Bought a used Perazzi...questions about fit

[glassman]

After 50 yrs away from shotguns, I bought a Citori lightning and started shooting table trap. I enjoy it immensely but need another person to pull for me which is not always easy to do. The solution to the problem was to buy a used Perazzi TM1 so that I can move up to the legitimate trap field where the trap is voice activated. I think it'll be more challenging and I can go by myself and still enjoy shooting. I was showing my new gun to an old hand at the club and he stated that the stock is too short for me but I'm not sure he is correct. He based his comment on the fact that my nose is too close to my hand and suggested a spacer be put between the stock and the recoil pad. When I place the gun in the bend of my elbow, my trigger finger is right where is should be and when I shoulder the gun, I can easily put three fingers between my nose and hand. I guess the proof will lie in how well I do at the line but I am curious and would like some input.

 

[Tom Held]

recommendations

I can give you three recommendations:

1. Pattern it first and then make your adjustments. Most trap shooters want to see a 70/30 pattern above center. I like a 60/40 myself.

2. If it has the drop out trigger system leave it in there, don't touch it.

3. Forget all of the crap that you've been told and go out and shoot the damn
gun.

You've got a great gun. Almost all of our Olympic Team trap shooters use Perazzi guns, the rest use Kreighoffs. If you're a serious trap shooter you've made the right decision. Don't be surprised if your scores go down from the Citori until you get used to the gun. Most Perazzi trap guns are cast off to the right. If you're a left handed shooter, well, good luck.


Tom

 

[d2wing]

Shoot it first, or like the previous poster said, pattern it. It is the relationship of you eye to the barrel and target that matter. I have fooled around chasing stock fit. Don't change anything unless you have the word of a very good pro gun fitter or it really very obviously doesn't fit you.

 

[oneounceload]

Does it fit you currently? If so, how do you know? If not, how do you know?

See the similarity? Shoot the gun and see how it performs -if you are breaking 23+, it would seem to fit

If you are breaking 2-3, then maybe there is a fit issue

More Olympic medals have been won with Perazzi than any other gun
More live pigeon championships have been won with Perazzi than any other brand
More FITASC championships have been won with Perazzi than any other brand

Starting to see the pattern?

Even if it doesn't fit you now, it can be easily made to do so so you can focus on shooting 1,000,000n+ rounds without worry - as Kim Rhode how many she has through her MX-8, and now through her 2000

 

[Virginian]

I love how the old wives' tales will not go away. Unless you shoot with the butt in the crook of your arm that measurement means nothing.
First, make sure you have a good and consistent gun mount. Then, the best quick way I have seen to check fit, is to get in a dark room - so dark you can't see the gun in your hands - with a laser light shell, the kind that illuminates for a few seconds after the firing pin contacts the switch. Have an illuminated dot on the wall. Throw up the gun and see where the light hits. It isn't perfect because the pattern may not go exactly where the light does, but it's the quickest easiest way I know to do a reasonable check outside of a professional fitter, and a lot cheaper and easier to schedule.

 

[glassman]

Thanks everyone for the input. I took Tom held's advice and just went out and "shot the damn gun" this afternoon. Hit 19 of 25 and was happy with how the gun felt and with my score. Funny thing was that the old timer who told me the stock was too short was there and commented that maybe the stock wasn't too short after all. I had to smile at that one.

 

[Red Cent]

Works for me.
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