Thread: Point it right between my eyes - WTF?

When a gun fitter gets a person to point the gun at his eye he doing so to determine if the shooters eye ( pupil ) is correctly positioned both in the vertical and horizontal in relation to the front bead and rib of the gun .
what annoys me about the backyard , gun shop experts is that even if they vaguely know what they are doing in regards to stock adjustments to centralise your eye horizontally with the rib , they assume that everyone shoots with the same sight picture between barrels and target in regards to height .
Everyone is different in what they prefer in regards to sight picture at time of the shot being triggered .
I personally shoot with a reasonably high gun so that I never lose sight of the bird and the target is always above my barrels , some people blot the target out as the slap the trigger .
There is no right or wrong way to do it , its just up to the individual .
No one can properly fit a gun to a person without confirming the height of comb settings by actually shooting some targets and patterning the gun on a board .
Its possible to get a very close fit in the shop but not perfect , if someone tells you otherwise treat it with suspicion .
I personally have no problem with the whole pointing a gun at someone in this situation when its in a very controlled environment and everyone present is made aware repeatedly of the safe condition of the firearm . I also understand those who have an issue with it and admire their total adherence to the letter of the law and if it makes them uncomfortable I would never push them to participate in such an activity.
I probably would feel uncomfortable myself to see this done over the counter at a gunshop which is full of customers , and performed by some salesman who's shooting experience is shooting one Sunday a month ( that's if he shoots shotguns at all , and isn't a rifle expert who likes to dabble in things he knows little about ) .

Ken