I think it's my original post that is being interpreted wrong, and it's probably my wording. I never intended to restock a classic gun for the sake of fitting it to me just to shoot it. I was trying to find out the most direct way of taking a current set of fitting parameters, which I have, and see what is out there that will translate to a shootable gun and allow me to hit a barn. For example does LOP on a single trigger roughly translate to the front of a DT? Is cast much different SxS compared to O/U. I think I've gotten the answer already and it's been helpful, and I thank the many PM's I've received which have been invaluable. Great forum.
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Originally Posted by Reggie Bishop
The way I have always looked at it is if a person is interested in owning and shooting vintage guns why bother with a fit? The odds of finding a 100 year old Parker with the dimensions that a "fitter" would come up with are slim to none. Sure you could possibly find one "close" but unless one is willing to re-stock, modify the stock or make some other kind of modification to a vintage gun what good is a fit? Personally I don't like messing with nice original guns so I have to "try" to adjust to whichever gun I am shooting. Could I have better results with a gun re-stocked to my fit? Possibly. Am I willing to do that? No.
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