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You're on the right track with two eyes open. It takes discipline to stick with it but it will pay off big in a relatively short time. Eyes on nothing but the target........... SMOKE!

Good luck and good shooting,
Coach
 
Discussion starter · #22 ·
shootin'coach said:
You're on the right track with two eyes open. It takes discipline to stick with it but it will pay off big in a relatively short time. Eyes on nothing but the target........... SMOKE!

Good luck and good shooting,
Coach
I agree but this has been a more difficult adjustment then switching from shooting right handed to left. Hard to explain but with both eyes open feels like I can't aim. I know in skeet you're not actually supposed to "aim" but when I miss with both eyes open I can't tell where my shot is going - over, under, behind, in front.
I defintely need a lot more practice to get comfortable with it.
Thanks again!
 
Hi Mark,
Being a Lefty myself I had my SKB 500 bent by a stock maker that worked and my trap gun a SKB 5000 was custom built which is a dream to use.
Only thing with stocks being bent is thay use steam to do it and if it is polyuro it will go milky underneath so you would probably have to strip and use a oil finnish. I redid mine and find a oil finnish better. I would think your bretta will be oil finnish anyhow.(My SKB,s are. If you had to reoil Liberon Finnishing oil is a real good one with a beautiful finnish.
If I were you I think I would take it to a real good stock maker and get him to make your comb ajustable may be a cheaper option. Pays to get someone also to measure you up cause hight of comb length of pull all comes into it. My self I cannot use a gun over 14inch lop or under 13 6/8inch lop so is quite a tight line. But I do know how you are felling because I used righthand cast guns and they kicked the hell out of me.
Do have a couple of Ithaca 37,s I can use but are dead straight.
 
You,re right about both eyes open closing one eye with a shotgun will make you rifle nine tenths of the time.
Both eyes open and chase the target weather it be clay or feather.
Shot a lot of trap in my time and cannot remember seeing the barrel when shooting.
A very good coach told me it is like driving a car you never look at the bonnet or driving a nail you don,t look at the head of the hammer.When you line up on the trap and your gun fits right you should only see a shaddow of the rib.
 
Making the switch has been aggavating at times but after a couple of months now I would not go back to RH. With both eyes open and shooting with my dominate eye the birds are starting to "slow down"
It's weird but it seems to be happening. If I can do my part and concentrate on just the target I will break it. Staying in the zone is the hard part.
After a couple of months of self doubt I am now convinced I did the right thing.
 
Discussion starter · #26 ·
It's great to hear success stories about people making the switch. I'd probably just keep my right eye closed if skeet didn't include low 5 & low 6.
Coupes - My new LH stock has a poly finish but I'd really prefer a more oiled look. How big a job is changing the finish? TY
 
Bob,
I don't know about a 68X stock, but they quoted me $1,080 plus a $200 fitting fee and I would have to send the gun to Italy. You might not have to send it to Italy with their new network of gunsmiths.

I don't know of any dealers that would sell a stock for any gun for $160 plus $125 labor. The labor could be right, but the price of the stock is way too low. If you can get one for that, buy as many as you can get your hands on.
 
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