Thanks Guys.
I've been using my Benelli SuperSport for about a year now. My friends and I shoot trap singles exclusively at a local club.
Although a great gun, lately I've been feeling like something is slightly off about it. My best score so far has been 24 with a 22 average. As per Jim's comments, I definitely agree that its light weight makes swingthru's on hard angle shots a lot more challenging. To compensate, I installed a 6oz forend cap made by
Briley. That put it just under 8lb. Helped a bit, but still something doesn't feel right.
I tried patterning it and it shoots exactly point of aim when sights are lined up. Normally I aim just below the target with the sights forming a tight figure 8. I typically use a full choke now with good results, although its been some time since I tried a modified or improved modified.
A few things I noticed... When I mount the gun, the sights line up perfectly all on their own. So much so, that I have move the butt of the gun slightly lower on my shoulder to put them in a figure 8. Not sure if I should still be doing that, but I seem to be smashing the plates to bits. One other thing that's been bothering me is having to move my head slightly lower and to the right in order to get into a comfortable shooting position (make good contact with comb). I'm thinking that probably means that I need to upgrade to a higher comb. However, Benelli comb descriptions got me a bit confused -
1) standard, 2) raised comb for target shooting, and 3) extra-high comb for scoped guns, and the fact that current
standard comb makes the top of the stock parallel with the barrel which I thought was desired in a trap gun. Furthermore, is Trap considered target shooting?
I haven't even touched the shims. At a loss as to which way to go, up or down.
Anyways, all this second guessing is the reason I brought up the Beretta A400 Xcel, which was my other choice while shopping for a decent entry level trap semi-auto. But having done some additional research there, I now believe that Jim is right about all that crap just being clever marketing. SS is a fine gun, and what I need to do is tweak my SS in order to make it customized specifically for my needs.