Not enough drop?

[AmarilloMike]

Charles Askins (the senior) wrote that if you lay the last joint of the ring finger over the breech end of the rib you should be able to see the bead just able above it. Of course he was primarily a game shooter.

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by Mike Shepherd

Charles Askins (the senior) wrote that if you lay the last joint of the ring finger over the breech end of the rib you should be able to see the bead just able it. Of course he was primarily a game shooter.

I am trying to get my head around this and am having a hard time.

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Jay Gardner

I am trying to get my head around this and am having a hard time.

Jay, it's very simple: From a low gun position can you throw up the gun and hit the target..... if you can I don't care how much rib you can or cannot see, if the gun fits and you can break targets that's is all that counts...

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by Eric Eis

Jay, it's very simple: From a low gun position can you throw up the gun and hit the target..... if you can I don't care how much rib you can or cannot see, if the gun fits and you can break targets that's is all that counts...

That's what I am trying to achieve. All my shooting, even on clay birds, is from low gun. Ultimately the question is how to adjust the gun if I am missing. This is why I struggle with the concept of "aiming" at a patterning board or the concept of how much rib to see.

My thought is to focus on a point, mount the gun and fire at a patterning board as soon as the gun hits my shoulder in order to determine where I am shooting and repeat several times. Then repeat the exercise with another double that I shoot fairly well and compare. That should get me pretty close in terms of measurements.

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Jay Gardner

My thought is to focus on a point, mount the gun and fire at a patterning board as soon as the gun hits my shoulder in order to determine where I am shooting.

Which is exactly what you should do with the 16 yard POI test

[Bill Murphy]

I have a picture a shooter sent me of a Boss sub rib on his Beretta which does the same thing that I described in an earlier post. Good luck on ever seeing that picture, but is is a good description of how to solve this problem. Try googling "boss rib" or "boss stub rib" to see what it looks like. The question is do you want to solve your problem or do you want to talk about it? I have a Boss rib on my gun that solved my problem.

[Bill Murphy]

gunsinternational has some Boss over unders that show the Boss rib. I just looked at one that is a good example, almost identical to the wonderful Galazan gun that I just unwrapped. Such a rib could easily be adapted to any requirement for drop at comb and heel.