digger Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 in this months shooting gazette is a letter that describes how to shoot with an ill fitting gun and stop it from bruising the second finger.my 16 bore does it to me and im loathe to put a recoil pad on it as the rubber slip on ones are nasty and i cant afford to have one put on by a gunsmith. in the letter the guy suggests pulling the gun in with the hand thats leading and pushing with the trigger hand,in effect squeezing the center of the gun by applying pressure from the fore end back to the trigger. has anyone tried this ? i will give it a go but think it will get lost along with the swing dont poke,mount smoothly,dont forgt its only got two shots and is a non ejector messages that are all trying to reach my hands from my befuddled brain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 I suffer with this problem with my S/S so I solved it by wrapping a nice little piece of felt around the back of the trigger guard and sewing it in place. Acts like a little recoil pad for my ‘ikkle finger. G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 my dad had a problem like that with my 12g straight hand stock o/u biakal, basically because of the size and shape of his hands, fits me beutifully with no contact at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white fox Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Had the same problem 2 years ago with my AYA XXV, First two days I used it, bruised like he££, then on the third outing it was fine to this day. Don't ask me what I did different, I have no idea. My conclusion was that my brain told my hand to alter it's grip without telling me. Funny things brains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted January 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 the letter also states that this method reduces recoil felt in the shoulder too,and the guy who wrote it has been dove shooting in argentina,lucky sod. going to miss a few clays on sunday trying this theory out i think.trouble is the clay ground i shoot at only sees one sbs and thats mine.makes the other guns think i can shoot well so they linger to watch :*) would take the semi but not comfortble with others not knowing its safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Had this problem last year, spoke to an expert shot and he reckoned I wasn't gripping the gun tightly enough with my trigger hand and that it was sliding back and knocking the second finger. Got so bad one busy pigeon day that a big callous came up and eventually started bleeding. I now grip the gun more firmly and it's made all the difference. Apparently it's less likely with a pistol grip stock as the hand is positioned differently, I'm using a Spanish S/S most of the time which has no pistol grip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 It seems everyone has a different explaination but the one I have heard is that if the stock is too short then this will happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Had my finger bruised and mangled when I used my old s/s once when my son was using my o/u. The stock is far too short and my finger was taking the recoil and as it was a good day with me firing about 100 cartridges, I had a sore finger for several days. Haven't fired it since and that was about 9 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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