I know of several people that have had to shave down their comb to get it to shoot flat, even with an adjustable comb. And it seems to be more common with newer guns in the last decade or so.
I have also noticed that many modern O/U guns are stocked high, and shoot high for me. Italian brands are especially susceptible to this, excluding Beretta. The Guerinis, the Zolis, the FAIRs, are all this way, for me.
I cannot shoot them well, as I cannot "float" a target or bird consistently, and see no reason to learn how. I prefer 60/40 high, and will tolerate absolutely no more than 70/30 high.
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Agree! At least on the Italian guns. I own 2 FAIR guns which are older and shoot flat. And 2 by Isadoro Rizzini's brother Battista Rizzini of the B. Rizzini flavor. Battista sued his brother Isadoro (the I in FAIR) for the rights to use the name Rizzini USA in the US back a decade and a half ago and won. But my B. Rizzini guns shoot flat also. Battista Rizzini trained 2 of his nephews that left his company and created Caesar Guerini. The CG guns tend to shoot the highest from what I have seen. I also like my Beretta's, I seem to shoot Italian guns much better than most other makes. The Benelli's even with shims adjusted shoot too high for many people. Some give up. My older Super Sport 90 can shoot flat but my newer Benelli Ultralight is one that I am ready to give up on, it is too high no matter how I shim it.
But when I was into floating birds it was a bird killer. No doubt I shoot most clays and live birds with a high POI gun of 70/30 better than any others. You can make adjustments because you see the target (clay or feathers) move before you pull the trigger.
But finally realized after almost 15 years my ruff grouse shot to harvest ratio had and was going down. Because you don't get a clear view of most ruffs on the flush, you can't float when you're shooting mostly at sound and a blur. Phez I was deadly with a high POI once I adjusted, and waterfowl. But I like to chase the ruffled grouses most of all :-) Going back to the flat 50/50 POI guns I grew up on hunting ruff my harvest percentage rate is much higher now. If it wasn't for ruff I'd likely still be shooting high POI guns. But then again at the age of 60 I wouldn't have finally gotten into guns with the barrels all twisted wrong laying side by side, and normally shoot flat.
