Sporting Gun

Fit for purpose

While I do not profess to be an expert on gun fit, I can vouch for the significant difference it can make to your shooting. I took the plunge and had a gun fitted to my exact measurements last year. The improvement it has brought to my results on clays and in the field has been astonishing.

Until last year, I had been using an over-and-under Bettinsoli for most of my shooting. I’m 6ft 2in and have long arms and a long neck, so the gun needed a few tweaks. A friend made a discreet wooden spacer to lengthen the stock by about an inch and the gun was fitted with

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