I've started making adjustments to my Stoeger, I'm consistently overshooting
so I'm starting with a small washer between the recoil pad and the top screw
that holds it. If that helps I'll invest in a pad spacer. I seem to shoot
pretty straight but high and it pounds my cheek a little which is actually a
symptom of the same problem. I'm probably shoving my face into the stock too
much which is whats making it hit me, a little down angle might help. That at
least has a wooden stock which is easier to adjust.
For the hunting gun I also wanted the option of 3.5" shells. Steel is less
dense than lead so you end up using larger shot sizes which decreases pellet
count. I'm not a huge fan of 3.5" shells, they recoil bad but my shooting buddy
has a 3.5" gun so I want us to be able to share ammo in a pinch.
Interestingly nobody at clays yesterday had an autoloader. It was all O/U
except for one guy with a side by side 16ga. 16 is pretty unusual but one guy
in my squad had a 28...
-Curt
On Monday, August 3, 2020, 6:03:27 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
I own and have shot both for clays and grouse. Personally, I prefer a shotgun
that breaks down. I guess an autoloader would be better for hunting just due to
the convenience, which certainly makes sense. If I was just shooting clays it
has no advantage, as you’re not allowed to load more than two rounds at a stand
anyway.
Looks like a nice shotgun. My biggest concern is fitting a new gun. I had a
really nice Beretta but it was a crappy fit and something that would have to
spend some time with a gunsmith to make right. I sold it and got my Lanber,
which I knew from the previous use of one would be a good fit, and it was.
A lot of people don’t realize how much proper fitting matters with a shotgun.
You can have a fantastic gun with a lousy fit and you won’t be able to hit the
side of a barn. Buddy of mine didn’t have a lot of coin for a gun, but after my
urging spent time with my coach finding a good fit. He ended up with a Mossberg
that cost him about $500-$600 and he was busting clays left and right on his
first time out. Coach time was around $100 for the fitting, and worth every
penny.
Pictures or it didn’t happen….
-D
> On Aug 3, 2020, at 3:17 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> wrote:
>
> Duck and goose season is coming up and my hunting buddy has been picking on
> my over and under shotgun since I've only got 2 shots to his 3. I shoot
> poorly enough he's got a point. I shot sporting clays yesterday and I didn't
> even bother to check my score, if I got 10 out of 50 I'd call it a win. In my
> defense I've got a sunburn on my shoulders and probably shouldn't have been
> shooting.
>
> I've got a pump gun but its setup with the slug barrel and shoots really well
> that way so I figured its time for a good duck/goose gun. I did a BUNCH of
> research and finally settled on a Browning Silver.
> https://www.browning.com/products/firearms/shotguns/silver.html
> The main reasons I picked the Silver specifically were the cool semi-humped
> receiver which looks a little like the Browning A5 which the then chief of
> Winchester called "The ugliest gun I've ever seen".
> The Silver is kinda-sorta out of production now, or at least the camo ones
> are but I found one on Gun Broker for $950, with shipping and the FFL fee
> here I'll be just over $1000.
> I'm pretty excited, my second new gun ever and by far the most expensive gun
> I've ever bought.
>
> Hopefully it'll be here by early next week...
> -Curt
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