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Are you using steel shot by choice ??

Is THAT not causing the rust ! I try to keep my hands dry ! 😊

I have both styles of Mcwet, mesh backed summer and long cuff winter. I find them very good..........if it doesn't rain. Once they get wet, they are damned cold. I use a pair of leather golf gloves in the rain. I have sprayed the leather to keep it relatively waterproof. For summer use, I use...

The 'white' area is the flash rebounding.

I am one, that has rusty fingerprints. I therefore use old fashioned methods of protection on my guns. I always wear gloves, summer and winter. Macwets for me too, except in hot weather, then I wear the Browning fingerless shooting gloves. I ALWAYS carry my gun in a slip, and I use motor oil on...

I am having a similar experience. I have been interested in a gun that I know has been in the shop for some considerable time. I have made a £550 offer on a £650 gun, no part ex, cash sale. I was told it's a 'commission ' sale and we can only knock £50 off. This has occurred at 2 different...

I am having the exact same problem, I have an excellent thin Rohan jacket, which is totally windproof, but only 'showerproof '. I do not do heat, leading almost to a total collapse at a recent shoot. 45 minutes in my car with the air con on before I could even get out of the car. I have...

Or, in my case......wax lyrical ! 😂

Although it is extremely difficult to judge from pics., the stock on the 694 certainly looks longer. If that is the case, your head position will alter, this will affect eye/rib location. Get it checked out professionally, it will be money well spent. Getting rid of the 694 may not be a bad...

Although I struggle to live with a Beretta, it is not for the want of trying. I have a Beretta 303 semi auto, which I shoot very well with, with no mods at all, other than changing the solid red rubber thing that Beretta stuck on the back of the 'sporter' model. Stock L.O.P. 14 1/2", standard...

I thought that was spot on and spot off ?? 😉

Westley Richards factory in Birmingham did a damned good job on my side by side in the 1980's. They did all of their gunfitting on a pattern plate, with a try gun, at the rear of the premises. It was a weird experience shooting at a pattern plate, with a rugby match going on 100 yards to my left...

And stance can make a massive difference to the fit of a gun. I have a shooting pal who, when he dry mounts a gun, mounts it across his body, with his feet at 90° to where the target would be. This dictates a longer stock. Yet, when he is actually live shooting, his stance is normal. This is...

Ah yes, BUT do you switch from your left shoulder to your right shoulder to suit differing crossing targets ? I could see it getting interesting with Sim pairs ?? 😄

Although I'm not entirely sure about what you are saying, all I can say is, in my opinion, gunfit is critical. Week in and week out, I watch people trying to shoot guns that are a dreadful 'fit'. There are really only 2 courses of action, one is to follow MartinB and go the whole hog...

Go for it then.

On the one occasion I had the misfortune to be looking down the wrong end of a 12 bore, I don't recall thinking "Bloomin eck....those barrels don't converge" !! I think it went more "Oh manure ! Pass me my brown trousers " 🙄

I can recall the guys at Longthorne conducting a similar experiment using several different makes of guns, from the bargain basement, right through to very expensive over and unders. The results were quite enlightening, apparently. Obviously this was an experiment to show how accurate...

How is shooting off the left shoulder going ?? When you can do skeet pairs, shooting backwards between your legs, then maybe consider a career change ? 🤭

No, I would work on my foot positioning, my hold, and kill points first. If that was the first target of a report pair, would you be looking to switch back to the right shoulder for the second target ? Getting onto the target earlier is NOT the issue here, but the ability to shoot it in the...