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re: How do you fix a shotgun that shoots high?

Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:13 pm to
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:13 pm to
no, but he is taller by about 5-6 inches, longer arms.
Posted by tenfoe
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:15 pm to
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I would have missed a turkey clean if I had aimed just under the head. I aimed at the base of the neck and killed one,


Not gonna lecture, but always aim where the red and the feathers meet. That way you can always see his head and he doesn't duck and periscope you as you squeeze.

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but my brother shot it and he hit dead on


If it was my brother, I'd have aimed low to hit perfect just to frick with him.

I'd get an aftermarket sight. They make some that clamp on the rail and are less than $30. If for nothing else, just to have something adjustable I could use to get through this turkey season.
Posted by civiltiger07
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:15 pm to
So he is thinner?
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:16 pm to
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then you have naturally adjuster your shooting to compensate for the gun not fitting


You would think I would only have to learn to compensate for wing shooting/sporting clays since you have to really be watching the target, not looking straight down the barrel at a squirrel or turkey.
Posted by finchmeister08
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:17 pm to
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:19 pm to
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So he is thinner?


wtf? what does that matter? you want his number too?

Just because I'm shorter and have a beer gut and he's taller and has a beer gut, doesn't mean our sight picture should be different. Cheek on the gun and look right down the frickin barrel
Posted by civiltiger07
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:20 pm to
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wtf? what does that matter? you want his number too?


Ok I was trying to help you. Good luck with that "European Style" Shotgun.
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:21 pm to
She he is taller and closer to average in size for an American, that would explain why he is shooting the gun better than you...
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:23 pm to
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Just because I'm shorter and have a beer gut and he's taller and has a beer gut, doesn't mean our sight picture should be different. Cheek on the gun and look right down the frickin barrel


Well, that isn't true, it does matter and it has been explained why..
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:24 pm to
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finchmeister08


That's fine training if I had to throw the gun up quick to shoot a bird/clay. I'm talking about sitting steady, with a shooting stick, taking my time to aim at my target, and it shoots high. Why is a new 870 designed differently than my older 870?
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:26 pm to
alright then, where can I take my shotgun in BR to get a better fit? so i can see if this helps
Posted by tenfoe
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:31 pm to
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Why is a new 870 designed differently than my older 870?


It shouldn't be. There's a possibility that a defect gun was built, although I'm not sure how you could frick up building an 870 and all 4 of it's parts.

Get one of these LINK

or LINK

Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
8037 posts
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:32 pm to
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She he is taller and closer to average in size for an American, that would explain why he is shooting the gun better than you...


I wouldn't say he's a better shot, but it doesn't matter if the gun is on when he shoots it, because at the end of the day, I bring it home and have to shoot it all the time. I either need to get it fixed or get rid of it for a better fitting gun. So tell me where I can get it fixed, please, with a cherry on top
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:34 pm to
I think hunters run used to have someone that fit shotguns not sure
Posted by DownSouthDave
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:46 pm to
Sell it for whatever you can and go buy a nova or an outlander. It's not worth spending money on an 870.
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 5:01 pm to
See if the choke is bored off center.
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 5:13 pm to
My brother shoots an Outlander and tried to talk me into one the other day. It is comfortable and fits nice. I could be persuaded into an Outlander easily if someone had one for sale or would trade for the camo 870 and cash.
Posted by DownSouthDave
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 5:26 pm to
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would trade for the camo 870 and cash.


That's might be hard to find. But there was an outlander on the sportsman for $500. You can probably get rid of that 870 pretty quick there too.
Posted by Sparkplug#1
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 5:30 pm to
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I'm 5'-6"


Trade it in for a youth model.
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 5:38 pm to
Wait, you have a gun that you know hits high and you continue to shoot it as though it doesn't hit high?

OK...

Me on a shotgun or even a fixed sight handgun I would adjust. For example my XDm hits a little low and left (no it not to little/to much thumb or anything else) I adjust my aim point accordingly.
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