Sight Plane

[Gary Laudermilch]

Take the gun out and put it on the patterning board. You will find out what you need to know.

[Bill Murphy]

Rather than carving the comb down, I procured a Cutts Compensator barrel for my single trap. Now I can throw a 50" pattern with the spreader tube and it doesn't matter where I aim.

[10 bore]

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[10 bore]

when you look down the rib your 2 beads should make a figure 8 , middle bead top just touching base of front bread
scott

[Mike Franzen]

Originally Posted by scott kittredge

when you look down the rib your 2 beads should make a figure 8 , middle bead top just touching base of front bread
scott

Thanks for that Scott. I’ll check it later tonight after I get home.

[CHE]

Down yonder way, whats the old soda straw trick??

[Dean Romig]

Tape it to the top of the rib and use it like a scope??






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[TroutSetter]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Tape it to the top of the rib and use it like a scope??

The parallax will counteract the sight plane issue!

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by tom leshinsky

Down yonder way, whats the old soda straw trick??

Dean referenced it. Tape a straw on the gun, then pick out a fixed target and then mount the gun. If when you mount the gun and look down the barrel and can see target thru straw then your good to go on reference point. If you have to adjust the gun up or down some to get sight picture then you have a straw sight and gun mount reference. You can use that straw and then pattern the gun.

I think there are even some cheap laser pointers you can put in the barrel to see where barrel point of aim is as well. Lots of little tricks.

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by Gary Laudermilch

Take the gun out and put it on the patterning board. You will find out what you need to know.

Gary has nailed it. The first thing I do when I buy a new gun is to take it out and pattern it with the load I plan on shooting it with. Nothing can show you where the gun prints like your face on the stock and pulling the trigger/s on a live round or two.