I would agree with that. There are significant benefits IMHO of stepped ribs and Ips has hit the downside on the head. I have been doing an experiment between flat and stepped ribs. All other variables largely controlled e.g., geometry, poi etc. the high rib is either amazing or just inconsistent and when inconsistent its hard (even with a photographic memory) to get a fence to why missed.Totaly agree Les53, I shot high ribs well at DTL and even at ABT (depending on the layout) but cant shoot OTor UT with one. The trouble I find is that when you miss a fast target with a high rib you havent a clue were you missed it, you dont seem to get the same feedback.
I often used to shoot at American bases back in the late 80's early 90's, the yanks love boody great high ribbed single barrel guns. Some of those guys shot DTL with them, but mainly ATA handicap by distance and some of those guys were amazing too! I knew a guy that used a Miroku 800SW I think it was, it had a big high raised rib, he shot O/T well with it. He traded up to an MX8 SC3 or something, well it did not work at all. He spent almost a year trying to buy back his Miroku, but he couldn't, so he went and bought one just like it. As far as I know the Perazzi is still in his gun safe. Step/high ribs are another personal thing I guess, but I often wonder how many of these things are down to a trend or fashion, started by the companies that make the guns.I think they are great for DTL (and we cannot deny there benefit with double trap) however precisely why they work at such disciplines and not others is because of the known height of a DTL or indeed ATA target against the much faster much steeper / tighter angles of other trap disciplines. I think that the brain (at least mine anyway) gets confused by a high rib when trying to instinctively shoot a trap target.
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