Citori Question

[nikalah]

Alright folks, dumb question...I really love to shoot trap, and I have been looking at investing in a nice gun for quite some time. However as a college student, that doesnt always work out...anyway I had been borrowing a friend's Browning Citori when Dad came home with one as a suprise that I could slowly and over time buy from him. Anyway it's a totally different Citori and I think it would be alright except for I've gotten use to, and really like the really high rib on my friends, and mine is VERY low. Does anyone know of something you can buy to, i dunno, snap on to create a higher rib or am I just going to have to totally redo the way I shoot? Some of the guys at the gun club thought such a thing existed, but I am unsure of their advice, and where to look....thanks!

[stubblejumper]

The trap and skeet citoris have high ribs and the stock dimensions are also different from the field and sporting citoris.I have seen beads that snap onto therib,but I have not seen a full length attachment to make a rib taller.Your best bet might be to trade the gun on a trap model.

[Doug S]

Have you shot it yet?

Reason I ask is what works for other folks might not be your hot setup and a high rib is not the only factor that determins fit. Often, high rib guns also have less drop at heel and comb so the end result as far as your view is thesame. When I got into it I used a Browning A-5, LOL, not the "right" gun by anyones standards but I did better than OK with it. I then caught the "bug" and started looking for the right gun, listened to all the top shooters, tried some and ended up buying one. And my scores went down just like the money in my wallet. After much fooling around, fitting and whatnot, I retried the A-5 and bingo, back I came. I then looked for a gun that had the same measurements (fit)as the A-5 and ended up with a field grade Lightning. Life is good again. For me, it turned out that I look at the reciever and never really see the front of the gun, infact, if I do see much of the rib or beed then I start aiming instead of pointing, that leeds to "thinking" which leeds to lower scores for me.

Give the gun a fair shake with an open mind, it will let you know if it is your gun or not..

Doug