Thanks guys - that Purdey chart certainly spells it all out ! I'm always surprised that I seem to shoot guns with more drop better than "typical" (modern) drops. I have a modern gun with 1 1/2" & 2 1/2" drop, and I don't shoot that as well as my Parker hammer gun with approx. 1 3/4" and 2 7/8" drop. (I'm only 5'-8" if I'm wearing shoes, so I would think I wouldn't need much drop or length of pull...) My cheek hits the stock approx. 6" back from the front trigger, so that's where I like to measure in order to compare gun "fit." Most of those old English guns have so little drop - how in the world did anyone hit anything with them ??????
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