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Hello,

Today my Kurt Thune adventure suit finally arrived in the mail and was wondering, what is the best way to situate the buttons? Is there a "rule of thumb" to use when attaching the buttons? I sort of "winged it" today with the button placement and got a strange result. The jacket felt snug as I was buttoning it up, but as soon as I got into position, the jacket felt a bit loose. I was wondering, should it be set up so that it's tight as possible and should I attempt to break it in over time? Or should it be more loose initially and move the buttons once the jacket is more broken in.

Any help is appreciated!

-Jordan

It should be snug but not too tight. Might be a good idea to place the buttons now and then look again after you've shot in it a few times. I was lucky with mine as I did that and had the lady who did the alterations and fitting, move the buttons accordingly. It's also useful to make sure it complies with the relevant rules you will be shooting under (eg ISSF if that applies to you).

Rob.

Put the jacket on (with your shooting sweater and shooting pants on too) and raise your arms into the standing shooting position. Have someone overlap the button holes to the other side of the jacket and place a mark with a pen at the outside edge of the button hole.

One thing that usually happens is a bump on the left chest (for a right handed person) that can make contact with the rifle (usually the grip). My experience at the JO's resulted in many rifles needing to be modified (cut) to avoid the contact.

punch a hole at the pen marks and put your buttons there.

As already pointed out, the jacket should not be too tight per ISSF rules.