is a bit hit and miss with this gun. Lesson learnt - dont buy a gud without testing it first!

 

ATB, Col.

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