deershooter Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 How common are these in the field ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Not very, but my dad uses a Hellis with a cross over stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 Only seen two iirc used in the last decade,one had a leather pad on the cheek fixed with what looked like upholstery tacks. Quite hard to find one that fits you off the shelf. I picked one up and after moving around a bit I could have shot it but it wasn't a comfy mount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ips Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Never seen one in fourty years of shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 https://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/361853-midland-gun-company-cross-over-12-gauge/ Although I'd guess this was not made as a true crossover as the top tang is straight and not bent to follow the stock. My dad's was built as a cross eyed and all the metal work follows the curvature of the stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunman Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Like every thing else they need getting used to , Lots have been made and used very successfully . How common in the field ? I would say not very these days as less people shoot Side by Sides , O/U's being a lot more difficult to stock cross over , although I have seen a couple . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Full cross overs are getting extremely rare now that go from right shoulder to left eye or the reverse. A few that line up in the centre of both eyes are about and in use still. The tendency now is to shoot off the other shoulder or close an eye to rectify eye dominance issues, but cross overs are still very useful for those with physical disabilities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) I have only ever seen one in use - and it was many years ago and inappropriate - being a family gun specially made for a grandfather(?) and no handed down to the grandson, who would have been much better with a 'normal' gun. I have left eye dominance, but I'm right handed ........ and once toyed with the idea of buying one. Fortunately, sound advice prevailed and I learned to shoot just blinking the left eye - which has worked tolerably well for me. I was told at the time that they were easily broken (stocks), didn't fit normal cases, often MUCH more expensive to repair (best ones have curved parts on a sidelock)and kick like mules. I know one gunmaker/stocker who makes/adapts a few, usually for disabled people. Edited September 18, 2017 by JohnfromUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deershooter Posted September 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 I ask as I'm trying to sell one but have had little response to advertising Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Deershooter the market for SxS seems soft at the moment so a crossover could take some selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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