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Let’s talk new shoutgun and getting adjusted to it...
Posted on 9/30/18 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 9/30/18 at 5:46 pm
So I grew up shooting an 870. It’s the first gun my dad put in my hands and outside of deer hunting I used it for every thing. I shot a 20 gauge until I was about 14 and I moved up to a 12 gauge both were old wingmasters and they were bullet proof. The gun felt comfortable and it’s what I’m use to. Well at the end of last bird season I decided to buy a semi auto as the pump life was getting old. I purchased an SX4 because that gun felt like it fit me the best out of all the guns I shouldered when I was checking out new guns. I have put about 300-400 rounds through it and the gun has performed flawlessly but I just can’t hit shite with it. With the 870 and a round of sporting clays I usually shot 70 or 80 out of 100. Nothing great but I would say I was a fair shot. With this new SX4 I’m around 40 or 50 after two rounds of 100 sporting clays.
Anyone else had issues getting adjusted to a new shotgun? I plan on putting another couple hundred rounds through it and if I can’t figure it out I may move to another gun. I know it’s got nothing to do with the gun and it’s all me, but damn I can’t hit shite with it haha.
Anyone else had issues getting adjusted to a new shotgun? I plan on putting another couple hundred rounds through it and if I can’t figure it out I may move to another gun. I know it’s got nothing to do with the gun and it’s all me, but damn I can’t hit shite with it haha.
Posted on 9/30/18 at 5:48 pm to GeauxTime9
Yep it happens to most people
Posted on 9/30/18 at 5:56 pm to GeauxTime9
The guns do not have the same dimensions and are not shooting in the same place for you. Pattern them.
Posted on 9/30/18 at 5:56 pm to GeauxTime9
Had the same problem several years back and went on a dove hunt with the new gun. Then it “clicked” and I couldn’t miss. Keep at it.
This post was edited on 9/30/18 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 9/30/18 at 7:33 pm to GeauxTime9
Years ago I went from an 870 to a super nova. It was horrible for me. I could not hit the broadside of a barn. I kept it one season and traded it for a deer rifle.
I did not have any issure going from and 870 to the SX2.
I did not have any issure going from and 870 to the SX2.
Posted on 9/30/18 at 8:23 pm to GeauxTime9
Very similar story for me. Went from 20+ yr relationship with 12ga 870, now 2 yrs in with 20 ga SX3. I dont shoot much anymore, teal season and one good dove hunt a year. Was and is a struggle to transition. Oddly, ive grown to feel like the 20 shoots faster, and i was out in front of the teal early every morning (made 5 hunts this season). This morning i shot 15 shells or so before i cut a feather, then killed 6 of the last 7 birds i shot at. Started hitting when i pulled back on the lead
I dont shoot enough to stay in form, and I'll likely revert back to my 870 form when i pick my gun up again.
ETA i love the gun though, fast and light. If i ever go back to a 12 will likely just get the same model. My grandfather was a big skeet shooter, all 4 gauges weighed exactly the same for these reasons.
I dont shoot enough to stay in form, and I'll likely revert back to my 870 form when i pick my gun up again.
ETA i love the gun though, fast and light. If i ever go back to a 12 will likely just get the same model. My grandfather was a big skeet shooter, all 4 gauges weighed exactly the same for these reasons.
This post was edited on 9/30/18 at 8:47 pm
Posted on 9/30/18 at 10:32 pm to GeauxTime9
Try pattern your shotgun with large paper plates or sheets of paper on a piece of plywood. Found out last year that my BPS was shooting a foot high.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 2:56 pm to GeauxTime9
you dont adjust to it, you go pick them up until it fits you and buy what fits you/not what's "popular"
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