LancsLad
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Well as I can't get out shooting till Friday at Cambridge Gun Club (Thanks for offering to take me BTC3 
) I decided to visit a few local gun shops to look at shotguns for fit. I visited Donaldsons at Bletchley, told them I had just applied for my licence, gave them a budget and that I was looking for fit of shotguns for sporting clays. So I picked up the following;
Lanber sporting Deluxe m/c, m/c 30" £649 S/H - Fit me very well, not too heavy and swung nicely. But at the price I could travel 8 miles further and get one for £199 cheaper. Just need to find one I can actually shoot to make sure on fit.
Fausti Windsor m/c, m/c 30" £699 S/H - I really liked the look of this gun but it just didn't come close to fitting. Hardly any cast on the stock so I couldn't even look down the barrel.
Baikal 27 EM-M-1C m/c,m/c 28" S/H £425 - LMFAO. Might last for years and take some serious knocks and keep going but not good with such a low comb. I'd be surprised if my eye even lined up withe the top barrel,was more like lower one.
No hard sell from staff in shop and kept telling me to keep an eye on their website because they are always getting new stuff in but they didn't really help you with the fit. They'd Pass the gun over let you put it to your shoulder while staring around the small store until you handed it back. I think he was more interested in finishing bang on 2pm than getting me to put a deposit down.
Then took a journey up the A5 to RK Stockcraft. Gave them the same spiel about just starting out and just having applied for my licence. So in here I picked up the following;
Huglu 103 DE m/c,m/c 30" S/H £450 - Very plain metal work and felt a nice weight. It had 15 1/4 LoP on this though and I noticed it catching on the first mount. It had an inch thick recoil pad on which could've been swapped but you don't (me anyway) want to buy something you've got to mod straight away.
Browning Medalist 30" m/c, m/c S/H £550 - Really liked this. No idea just how old it was but felt very nice and fit well. Another gun I want to try on a range.
Bettinsoli Diamond 30" m/c, m/c New £725 - Like the Lanber it fit me well straight off the shelf. Another gun I want to try on a range.
Webley & Scott 912k Black Action 30" m/c, m/c New £799 - Again like the Lanber it fit me well straight off the shelf. Another gun I want to try on a range.
Shop staff were very helpful. Got a young lad who told me he was more in to the rifles than shotguns but knew gun fit. He'd have me dry mount with my eyes closed and check my positioning. Also made sure I was standing correctly (I was more rifle stance than shotgun) as stance can affect fit of a gun.
So over the next x amount of weeks while waiting for my SGC I need to try and find somewhere with those shotguns in stock that I can actually fire them.
Lancslad
) I decided to visit a few local gun shops to look at shotguns for fit. I visited Donaldsons at Bletchley, told them I had just applied for my licence, gave them a budget and that I was looking for fit of shotguns for sporting clays. So I picked up the following;Lanber sporting Deluxe m/c, m/c 30" £649 S/H - Fit me very well, not too heavy and swung nicely. But at the price I could travel 8 miles further and get one for £199 cheaper. Just need to find one I can actually shoot to make sure on fit.
Fausti Windsor m/c, m/c 30" £699 S/H - I really liked the look of this gun but it just didn't come close to fitting. Hardly any cast on the stock so I couldn't even look down the barrel.
Baikal 27 EM-M-1C m/c,m/c 28" S/H £425 - LMFAO. Might last for years and take some serious knocks and keep going but not good with such a low comb. I'd be surprised if my eye even lined up withe the top barrel,was more like lower one.
No hard sell from staff in shop and kept telling me to keep an eye on their website because they are always getting new stuff in but they didn't really help you with the fit. They'd Pass the gun over let you put it to your shoulder while staring around the small store until you handed it back. I think he was more interested in finishing bang on 2pm than getting me to put a deposit down.
Then took a journey up the A5 to RK Stockcraft. Gave them the same spiel about just starting out and just having applied for my licence. So in here I picked up the following;
Huglu 103 DE m/c,m/c 30" S/H £450 - Very plain metal work and felt a nice weight. It had 15 1/4 LoP on this though and I noticed it catching on the first mount. It had an inch thick recoil pad on which could've been swapped but you don't (me anyway) want to buy something you've got to mod straight away.
Browning Medalist 30" m/c, m/c S/H £550 - Really liked this. No idea just how old it was but felt very nice and fit well. Another gun I want to try on a range.
Bettinsoli Diamond 30" m/c, m/c New £725 - Like the Lanber it fit me well straight off the shelf. Another gun I want to try on a range.
Webley & Scott 912k Black Action 30" m/c, m/c New £799 - Again like the Lanber it fit me well straight off the shelf. Another gun I want to try on a range.
Shop staff were very helpful. Got a young lad who told me he was more in to the rifles than shotguns but knew gun fit. He'd have me dry mount with my eyes closed and check my positioning. Also made sure I was standing correctly (I was more rifle stance than shotgun) as stance can affect fit of a gun.
So over the next x amount of weeks while waiting for my SGC I need to try and find somewhere with those shotguns in stock that I can actually fire them.
Lancslad
