New England Firearms Pardner SB1 - 12 gauge

Just bought a 1997 NEF single shot 12 gauge (modified) from a local pawn shop, $130 including tax. Not too awful bad since everyone on armslist is asking $150+. Anyway, I'm having some issues with the comb. I went out dove hunting and out of 3 boxes of shells and only shot 3 or 4 doves. Now that's pretty bad, even for me. I think the comb is just kinda high and it's throwing my POI off. What's my best course of action, just conditioning myself to smash my face down onto the stock a bit more?

I'm used to a Mossberg 500 if that means anything, the middle bead tends to help I think.

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bikersquid

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either try shooting it at a large paper target to see your POA vs POI. or maybe try some of those stick on fiber optic sights and you can change the height of the front sight.

ChootinNPootin

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You could always get one of these. Just to give yourself a secondary frame of reference. Its cheap, removable, and may be just enough to get you used to the gun and adjusting for elevation

leftnose

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Pattern the gun. The barrel might not be straight and the POI could be way off.

Get a big piece of paper, at least 36" square, draw a dot in the middle of it, mount the gun, line up the bead(s), and AIM at the dot like you're shooting a rifle. Repeat a couple times.

Now repeat a couple times from a low gun start like you're shooting a dove. Don't aim the gun at the dot. Point at it and sort of take a "snap shot."

The first test will tell you if the barrel is straight and the gun is working properly. The second test will show you how the gun fits for you, if it is too high, needs cast whatever.