Not enough drop?

[B. Dudley]

Yes, a stock with higher drop will cause you to shoot high. If in fact the ammount of drop is more than you would normally shoot in order to see down the rib level.

If you can see the surface of the rib, then you need to have your target above the bead.

High stocks are more common with trap shooters that are going after rising targets and they like to aim at the bird instead of lead it. So, when the gun shoots high, it will hit the bird.

Obviously you can bear down more on a high stock to try and sight down the rib level, but that will just make for a sore cheek if you are doing a lot of shooting.

What are the dimensions of that gun you have? And how far off from what you normally shoot is it?

[Bill Murphy]

Yes, stock high, POI high. I have a couple of real high stocked English guns that can't be "fooled with" and I have reached a solution. I am going to try to fabricate or have fabricated a Boss rib or stub rib at each end, breech and muzzle, hopefully with magnets imbedded so the ribs are not permanently attached. That effectively raises the sight plane by whatever height the stub ribs are. However, the good news is that I have shot these guns for about three years and have hit most of what I have shot at. Unfortunately, they are meant to be competition guns and they should be perfect. I have not yet fabricated my stub ribs, but I am "close".

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Yes, a stock with higher drop will cause you to shoot high. If in fact the ammount of drop is more than you would normally shoot in order to see down the rib level.

If you can see the surface of the rib, then you need to have your target above the bead.

High stocks are more common with trap shooters that are going after rising targets and they like to aim at the bird instead of lead it. So, when the gun shoots high, it will hit the bird.

Obviously you can bear down more on a high stock to try and sight down the rib level, but that will just make for a sore cheek if you are doing a lot of shooting.

What are the dimensions of that gun you have? And how far off from what you normally shoot is it?

This begs the age old question: how much rib should the guy behind the trigger see?

I originally thought that I should only see the bead, no rib. Just the whole bead. Then I was told that I should see about 1/4 of the rib. (Still not sure what that means - seems like I will see all or nothing)