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But you can't shoot consistently? I have a new double and the only flaw is it is butt heavy and I am wondering if that is enough to cause so many misses
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Pattern it as in getting it fitted on a plate. You may discover it is not shooting where you think it is. There are times a gun which otherwise is perfectly dimensioned turns out to have chokes off center and do not throw the patterns true.
Michael Dittamo Topeka, KS
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Nitrah, Michael has given you great advice. I would like to add that it's possible that because of the gun's balance point, it's handling too fast. I shoot neutrally balanced guns well due to muscle memory of using them. If you are accustomed to forward balanced guns, try slowing things down. Karl
Last edited by Karl Graebner; 03/03/20 08:42 PM.
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I have a Remington FE that I wanted to use for trap doubles shooting. The left barrel was right on the money, the right barrel I couldn't hit with at all. When I patterned on a steel board I found that it was 1/2 the pattern to the right. After some judicious examinations we found that sometime earlier in the guns history someone had really botched some choke modifications causing a mis-shaped choke. This pissed me off pretty good, and I started figuring options (beside hard liquor)! One of the double gun guys here (Ghostrider) suggested that I send the gun to Skeet's and let Dean check it out. He tuned, re-choked and moved the impact point to the center. He was able to maintain enough choke for a great first shot for my style of doubles. But then the stock broke, my FE is back in rehab getting a duplicated straight grip monte carlo. I hope to shoot the FE at the Pennsylvania State Shoot in June, in competition and Nostalgia shoots.
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It's probably too short, with too much drop at face, causing you to teeter-totter it during the mount.
Pretty common.
Out there doing it best I can.
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Fit is nearly identical to other guns I shoot well. I have patterned and both barrels are ok. It isn't too short and drop at face it good. I will try the slow down advice and recheck patterns. I appreciate advice
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Second thought would be try different ammo, size shot and so on.
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Trade it in on something. Life's too short...Geo
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It is possible to adjust a butt heavy gun by drilling out the stock and or changing a hard rubber Buttplates for a microfiber lightweight pad.
Michael Dittamo Topeka, KS
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How butt heavy is it? If just a few ounces you could have a bit of wood removed from the butt to rebalance the gun. Quick way to check it is use a rare earth magnet and weight on the barrels to balance it at a heavier weight. Then see if it shoots better. Ive seen guns with weight added to the for end or even to the barrel to get the balance right as a permanent fix. Drilling out the butt stock has limits for the weight you can reduce. Much past a few ounces might be the limit.
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