Just to be clear,
I patterned the gun and it shoots to point of aim.
If I screw my head way down on the stock, I can flatten out the rib and lower my point of aim.
Due to my physical configuration, I would normally shave the toe of a stock like this sidelock and adjust to allow for an abnormal amount of downpitch. problem solved for me. It's just that this gun has a checkered butt
and I don't want to alter it.
I understood what you meant, Bob. And I fully agree. Too nice a gun to alter.
Cheeking a gun really hard to make it shoot flat is a recipe for not only poor shooting in the field, but a bruised cheekbone as well. If it had been a target gun, where aesthetics didn't matter as much, I would have suggested another simple fix. I just did this to my Verona LX 692 Gold 28/.410 combo gun. I added a higher rib to the existing one to keep it from shooting high. Like you, I had to cheek it hard to make it shoot anywhere near flat. A 1/4" high add on rib on each barrel set fixed the issue. It was either that or bend the stock. The add on ribs are inexpensive, can be removed with no damage to the original gun, and don't look bad at all on a target gun.
All my best, SRH
