River is/was (since I'm just now seeing your quote) the worst I've seen. Living here I avoid downtown though. The bridge has since reopened I'm sure you've heard.
Shimmed the same--Many years ago I bought a Stoeger 2000. It didn't come with shims ( I don't even know if it's shimmable) and I had zero knowledge of shimming. I've shot many many birds with this gun. A few years ago I bought a SBE II. First time out I missed 10 birds (not kidding). Man was i pissed. Here I thought I bought this kick butt gun and couldn't hit a damn thing. I started reading in the manual about drop and it finally occurred to me check it. Took a straight edge off the rib of "old reliable" and measured to the butt of the gun. 2 3/4" SBE- 1 3/4" shimmed them the same. Problem fixed.
