Gunfitting

Achieving the Ideal Fit for the Game and Clay Shot

Don Currie

• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• eBook ISBN:
  9780811770378
• Year: 2021

Expert shooting coach, teacher, and competitor Don Currie delivers a solid book on gunfitting based on a lifetime of experience gained from working with Orvis and Purdey. Don knows that shooting with a properly fitted shotgun is critical to a shooter's success, and he delivers on the art and science of fitting proper shotguns. The science requires the gunfitter to understand the structure of the shooter's body and what stock specifications are needed to accommodate the shooter's physique. To master the art of the process, the fitter must understand how shooters shoot and how the eye and brain see and read the target. The fitter must critically evaluate the shooter's stance, mount, and level of experience along with taking into consideration the shooter's discipline and style and how the shooter will develop and evolve.

Table of contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The Shotgun and Other Related Nomenclature
• Chapter 3: Gunfitting 101
• Chapter 4: Principles of Shotgunning
• Chapter 5: The Unique Physique
• Chapter 6: Eye Dominance and the Visual Profile
• Chapter 7: The Wood
• Chapter 8: Stockmaking
• Chapter 9: Gunfitting 201
• Chapter 10: Common Fitting Challenges
• Chapter 11: “Sighting In” the Shotgun
• Chapter 12: The Gunfitting Process
• Chapter 13: Aftermarket Modifications
• Chapter 14: Engraving
• Chapter 15: Weight, Balance, and “Pointability”
• Chapter 16: Tools of the Gunfitter
• Chapter 17: Conclusion
• Appendix