I'd suggest getting a couple of friends to fire the shotgun at a paper or steel target and see if they get the same results, if they don't, it could be your fault and you need an expert instructor to check your style of shooting.
If they get the same results as you, then it is the gun. Depending on age, maker, whether it is in warranty or not it could work out to be quite expensive as adjusting may mean the removal of the barrel ribs and the barrels be adjusted by melting the solder holding them together and adjusting the divergence and elevation of one of the barrels. The ribs would then have to be refitted and the altered barrels refitted to the action. The barrels would also need refinishing.
This is not a job for your local gunsmith, it is a very specialised job and will be very expensive. You will have to ask yourself "Is it worth it?" Unless it is a gun from a famous maker, (unlikely if it shoots as you describe) or a collectors item, you really only have two choices:-
1. Learn to live with it in it's current condition.
2. Trade it in for a shotgun that patterns well.
Harry.
Last edited by Harry Eales; 09/05/10 03:10 AM.
