I recently purchased a used Trap Beretta DT-10 and I have some questions on the set up of it before visiting my stock fitter. When shouldering the shotgun, I see about 2mm of space between the front bead and the midbead. I have heard conflicting philosophies (opinions) or how I should be able to view the beads when shouldering the shotgun. Should they be one over the other like on any other field/ or sporting shotgun, or I am I supposed to use only the front bead to point, and use the midbead only as a guide? Some people have said that I should see much more rib on a trap specific shotgun than a regular field or clay shotgun....I don't know which to believe.
I tried lowering the adjustable stock as low as possible and adding the necessary cast on the adjustable Monte Carlo stock, but I can't really adjust my sight plane any better. I tried patterning the shotgun today and if I push my cheek down really hard on the stock to line the beads up, I shoot about 70/30% on the board. I can't seem to comfortably shoulder the gun and line the beads up.
Intuitively, I think I need to have my stock fitter reshape the monte carlo stock to make it about 1/4 " lower so that my sight plane with line up directly parallel with the rib, and the beads one over the other. I can then adjust the POI using the front rib adjustment. Are my thoughts correct?
Thanks in advance for any help you all can give me.
Regards,
Doug
I tried lowering the adjustable stock as low as possible and adding the necessary cast on the adjustable Monte Carlo stock, but I can't really adjust my sight plane any better. I tried patterning the shotgun today and if I push my cheek down really hard on the stock to line the beads up, I shoot about 70/30% on the board. I can't seem to comfortably shoulder the gun and line the beads up.
Intuitively, I think I need to have my stock fitter reshape the monte carlo stock to make it about 1/4 " lower so that my sight plane with line up directly parallel with the rib, and the beads one over the other. I can then adjust the POI using the front rib adjustment. Are my thoughts correct?
Thanks in advance for any help you all can give me.
Regards,
Doug