Hi Guys.
My name is Mark & I just stumbled across this forum while searching for left handed shot gun stocks (really wish I'd found it sooner). Hopefully you won't mind my first post being a solicitation for advice.
I've been shooting skeet (not very well mind you) for about 4 years now and while I really enjoy it I should be much better by now.
Do have some good excuses though - I'm right handed & began shooting from the right. Took almost a yr to realized extreme left eye dominant & several more months to get comfortable shooting left handed. Aside from being sloppy on some of the basics, part of my problem is never having a proper fitting gun.
A few months ago I started looking for a left handed O/U, but didn't find anything in my price range of ~ 3,000. I got restless and bought a used (rt handed) Beretta 682X with plans to find a used left handed stock. I've seen some left handed wood going for ~ 250 to 350 but don't want to buy any cast off stock and assume it will fit me.
I've read some talk about having a stock "bent" - can my current right handed stock be bent to fit me properly?
should I get fit for a custom stock, buy another gun, or buy a used lefty stock?
Would like to keep the cost of a new/used stock under $500. I could probably sell my gun for ~ $2,500 and then spent ~ $3,000 on a different new/used gun.
I've got lots of other questions related to shooting skeet left handed but will try to find the answers through the search function before asking questions that have probably been beaten to death.
Thanks in advance for any advice & look forward to spending more time here.
Mark
My name is Mark & I just stumbled across this forum while searching for left handed shot gun stocks (really wish I'd found it sooner). Hopefully you won't mind my first post being a solicitation for advice.
I've been shooting skeet (not very well mind you) for about 4 years now and while I really enjoy it I should be much better by now.
Do have some good excuses though - I'm right handed & began shooting from the right. Took almost a yr to realized extreme left eye dominant & several more months to get comfortable shooting left handed. Aside from being sloppy on some of the basics, part of my problem is never having a proper fitting gun.
A few months ago I started looking for a left handed O/U, but didn't find anything in my price range of ~ 3,000. I got restless and bought a used (rt handed) Beretta 682X with plans to find a used left handed stock. I've seen some left handed wood going for ~ 250 to 350 but don't want to buy any cast off stock and assume it will fit me.
I've read some talk about having a stock "bent" - can my current right handed stock be bent to fit me properly?
should I get fit for a custom stock, buy another gun, or buy a used lefty stock?
Would like to keep the cost of a new/used stock under $500. I could probably sell my gun for ~ $2,500 and then spent ~ $3,000 on a different new/used gun.
I've got lots of other questions related to shooting skeet left handed but will try to find the answers through the search function before asking questions that have probably been beaten to death.
Thanks in advance for any advice & look forward to spending more time here.
Mark