Gun Fit with TGS 

I love these videos because not only are they super helpful, but I love seeing a wall full of over and unders. Makes me smile every time

If you get your gun fitted it's one less thing to blame for missing. My gun hasn't fitted for years.

Excellent and very informative. Just what I was looking for as a novice embarking on getting his first gun.Thanks.

Watching back these older videos… moving to the basement was a great idea!

I got taught a great way to fit a gun for drop that's always worked for me. Tape a straw to the top or the rib, a bit like having a rear sight, then close your eyes. Bring the gun back up to your natural shooting position with your eyes closed and then open them. If the gun is set right for drop then you should be looking through the straw and to the front sight. If its set to low then you will be looking over the straw and vice versa.

Great straightforward advice, I used to shoot a little Winchester 101 twenty bore it was short for me but I shot like a demon with it. Few years later lost a fair bit of weight lost confidence in the gun so decided to have it fitted to me after shooting next to someone who had had his fitted by the same guy. I'm not going to mention his name but he did make a great job of it but now it's worse than ever to long in the stock 😞 now it stays in the cabnet ,bought myself an mk60 hp witch on the right day I shoot pretty well. I'm not blaming the guy that done the work on my gun I just think I've started to overthink everything lost confidence and I dont shoot as regularly as I used to if you think you cant hit the target,,,, you definitely won't.

“Insulation for the winter.” Brilliant

I had my gun fitted, it transpired that it was shooting slightly high and left. After some excellent work by my gunsmith I’m hitting far more clays than I’m missing! In other words I’ve gone from 17/36 to 25/36, not that brilliant but at least I know it’s me and not the gun that’s the problem!

Very informative , I was Clueless , I am sure just from watching this Video I would Hit more Clays with my old Scattergun . But I am waiting for my new Ethos Sport (like a Walnut Super Sport ), with adjustable stock (within limits) to arrive next week in time for the Range reopening . Excellent Video Keep up the Great Work .

Great videos, very informative and well presented. Keep doing what you are doing.

Nice video I always bought a gun the way it came to my shoulder I am a side by side man just started shooting over/under sporting clays after 70 years I have had the devil of a time finding the right gun this information will help my quest to find just the correct one.

Great video. Thank you

I'm 6'4", and shoot a number of different guns. I've never had an official fitting, but my best and most natural feeling shooter is an older William Powell & Son. It has a 14 1/4" LOP and about 3.5" of drop at the heel. I find most modern guns seem to have much less drop, and I have to focus more on proper mount.

In a future video, would it be possible to explain more about master eye importance and problems of changes as you get older, use more computer screens, etc? Are solutions such as the Easyhit bead an option, instead of maybe a crossover stock?

I've been around a LONG time and find that modern production shotgun stocks are far too straight with insufficient drop at the comb and heel to properly accommodate the normal human body. That's why we see so many shooters contort themselves over their weapons. It doesn't have to be that way. The gun should shoot where you are looking when in a comfortable stance to see the target and to absorb the recoil while still being able to get back on target very quickly. That's why very old guns often fit much more comfortably. The old timers really knew what they were doing.

Nice informative video. Thanks for posting it.

yes gun fit is critical but what many people forget once the gun is fit to you you need to go to a patterning plate and see what's actually happening you may need to get the gun readjusted again so that the gun shoots where you like

Like Johnny said, develop your mount before getting a stock fitted or you will waste your money big time. I'd recommend using products like stick on comb raisers and heel pads to get you close if needed until you shoot for a couple years and get your mount fairly good.

Excellent explanation.

Well done

Yep gun fit is important and often overlooked, if you can afford to have a custom stock made to fit you perfectly it would be the way to go ...I did and it is an awesome thing.

Great help cheers👍

Great video--what I'd like to know is what comes first for a relatively new shotgunner: the chicken of your shooting posture or the egg of your shotgun's stock dimensions. The latter should be determined by the former, but if you're new to the sport you'll naturally try to adapt to whatever gun you have at your disposal.

just bought a b725s take your advice and get gun fit take care

Thanks for sharing good information. The Browning says browning shotguns don't have cast. What about MIROKU?

Awesome.

Great video as always. How do you cope with shooting when you wear varifocals? The other half wears them & struggles to see the rib & the target in focus at the same time.

John, question for you. I have Browning 525 and drop of the stock is not enough for me. I have longish neck and I really have to crawl over the stock in order to see the rib slightly raising (putting one pound coin on the rib right above receiver). When I try to mount the gun naturally or quick enough like when picking up a bird for a fast shot a see too much rib and obviously shooting high. Yes, I can float the bird but with different distance it will be different amount of float. Checked on pattern board and my POI is 25 sms above. Yes, I can fit myself to the gun and make it shoot 6 o’clock position but I am not able to control it every single shot. The only way out I see is to increase drop by filing the top of the comb. To my regret we do not have experienced gunsmiths where I live and I will have to do it myself. Will appreciate if you could explain how to do this or perhaps send a link if you have already covered this subject in the past. Thank you.

good info. cheers.

@TGS Hi John, I'm a bit on the tall side. You shoot lots of different guns. What do you do when your gun is too small? And what adjustments do you make?

You said that you need a lot of cast and so do I, so please what is your gun because I want to sale my 725 and buy one that fits.

So for someone who is six foot four inches tall and muscular and very broad shouldered as i play football american football and i am not sure if my gun needs to be fit what would be the basic length and drop as I don't have a gunsmith near me

Blimey!

I was told to aim into a mirror

If a gun is too long, I suggest you place it on top of your shoulder and press agains your cheek. I do that and works just fine. You will look different but that is because you are told that gun should bot agains your shoulder and kick you to death to make a good shot. We shouldn't go around and cut the stock on every gun that so called dosnt fit us we should be creative and hold some guns different than others. Thank you

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