You can see the bird under the barrel easier.

 

Heads up, easier on the neck.

 

I seem to pick the bird up quicker.

 

They look sooper dooper cool!!

 

I vote for cool. Love the look of a high rib.

 

Depends on head position, neck, stance..... too many variables.

I don’t believe it gives you more time to see the clay. If it did, all the Olympic trap shooters would be using them. Remember the rib is relative to the comb height. A high rib barrel on a low field stock just won’t work for most folk.

I shoot s mid height 682 X trap. But I can also shoot a low rib Rizzini. Comb height changes relative to rib height.

 

On really hot days the higher rib reduces or completely eliminates those distortion heat waves coming off a hot barrel. The draw back to the high rib guns is that some people are unable to shoot them well. So try before you buy.

 

I personally see the bird quicker and the bird typically slows down quicker (assuming I do my part) with an unsingle vs. top single. That being said, with a higher rib, I have a very difficult time knowing why I missed; in front, behind, under etc. Also, it's much easier to cant a gun with a higher rib so gun fit is crucial if you go that route.

 

The consistency with which the shooter mounts the gun seems to be more critical with a high rib than with a low one. Many shooters mount the gun more firmly when practicing or dry mounting and don't keep their face as hard into the stock during a shot than they do when the mount. Both of these factors can change the gun's point of impact a bit more off the high rib than off the lower one and cause more "mystery misses". I attended a Kiner clinic several years ago using a friend's high rib Kolar Max Trap and initially had a lot of trouble with inconsistency...mystery misses. Phil made a 60-sec video of me shooting angles and immediately picked up slight changes in cheek pressure that were causing the misses. I've since corrected my mount problem but I'm still happier with a standard trap rib than a high one.

 

High rib guns look Totally Foo King Kool ! ! !

anything else is just gravy

 

I can shoot a flat rib or a raised rib gun equally well, but I see the target better with a higher ribbed gun.

I have been shooting the higher ribbed style gun for about 3 years now and I think it's where I'll stay.

My rib is not super high. The gun I shoot is a Dennis Devault custom Beretta 391 Gold Sporting w/adjustable rib and comb.

Different strokes for different folks!

Good Luck and Good Shooting!

 

I think the top pro and con are right here...

On really hot days the higher rib reduces or completely eliminates those distortion heat waves coming off a hot barrel. The draw back to the high rib guns is that some people are unable to shoot them well. So try before you buy.

 

I no longer get the heat waves I purchased the add a rib for my I don't see the heat wave for either barrel and I see the bird quicker. Bad part is I know have 2 ribs to clean because of porting but I don't really care

 

Heads up, easier on the neck.

That's an assumption.

Plenty of guys are shooting high rib guns, and not shooting them "heads-up." Conversely, you can shoot "heads-up" on a low rib gun, with proper fit and an adjustable butt pad.....I did it on my Browning before buying my Kolar.

 

I shoot a unsingle now and shoot it better than my old BT99 but I have a friend that has both styles and can not shoot the unsingle at all but
does well with the top single. After watching him shoot we realized that he canted his gun just enough that he could not shoot the unsingle.

 

Any cant has greater consequence with a high rib.
A more significant problem was described by a hall of famer, who said that occasionally instead of keying on the rib, he looked though the rib and keyed on the barrel

 

Puff without sounding stoopid or disrespectful, what does keying actually mean? I have never heard that saying and I am 67 years old...... Joe

BTW.................. If you purchase a high rib gun or a low rib gun, the manufacturer constructed the stock accordingly. Considering the gun fits properly, there is no difference between both. The taller ribbed gun eliminates the amount of barrel you see in your peripheral vision. Joe

 

I have a tendacy to cant the gun. A high rib gun moves the point of impact away from the sight picture.

 

That's a product of poor gun fit. Fix your gun so that the cant is gone.

Avoiding a high rib set-up because your gun doesn't fit is a poor reason not to try. Ignoring the problem won't fix anything.

Good Luck and Good Shooting!

 

With either the high rib or the low rib, it's about gun fit, consistently mounting the gun, shooting it well, etc. I have a long neck and a lot of guns just don't fit me well without a lot of tweaking. For a dedicated trap gun, it's a high rib gun for me!

 

I like higher ribs, but there is such a thing as too high for me. I also like combo, so my rule of thumb is this. If the rib on the O/U is high enough to mitigate heat risers in the summer, then the rib height of the unsingle is okay as well.

As mentioned above, it is MUCH easier to pick up the bird with a higher rib.

 

Some shooters know where thier gun is pointed canted or not.
Shooting is personal not one size fits all.
HW

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Puff without sounding stoopid or disrespectful, what does keying actually mean? I have never heard that saying and I am 67 years old...... Joe

Joe - The way it is used here it means focusing on or paying close attention to...

 

High rib guns favor shooters that shoot fast and hold a high gun. They want to acquire the target as quickly as possible. It favors there shooting style that is all. It doesn’t make them better or worse just different. I notice a lot of long neck, tall people shoot them as well, but this doesn’t all ways fit the mold. I personally really like my high rib guns. I’m 6’ 1” with a long neck and I like to shoot fast. The negatives of it, I have never had the canting issue that some talk about in this post.

 

I am not sure if this will benefit your shooting. But this is everything you could have asked for.

See the neck is completely straight, shoulder relaxed, elbow up, you can see the target 6' down before a flat rib does.

 

I am not sure if this will benefit your shooting. But this is everything you could have asked for.

See the neck is completely straight, shoulder relaxed, elbow up, you can see the target 6' down before a flat rib does.

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"Hey, do you have anything for me? That stock has too much drop"

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This set up mandates a pistol grip because you can not possibly hold it otherwise.

 

Personally it is much easier for me to shoot a trap special than a parcours - especially if I can acquire the bird fast and get a shot off quickly. On longer distance I do not notice a difference.

 

Like them both, shoot both about the same. My emphasis is on stocks.

 

Like them both, shoot both about the same. My emphasis is on stocks.

Great point, I have a MX10RS (unsingle) with a straight neutral stock and a MX10 (top single) with a nice palm and 1/4" offset. The latter is softer shooting (contrary to the common belief that unsingles have less recoil) and more comfortable to shoot. I haven't been shooting either long enough to know which I shoot better but I defiantly hit them harder with the top single. It has Wilkinson barrel work and Briley choke tubes while the RS is fixed full around .032 constriction. Another suprise as I always thought fixed choke's hit targets harder than choke tubed barrels.