Excel Auto

[badshotlal]

Good day to everyone,

  My question is simple, I hope.  Has anyone had an issue with point-of-aim with the Excel 12 bore?  From a dead rest, and honestly have tried only buckshot, it's not even close.  I can't imagine how vastly improved it would have to be to group standard bird shot i.e. 4's. 5's, 8's, etc.
  Would appreciate any and all input.  Hope you have a great week-end.  I know it's way too warm in Ks. for March -- hard freeze is coming and plants are gonna die

God Bless


badshotlal

[SHOOTALL]

you may wish to do the old point and shoot test . get a 48" X 48" piece of white paper . put an aiming point in the middle say a 4 inch circle of a different color . bring the gun up to your shoulder while sighting down the bbl. as your shoulder moves into the stock fire . repete until you see where the center of the pattern shows up ( the ragged hole ) . where is it in relation to the target you aimed at ? don't adjust on each of the test shots . you now know where the gun shoots in relation to where you are looking . Often this allows you to see how to adjust how you mount the gun and center the pattern over the target . Remember the rear sight is your eye . the front sight is often not seen . Some get a mid rib bead to help see if they are looking down the center of the bbl or across it from one side or the other . Remember shooting a shotgun is an art .
the amount of pressure you put on the gun with your cheek ( it is touching right ) or how heavy you grip with your hands or foot placement all contribute to hitting the target . On other silly thing you can do is get the gun where you can get the light so it looks like a line down the bbl the reflection and see if it is stright with the bbl . If the bbl is bent it will show .

[Cookiemann]

shootall, I thought I was the only crazy person who used that reflection method.  Guess I'm in good company. 

[badshotlal]

Hello Shootall

  Thanks so much for the lengthly reply.  Excellent thought, but finding a 48" square piece of paper is darn near impossible.  I have a very old, as in 1960 sometime,  roll of paper that I special ordered from Miller Printers, in Gt. Bend, Ks.,.  My plan was to find the perfect load for a new Ithacca Model 280 , 20 bore. 
  Well, it is, or was, still in its' original paper until a few weeks ago.  Started tearing some sheets off to fit a target board I built.  They are 42" X ?? -- can't remember the other dimension.  Sr. moment
  May have to go to something like an old washer or dryer box, but they, too, are hard to find before someone beats you to it.
  Bottom line, your idea I was aware of, but not in the context you presented.  Thanks so much for your time.  Hope you and yours are well, and enjoy a nice week-end!

God Bless


badshotlal
 

[SHOOTALL]

i often use a couple sheets of news paper taped togather and paint it white . Some clubs have a pattern board ( steel plate ) and paint it . For backing if thin paper is used fence wire , chicken wire or such works and cost little .
Hope you get it shooting where you want it to hit . I shot winchesters for a long time and have a hard time with 1100's , Brownings work ok as do SKB . and i do ok with an 870 . but an 1100 i have to go to the board every time or i have no idea where i'm shooting . I know the 1100 and 870 are almost the same . got to be mental right ?