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It will be a gun fit issue. That bruise is below the collar bone. The gun might be pushing into the shoulder at the heal and/or rotating on the collar bone. Small contact areas - equals big bruise and a feeling the gun is hard to manage.
The problem with having a long neck is that you need to find a gun with more drop at heel than might be standard. For most its the other way around and an adjustable comb solve the problem.
A simple try is to unscrew the butt plate, drop it half a inch - in the picture Simon refers to above it would be an inch - and secure it with electrical tape so you don't need new holes. The pad will sit lower in the shoulder. That's only changing one thing however and pitch, comb height are all relevant and moving the pad down too much can easily cause the gun to rotate up ending up with a kick in the face which is worse.
The problem with having a long neck is that you need to find a gun with more drop at heel than might be standard. For most its the other way around and an adjustable comb solve the problem.
A simple try is to unscrew the butt plate, drop it half a inch - in the picture Simon refers to above it would be an inch - and secure it with electrical tape so you don't need new holes. The pad will sit lower in the shoulder. That's only changing one thing however and pitch, comb height are all relevant and moving the pad down too much can easily cause the gun to rotate up ending up with a kick in the face which is worse.