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Originally Posted by John Dallas
Ed -Your fitter is the same guy who measured my friend in my earlier post.
Regarding S x S versus O/U fitting differences, I had someone try to tell me that the difference is "Barrel Flip". O/U's will tend to have less vertical "flip", becasue there is more mass oriented vertically, whereas a S x S would have less horizontal flip. I think it is all hooey on shotguns. Might be important for bench rest rifle shooters
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Most top sporting clays shooters, who shoot O/U guns, set the selector to shoot the bottom barrel first, the reason being there is noticeably less muzzle flip with the bottom barrel, allowing you to have a split second more time to get on the second bird. My Perazzi is not selectable, but the bottom barrel always fires first, because of this. With other O/Us, which have a barrel selector, I can tell the difference in muzzle flip when I shoot the top barrel first. There's a little longer recovery time from the recoil. It's just my opinion, but I think it matters to some degree.
There are those who believe that, with a S x S, a right handed shooter should try to shoot the left barrel first, because as the gun recoils to the left your face and grip will help attenuate the lateral recoil to a degree, and give a split second quicker second shot.
I can't really tell any difference about that on a S x S, and I often fire the left barrel first anyway by pulling the rear trigger. This works great on incomers ..... tight choke first, more open choke second. If you want to shoot sporting clays well, with a S x S, you really need to get proficient at using the rear trigger first, then going to the front one. All pairs are not set up to shoot the open barrel first.
SRH