Aw hell Rup, it is a shotgun-
you can't miss with all them pellets
Where did you come up with this nonsense about gun fit?
I do not have all the exact numbers; specifications. Yes some guns were/ are set up a bit different.
6' 170 #'s, "lanky", 33/34 sleeve length, hands are size 7.5 in surgical gloves with thin fingers (if I were to wear rings be a size 8 or 8.5 on left ring finger).
Some: IIRC were 14 3/4" - 15". Palm swells, drop at comb "raised" from the norm, cast, pitch altered. Toe and heels rounded, and inside of Pachmyer Decelarator contoured on the inside ( more rounded). There is only one recoil pad, this Decelarator IMO. Oh I have the factory pads, still use them for general principal, and because I can - still the Decelarator is the only real one. Been using these since the earth was flat. Have tried newer offerings...no thanks! Marketing and hype do not make a shooter - shoot better.
I shoot from low gun, I stand more erect than most, gun comes up in one fluid motion , mounted to face, slides into pocket, and the gun is a natural extension of me. If I am looking at something - it is felled. I like this simiplicity.
Weather plays a part, because of clothing. LOP and such is altered with clothes. I also do not want anything to snag , or get in the way of a fluid, smooth gun to face mount.
Now with a properly fitted gun, I can close my eyes, and mount the gun repeatedly, If looking at a mirror when I open them, my eye is in the same place everytime. If a light/ laser is mounted, that light / beam is at the same place I am looking - everytime. Makes no difference if I am "rested" , have done 100 repetitions before, or have run around getting heart rate up - the gun fits, and goes to the same place every single time.
I have less percieved recoil, I don't get fatigued, meaning I don't get a flinch...
Good form, LOTS of hours handling the gun, hundreds of thousands of rds fired...with a proper fitted gun and one really can get where you can "hit 'em with a stick" - all you gots to do is "paint 'em out of the sky".
It really really pays off to have a gun fitted by someone that really understands not only gun fit - but how the shooter , shoots.
It really pays off to have correct basic fundamentals down pat. When the correct basics are down, you are being evaluated in your shooting style by a professional - and said professional truly understands shooting, and can take all this information and adjust a Try gun, and and take that to fit your gun...it is a thing of Art and Science.
The person doing the fitting is not going to make you change your shooting style - he may have other preferences, HE does understand Correct Basic Fundamentals differ from low gun/ premount. Sustained lead/ Pass through...all the stuff that some differ about - one thing is constant, the Correct Basic Fundamentals, a gun that fits, and loads that pattern.
Quick, turn around and point at the light switch behind you. See-you pointed directly at the switch, no scrunching, fidgeting, or adjustment needed - well a fitted shotgun is like that - it becomes a natural extension of you.
Same thing applies to Rifles and Handguns too!
Now I keep Scholl's Moleskin patches in a range bag. I put this on guns not mine to raise the comb. Has enabled many a shooter to shoot their own guns better as well.
Bone stock 870s - I need to raise the comb,(moleskin works) 870s with target/ Monto Carlo stocks fit me better. 1300s fit out of the box 99% of the time as far as comb height. Just to cite some examples for me.
Reason why I suggest folks try different guns before buying - not the brand name - the gun fit. 870, 1300, or Mossberg...you will hit better if the gun fits- not because of the Mfg name on the receiver.
Hence one of the reasons I prefer a wood stock. Fit.
It is worth buying the sodas, even lunch , to be at a range, and be allowed to shoot a variety of others folks' Guns, at moving targets. Especially if considering a purchase, be it shotgun, handgun, or rifle. Just taking a shotgun and shooting a pattern board will reveal a lot about POA/POI...not always the gun and loads - shooters form and gun fit is revealed as well.
Art and Science Yeah Brister knew a thing or two.
So did Fred Misseldine.
Regards,
Steve