sitsinhedges Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Just bought myself a new O/U but having tried it a couple of times at the clay ground I come away feeling like i've had a good slap around my right cheek. No particularly noticeable recoil in the shoulder. The gun is 20gauge but at nearly 7lb is no lightweight and the cartridges were largely 21gram magnasonics Why is this and what can be done about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbuss Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Comb too high? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted March 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) Comb too high? Not sure but in all fairness to the gun the comb is identical to my Urika and that has never left me with a sore face. It does seem to have a little bit of right hand cast where the urika seems neutral. Edited March 27, 2013 by sitsinhedges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Stock too short? def sounds like a gunfit problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickmep Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 could be poor gun mount. i had a similar sounding thing when using my 682, but didnt get it with a 391 i had at the same time. turned out i wasnt mounting gun properly in my shoulder pocket and due to the rising sporter comb on the 682 i was getting knocked on the face as the gun recoiled backwards. a bit of gunfit advice from a good coach had it sorted pretty much straight away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Stock to short or to much cast Cast can increase recoil quite significantly for some facial types Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retromlc Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 i had the same thing,stock was too short,thicker pad sorted it.Also are you tilting your head to look down the rib,if so I think it needs more cast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Just bought myself a new O/U but having tried it a couple of times at the clay ground I come away feeling like i've had a good slap around my right cheek. No particularly noticeable recoil in the shoulder. The gun is 20gauge but at nearly 7lb is no lightweight and the cartridges were largely 21gram magnasonics Why is this and what can be done about it? The gun doesn't fit! See a decent coach and have it fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Poon Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 If you have your cheek too loose on the comb it's going to bounce back and hit your cheek , that was my problem a while ago , so just bury your cheek down abit more on the comb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Are you shooting Sporting or DTL? My Browning 325 Sporter was fine for shooting Sporting,but I couldn't shoot DTL with it as it slapped me in the cheek...hard.Nephews Beretta SP 5 does the same,even at Sporting.Gun fit issue I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 I've got a Beretta Silver Pigeon sporter that I once used in a pigeon hide to shoot over 100 pigeons. It's my clay gun and I've used it with no slap-cheek on clays but always shot it pre-mounted. Obviously on the pigeons I wasn't pre-mounted and it didn't half rattle me in the face in the end. My conclusion is that it doesn't fit me as well as I thought it did, which when pre-mounting didn't seem to matter so much. I was scoring pretty well, some days 80-odd % on sporting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted March 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Are you shooting Sporting or DTL? My Browning 325 Sporter was fine for shooting Sporting,but I couldn't shoot DTL with it as it slapped me in the cheek...hard.Nephews Beretta SP 5 does the same,even at Sporting.Gun fit issue I think. Just Sporting and skeet etc. It's ultimately going to be a field gun but I want to get bedded in with it so I can hit stuff as well as I can with the Urika. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted April 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Well I went to Kibworth today and the owner, Rose, and the Coach very generously had a good look at my shooting stance along with trying a few clays to confirm. It was found I was holding the gun too much onto my shoulder rather than in the shoulder pocket meaning I was tilting my head too much and catching the recoil. Now things seem to be back on track and I'm starting to shoot well with the new gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 sometimes its helpful to try the Churchill mount method - hold the gun as usual but place the butt under your shooting shoulder. As you mount, push forward with the left hand(if right handed) and push the gun into the shoulder socket. It should mount on your cheek without moving your head significantly and, hopefully be correct for the shot as it touches the cheeck midway between your top and bottom tooth line. Might be worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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