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I've done enough shooting that I'm sure that's not the issue. I tested the gun with 7 or 8 different loads and it shot every one way low with both barrels. Its a very consistent shooter; just shoots everything low in relation to the rib and bead.

Thanks for all the replies. I probably worded my original post poorly, but I think everyone understands my question now. I thought the gun was flawed, but wanted to hear more opinions on it. I could put it on auction and probably get my money back, but I don't wanta sell a gun with a known problem without telling the buyer.

I think I can make a good turkey gun out of it and a sight will make the issue irrelevant. At 6.75 pounds, its light for a 12 gauge, and the tight barrel shoots great patterns with tungsten loads. Thanks again for all the help.

coosa,

There is another option, if you don't mind an add on rib atop the original one. There are any number of aluminum, and plastic, ribs out there for sale that you just peel off a backing and press it in place on top of your rib, and are removable without damaging any original finish. They are made to accomplish different changes in POI. One that is tapered in thickness so that the thinner end is at the muzzle and the thicker end is at the breech would raise the POI while still letting you look "flat" down the rib. Trapshooters, and some sporting shooters, use these all the time. I had one on a Valmet 32" trap gun that I used for sporting, for a time, to make it shoot lower. They would look a little funky on a S x S, but sometimes pretty is as pretty does.

SRH

Sell it.
JR

Stan - Thanks for all that information. I have never seen one of those add on ribs except in internet pics, but have read some about them. I read of one guy that made one of wood as a pattern and then had somebody make one like it out of aluminum.

In searching the internet, all that I've found are really high and make it look like a sxs trap gun. If I could find one like you described, that would indeed solve the problem. The major difference as far as shooting between the 425 and the 626 is that the 626 has a high rib that lines up with poa. Adding such a rib to the 425 would make the guns similar enough that I could easily switch from one gun to the other.

I have a friend who makes them in his machine shop. I will talk with him and see if he could make a tapered one for you. Necessary info will be barrel length, exactly how much low it centers the pattern when cheeked "flat", and where you want the pattern to be centered after correction. This will all determine the amount of taper.

SRH

coosa,

My friend does not make tapered ribs, but here are two sources for them. Both will make a custom rib, to your specs. Bill McGuire shoots a Devault rib.

Dennis Devault Ind. Canton, OH 330-456-6070

Keen Sights Bakersfield, CA 661-703-1865


Both these companies cater primarily to trapshooters, but will make any type rib you want. Don't let the pics of the truss-looking ribs put you off, they make solid ribs that don't look so horrid as well. Good luck.

SRH

Stan - Many thanks for looking this up for me! Devault says on their web site that they are not taking orders for ribs right now, but it looks like Keen Sights could make exactly what I would need. Looks like it would cost around $200; the rib is tapered so that adds an extra charge. I have no doubt that one of his ribs would solve the problem and make the gun a good shooter. And he can make them very thin, so I don't think it would detract from the looks of the gun. It would probably look very similar to the 626 when he finished.

I can just send the barrels and he will install them for only $30. I'll call him this week.

You're most welcome, bro' Southerner.

SRH