Maybe someone of a much higher IT IQ can help you compress them.

I personally don't like 3 inches of drop. I can get by with 2 3/4 but prefer 2 1/2 for hunting guns. 3 inches of drop is common on older guns, but if you look long enough you will find dims. you like. My feeling is the guy is telling you the truth. Dave

That would be great!

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Dimensions are an important criteria especially in a shooter grade (vs. collectable). Often we see guns for sale and the ad states "good" or "modern" dimensions, which is considered a plus. Seems shooters may have had a different style 100 years ago and many guns reflect that. The guns you mentioned have more drop than I like and when I see a gun with lots of drop it's factor in my decision. Sometimes it's too discouraging like the H&R 10ga grade 3, 2" by 3 1/4", I posted about the other day here, other times I factor in the $130-$150 more it will cost for a gunsmith to bend the stock (if it will move enough). Too much drop cause me to "float" my head on the stock to see the proper bead/rib picture, and that is not good and leads to more misses. Sometimes shooters compensate by attaching a neoprene or leather comb riser on the stock. in rare occasions the original stock is set aside and new one is custom built to the new owners specs (very pricey). Lots of drop affects value in the sense fewer people will be interested, it is a legitimate concern. The question is how much in terms of price.

I have found a fairly simple method of posting pictures here and on other websites. I use a third party picture upload site, in my case photobucket. Once my picture is uploaded to photobucket I left click the "IMG code" (it will say "copied") below the picture and then right click here on the PGCA page when posting and "paste" the "IMG code" copied from photobucket. The IM code is nothing more than a web address (the URL) inside these commands [IMG]webaddressgoeshere[/IMG] When finished it looks like this on the PGCA page:

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...raightgrip.jpg

The e-mail link looks like this:

http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...raightgrip.jpg

Sam I have older guns that letter with 4 to 4-1/2 in of drop, back then it was what the buyer wanted to a certain extent, Parker would not do some things if there was danger involved to persons or the integrity of the gun!

I posted these on the AHFCA web site sometime back, so had them available in photobucket --

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...unStocks01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...unStocks02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...unStocks03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...unStocks04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...unStocks05.jpg

I have a theory, that a lot of the guns that were built with what we consider "good dimensions" today, have been shot a lot, while these old guns with excessive drop kicked the original owners in the cheek so bad that they were shot very little, and remain for us today.

1.5" and 2.5" fits be perfect as well. I think that is a fairly common dimension for a lot of people now a days. It seems like 3" drops were pretty common in Parker's day, especially early on.

Actually, the comb dimension is in some ways more important. Since you place your cheek closer to the comb. I have had shotguns with 1.5" and 3" drops feel pretty nice.

I have a 4 frame that had 4 inches of drop. My head floated all over that stock and I shot the worst ever. You can have all of them 4 inchers you want. Not me.