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I don’t get setting up a gun for rising targets when there are so many other kinds encountered. Seems to me the gun should be set up dead on and each type of target should be handled as encountered by appropriate lead.[/QUOTE]
Well, there are trap guns, field guns, and sporting/skeet guns. It's hard to shoot what you can't see, covering the target with your barrel is not conducive to high scores, just as a barrel throwing high is not conducive to splashing buffleheads strafing the decoys. If you're shooting trap with your hunting gun, you'll just have to compromise and live with it. I did for many years with a Field 1100 until I sprung for a barrel tweak. Didn't make a huge difference, but it got me that bird that always separated me from "almost" and "there!!!", There is a reason a "trap" gun deliberately shoots high, and a field gun deliberately shoots closer to center. Skeet and Sporting are generally in the middle. Sounds like you're on the right track with correcting the cast as you are LH, and that makes a huge difference. You might experiment with some HD foam taped to your comb and see where the rise feels "right" before you buy a product and add it to the stock.
Well, there are trap guns, field guns, and sporting/skeet guns. It's hard to shoot what you can't see, covering the target with your barrel is not conducive to high scores, just as a barrel throwing high is not conducive to splashing buffleheads strafing the decoys. If you're shooting trap with your hunting gun, you'll just have to compromise and live with it. I did for many years with a Field 1100 until I sprung for a barrel tweak. Didn't make a huge difference, but it got me that bird that always separated me from "almost" and "there!!!", There is a reason a "trap" gun deliberately shoots high, and a field gun deliberately shoots closer to center. Skeet and Sporting are generally in the middle. Sounds like you're on the right track with correcting the cast as you are LH, and that makes a huge difference. You might experiment with some HD foam taped to your comb and see where the rise feels "right" before you buy a product and add it to the stock.