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Old 11-12-2024, 08:33 PM
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So what can be done at home with files or dremnal tool to regulate a double barrel shotguns point of aim if one of the barrels are off?
Can the angle of the crown or muzzle effect the point of aim for that barrel?
What about opening up the choke on the one side of one of the barrels. Example a sanding drum on a dremnal or drill and you open up the choke on one side of one barrel to effect the point of aim for that barrel?
Yes I know the more money than it's worth proper ways of doing things. I'm looking for a cheap more time than money fix with files or sanding disc's,etc.
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Old 11-12-2024, 08:42 PM
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Best way is to change the stock geometry, not the barrel.
After the barrels are mated, trying to change anything on the choke will mess it up before it fixes it.
Changing the stock pitch, comb height or the comb alignment is much easier.
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Old 11-12-2024, 09:19 PM
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Best way is to change the stock geometry, not the barrel.
After the barrels are mated, trying to change anything on the choke will mess it up before it fixes it.
Changing the stock pitch, comb height or the comb alignment is much easier.
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It's for cowboy action. Probably 30 year old Brazilian double coach gun. The right barrel shoots good. It's the left barrel that shoots wrong point of aim.
I haven't checked yet but I think right barrel is I.c. the left is modified .
If both were cylinder bore or I.c. it would be better for ranges involved.
I would rather the left barrel shot closer to the same point of aim as the right barrel instead of just opening the choke so it overlaps closer.
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Old 11-12-2024, 09:24 PM
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It's for cowboy action. Probably 30 year old Brazilian double coach gun. The right barrel shoots good. It's the left barrel that shoots wrong point of aim.
I haven't checked yet but I think right barrel is I.c. the left is modified .
If both were cylinder bore or I.c. it would be better for ranges involved.
I would rather the left barrel shot closer to the same point of aim as the right barrel instead of just opening the choke so it overlaps closer.
For cowboy action it is probably easier to learn to shoot Kentucky windage if you are shooting slugs.
If shooting shot it must be off quite a bit .
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Old 11-12-2024, 09:55 PM
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For cowboy action it is probably easier to learn to shoot Kentucky windage if you are shooting slugs.
If shooting shot it must be off quite a bit .
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At 15 yards the left barrel was probably close to a ten inches high and about 5 inches left.
Right barrel a few inches high and centered.
I'm not a shotgun guy. Haven't hunted with shotgun since I was a little kid.
New territory for me.
Now a rifle muzzle or crown has to be 90 degrees to the bore or I was always told the gas will deflect the bullet.
Wouldn't gas deflect a wad and lead pellet ball?
Or if I opened up the choke on one side of the one barrel I'm wondering what effect this would have? The left barrel is to tight a choke for range involved .
In cowboy action that I have seen they are using really light loads with small 7.5 shot shooting metal targets that don't move much when hit. Would be better to hit target more centered. Day I was there they had three judges and usually two or three opinions on how many targets were hit. Honestly I was watching the shooters technique and not the targets to try to learn but the point I guess is the more solid the hit the better.
I'm kind of ocd about guns windage being off and not because of wind. Haha
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Old 11-12-2024, 10:17 PM
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Imagine that a quality Brazilian sxs barrels are not regulated properly 😁
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