Pattern Plates

[Slug]

Opinions please on how to use to best effect, I want to test the pattern but also gun fit ie when I mount and shoot is the shot really going where my eyes think it is going ? Do I " Aim " the shotgun at a point on the board or do I just mount and shoot as I would when going for a clay.

 

Cheers for opinions..

[humperdingle]

Best way seems to be this:

 

Stand with gun mounted... point the gun somewhere toward the ground between you and the pattern plate... raise the gun slowly upwards... fire when the bead covers the target. Keep gun moving, but slowly.

[Andy H]

Stick a 4" piece of black insulation tape in the middle of the pattern plate to simulate the shape of a clay at distance and then stand 25-30yds away and then imagine that you have said pull , Raise the gun and shoot as though it was a clay just hanging in the air.

Then go and look at where the centre of the shot group is , Do this 4 or 5 times and then try to see where the average group centre is , This will give you an indication of where that particular gun is shooting for you, And give you some idea where to alter your point of aim to compensate.

[Markio]

Stick a 4" piece of black insulation tape in the middle of the pattern plate to simulate the shape of a clay at distance and then stand 25-30yds away and then imagine that you have said pull , Raise the gun and shoot as though it was a clay just hanging in the air.

Then go and look at where the centre of the shot group is , Do this 4 or 5 times and then try to see where the average group centre is , This will give you an indication of where that particular gun is shooting for you, And give you some idea where to alter your point of aim to compensate.

 

Wouldn't it be better to have the gun altered instead? Compensating is all well and good but if you gun is shooting low for example then you'd have to compensate in two different ways for rising or dropping targets.

[Slug]

Thanks for replies, i was heading toward the cast etc, this guy at the ground said if it is shooting off they heat the stock up and weight it and correct it ? Is that true... :blink:

[humperdingle]

Depending on what way the cast is off, you might get away with a beartooth comb raiser or similar. They come with different thicknesses of pads.

[Breastman]

Thanks for replies, i was heading toward the cast etc, this guy at the ground said if it is shooting off they heat the stock up and weight it and correct it ? Is :oops:that true... :blink:

 

Unless you are EXTREMELY confident in what you are doing my advice to to leave something as important as permenantly altering a wooden stock to a professional !! Bad advice there imo, you could end up paying double for a gunsmith to fix any mistakes you might have made

 

Mark

[Slug]

Mark I wasn't suggesting for one moment i was going to do it myself, I should have added in the OP that this guy said take it to a gunsmith to do the job if required.. :blink:

[vulpicide]

Hi it might be worth you'r while going to see you'r local clay coach and getting him to ***** wether its you'r style or the gunfit thats the problem if any :blink: