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I'm a left-handed wingshot.

I've been looking really hard for a couple years for a 28ga O/U single trigger gun with neutral cast. None appear available new-from-factory in my price point (~ 3.5K).

THREE TIMES I've had sellers tell me their gun had no cast. I questioned them closely, asked them to view the stock from all sides including assembled from the muzzle end, rolling the gun a on a table top, every suggestion I could think of. The latest seller told me he even assessed neutral cast of the stock in a jig.

Two were shipped to me after payment. One I drove hours to view. ALL when I inspected them instead had visible cast-off and/or toe out for a RH wingshot. The one that had been "measured" neutral in a jig was the worst.

What the heck? Am I just encountering "one-eyed" gun sellers? Or are a lot of brains incapable of detecting actual stock cast and thinking thru the distinction "RH vs LH"?

Does anybody know of a reliable source? Please don't tell me to just have a stock bent. I've been to that rodeo where stocks sprung back to original dimensions after a few months.

Frustrated in Montana,
GG

I don't trust anyone, least of all a gun dealer, to correctly measure any stock dimension. Concerning cast, I would have them take photographs from the muzzle end, showing the buttstock from the top and bottom, before sending payment.