Glenshooter Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) I will shortly be getting a new shotgun for my lad and am trying to cut through all the BS that we possibly get from gun shops. (Wish I had been a bit more careful last time! ) I believe that the most important attribute in a shotgun is a good fit, more important than choke, wood figuring etc etc Could the shot-gunners please tell me if they manage to get an off-the-rack shotgun that fits them without adjustment. Changing butt pads is OK and I wouldn't classify that as adjustment, thinking more of getting the stock "bent" to make the gun fit. Also, please no crossover stocks - just an average shooter. Reason I ask is to figure out if it is realistic to get a gun that fits or do we need to budget in some "fitting" work and that would determine where I would buy it. Main use of gun will be on sporting clays. Edited March 24, 2008 by Glenshooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Git Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I bought a Browning B525 that fitted me fine with no adjustment, to be honest I only looked at Beretta, Miroku and Browning, I'd decided that was the sort of money I could afford and knowing myself quite well I knew if I spent less I'd only want to upgrade to one of those makes so cut out one phase of buying and selling. The Beretta / Miroku both had very slightly shorter stocks, and were a bit lower in the comb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagsy Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I'm a tall lanky sod and thought I'd have problems getting a gun that fits. I've got a beretta and have been lucky as the longer pad supplied makes the gun fit. I wouldn't have known this in the shop though - to be honest they wanted to sell me something I didn't want and didn't check the fit properly. I have had the gun fit checked at a shooting ground by a qualified instructor - money saved longer term IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I've had every shotgun I've owned, fitted to me. Why on earth wouldn't you have a new gun fitted? If I was going to spank £1000+ on a new shotgun, I'd throw in another £100 to have a trained eye tweak the fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Have a look on here http://www.ospschool.com/know.html There is a fair bit of infomation in the different sections. If it doesn't fit it's very difficult to shoot well but you have to be able to mount the gun exactly in the same place every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenshooter Posted March 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Why on earth wouldn't you have a new gun fitted? If the gun fits perfectly as it comes there would be no need to get it fitted. The background to my question was really to establish if most people were 'average' enough to suit a gun 'as it comes' or whether most people needed to get it adjusted, sorry if I didn't make myself clear. I got my gun fitted but being a freak of nature, it is unlikely that any standard gun would fit me. And even then, I had some pretty hamfisted attempts by gunsmiths to adjust the stock, some of their attempts costing me a shed load of money as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenshooter Posted March 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Mr BlaserF3 - excellent link - many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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