Quote from: sugarray on March 02, 2012, 09:55:27 PM
Man, there is a lot of information here. I'd go with your sites and line it in. If you are happy with your patterns, you'll be able to get it shooting on.
When trying different chokes in my 835, they all were a little different. I picked the one I like the best pattern from, put the site of my choice on there and then lined it in. No problems now.
Also, someone tell me how in the world your gun will shoot different from a rest and from your shoulder? If it is different, then you are torquing the gun and like bow hunting, will through off your shot, even though you are lined in.
It is a lot of information. Many times we as turkey hunters do not consider the effects of drop and cast when trying our guns. We can take care of many of our POI issues with some type of sight and that works well, in many cases. When guns are drilled and tapped at the factory, it's pretty easy for us to install a base and some type of sight.
There are also several good open sights that mount pretty easily on the ribs of our guns.
In the case of many light weight guns today with alloy (aluminum) receivers, it's not so easy to drill and tap them and some gunsmiths won't even try it. That leaves us with fewer options.
It's really nice when the manufacturer furnishes "do it yourself" adjustments for drop and cast using included shims. Since many of us are not the "average American male" size that most designers use as a model, it's really quite helpful. In years past, we had to find a gunsmith who knew how to do this and that we could afford. Now, it's pretty easy.
A few years ago when some of the more popular gun rests for sighting-in were introduced, we started noticing that the POI would change when we sighted in the gun using them and when we shot the gun from our shoulder.
I have read several explanations for that over the years written by many different gun writers, etc. and it seems to be the case for many people but I can't tell you why that's the case.
I have a number of those devices, some simple and some rather complex with hydraulic triggers and ones that allow the gun to move with the recoil. I don't often use them anymore for a gun that I want to shoot either in the field or in competition however.
They work well if I'm evaluating a new shotshell or choke tube just to see how it prints but if I want to really use the gun, I have to shoot it from my shoulder.
I don't want to hijack this thread but it would be interesting to hear if other shooters here have had the same experience.
Thanks,
Clark
