what is favored in the field for more for using solids and what is favored for spreads and which is more accurate over or side and do you have to compensate for the barrel being lower than the other in and o&u
In reply to: Poster: 303 Subject: Re: over and under or side by side
what is favored in the field for more for using solids...
Sorry I have only used brenneckes and slugs a bit and never on game.
In reply to: ... and what is favored for spreads ...
Both are similar in patterning effect. An under and over sometimes is stocked for certain target practices, eg trap or down-the-line where the shotgun actually patterns higher than the point of aim when compared to a field shotgun where the pattern is line of sight.
In reply to: ... and which is more accurate over or side ...
Shotguns are not 'accurate', you do not aim them, you point them. Slugs may be different, but again accuracy is not an issue as to whether it is a SS or U/O.
In reply to: .... and do you have to compensate for the barrel being lower than the other in and o&u
No.
The choice between a side by side vs an under and over for shotguns is mostly a matter of personal preference. Myself I strongly prefer a side by side. Many bolt action rifle shooters prefer seeing the single barrel (on top) of an under and over.
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303, using an O/U in olympic competition has nothing to do with accuracy. Shotguns are not "Accurate" as such, they spread the shot so that your target flies or runs into a cloud of shot or "pattern" hence the nickname "Scatterguns".
The main reason for O/U over S/S is the single sighting plane. With superimposed barrels, you get a less restricted view with both eyes open so there is less chance of blotting out the target, particularly with rising birds. Clays are small and fast so you need to pick them up quickly, O/Us and Single barrels help in this respect. I use O/U and S/S both for clays and game, I was brought up on S/S shotguns and have always found it easier to hit crossing birds with a S/S, probably no scientific reason, just preference and what I'm used to I guess.
In relation to using slugs in Shotguns, you MAY find the O/U more "Accurate" in that you have a single sighting plane and therefore it is easier to "Aim" the shotgun as you would a rifle, both barrels being in the same plane as the foresight bead. With a S/S the barrels are adjacent to the sighting plane and so are a little to the left and the right of your sight line.
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