Fuji Shooter Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 (edited) During a recent skeet lesson the coach suggested I alter my gun mount slightly. After about 15 shots my shoulder was in pieces and I had to retire for the day. He put this down the the slightly raised toe on the Miroku Mk70 and suggested I had it ground flat and fit a new pad. Anyone had this done or suggest an alternative? Edited January 6, 2009 by Freakmode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter De La Mare Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Did the new mount improve your shooting? If so, then do as the man says. If not, seek a second opinion, or try a gun that already has the correct heel/toe configuration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Try a softer cartridge as well. I cannot understand why shotguns are still sold with hard butt plates they just beat you to pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji Shooter Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I was shooting 24gr and then switched to 21gr but this made little difference once the pain had started to set in. To be honest the change in mount made little difference to the number of clays broken. In fact I shot the first 5 pairs without loss before he asked me to adjust. I will try one of the Pachmayr slip on pads with the sporting slope when I can find one but they all seem to be out of stock in medium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEREALTHRILLER Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Have you had the pain before or only after the coach suggested you alter your gun mount? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toombsy Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Don't alter your gun mate - once it's ground it's lost a lot of its value. Skeet certainly isn't easy, and if you haven't had your shoulder problems before, just get your stance right, get your swing right, swing through the clays and practice, practice, practice. Dry mounting daily will definitely help you enormously. You only have to take a look at any gun club rack and I bet all of the Mirooks and Brownings belonging to good shots will still have curved butt plates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pair away Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 i have a miroku mk70 and in the past i suffered with shoulder pain ( recoil ) i had the stock cut straight and a kick eez pad fitted , im not saying its made me shoot 25 straight on skeet but if i come off with 15 i do not have shoulder pain and thats got to be a good thing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Don't alter your gun mate - once it's ground it's lost a lot of its value. Skeet certainly isn't easy, and if you haven't had your shoulder problems before, just get your stance right, get your swing right, swing through the clays and practice, practice, practice. Dry mounting daily will definitely help you enormously. You only have to take a look at any gun club rack and I bet all of the Mirooks and Brownings belonging to good shots will still have curved butt plates. What rubbish, If your gun doesn't fit you then you may as well take up golf. Skeet isn't easy, but nor is anything else. Your gun needs to point where you are looking, if it is hurting when you have it mounted correctly then it needs altering. Why should the gun lose value? if you have the alterations done professionally it won't. If your gun needs altering so you mount it correctly each and every time then it needs altering. The good shots who haven't altered their guns either had them made for them or were lucky enough to find a gun off the shelf that suited them. Or they have been shooting so long that they have fitted themselves to the gun. Dry mounting is a complete waste of time if the gun doesn't fit or you are mounting wrong. You don't suddenly become good a clay shooting because you have stood in front of a mirror and mounted your gun 1000 times. Get a second opinion by all means but if you need to alter your gun to shoot well then do it, because if it hurts time after time you will soon want to give up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji Shooter Posted January 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 I have a gun in with Potter and Walker (The Art of Gunsmithing:The Shotgun Author) in Evesham this week. When I pick it up I'll ask him about flatting off the end and putting a better pad on. I thought about the Pachmayr sporting one. When he chopped the lads down and fitted a pad I think he only charged £50. I love his workshop, could spend all day in there, its like stepping back in time and he is a really friendly bloke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopian Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Lew Potter is a good gunsmith and a honest and enthusiastic shooter, he will help and sort you out. Take your Miroku to him, get him to check your mount and stance.If these are both okay and not a cause for concern or alteration, you should seriously consider your health and muscular / skeletal issues.A solid wooden butt /plastic stockplate should not hurt with 24grm or 21grm shells. Are you sure you do not have an injury or another issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crow_Killer Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 What cartridges were you using becasue i got a miruko MK38 and the kick on that depends on what type of cartridge i use so that might be the problem. But if u want to change a butt pad then i recommend using a Kickees pad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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