Help! Can't hit anything with the bottom barrel

kemen · 23-03-2011 12:12AM

id get an experiences clay shooter to check the fit and how your eye linea up with the rib, it just seems u maybe to high and to the left a fraction judging by the density of shot in both pics

Double Barrel · 23-03-2011 12:48AM

Remmie 223 wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance, i don't know the difference between the chokes you mention. There was no pellets in the circle with the bottom barrel

The constriction is the difference between the tightest inside diameter measurement of the area of choke, and the actual bore diameter. A typical 12 gauge barrel has an inside diameter of .729" the chokes for this bore size would run from cylinder at .729" to Full at .689".
A Cylinder has no discernible choke .000
A Improved Cylinder is a 1/4 choke .010, the actual physical measurement of choke in .001's (thousandths of an inch)

Double Barrel · 23-03-2011 01:03AM

Remmie

In photo #3 can you find the centre charge - area with the most pellets in a 4" circle, you can eyeball this. - and measure distance from centre to centre.

Double Barrel · 24-03-2011 06:03PM

Remmie

O/Us typically shoot the lower barrel first. Because the bottom barrel lies below the line of comb, the gun recoils straight back into the shoulder upon firing. Besides being less painful, "straight-line" recoil comes back, well, in a straight line, and it's easier for the shooter to keep the gun on target for the second shot.
Target shooters believe an O/U's top over bottom barrel arrangement kicks less and allows them to deliver their second shot faster than they can with any other combination. Chances are you wouldn't notice any difference in the field, but in clay target competition where recoil fatigue becomes a real factor and a fast, well-placed second shot can make the difference between an X and O, competitive shooters think O/U has the edge.
They vote with their wallets.

Kemen,
Point of impact testing in this instance is purely used to determine where the gun is shooting. It can also be used to determine if there is an underlining problem with the gun……….many double barrelled guns i.e. o/u and sxs, are found to have two barrels shooting in different locations. In addition, some barrels have integral chokes or removable chokes fitted eccentrically to the barrel which causes the point of impact to be significantly off target.

kemen · 24-03-2011 07:51PM

maybe the chokes ate fooked but IMO he's lookin down the left side of the barrels going from poi which will have to looked at..

Remmie 223 · 24-03-2011 09:37PM

I spoke with my dealer & i am going to see him tomorrow afternoon. He said he would play around with the chokes. Here are some photo's with the chokes in & the bottom choke out. I could not take out the top choke as i do not have a key. I don't know if this will give any clues.

Double Barrel · 25-03-2011 04:03PM

I don't know what kind of deal you had with with the shop but a new Lanber as per the factory web site is shipped with Five flush-fitting choke tubes , cylinder, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and full, a key, packaged in a ABS travel case, are supplied as standard. http://www.lanber.net/fielde.html

Ardee is the importer.

Good luck and stand your ground.

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