Drew, you brought up a good point. Annie's dimensions are well known and documented, both in Lancaster's records and Parker Brothers records. When the authors of The Parker Story identified the Butler-Oakley guns, they separated them into two groups defined by the very different stock dimensions. The Annie Oakley dimensions are so different from other dimensions specified for Parker guns that her specific dimensions are unheard of in guns other than hers. Her drop at comb and heel dimensions are straighter than even those ordered today. Her length of pull dimensions varied somewhat over the years, but the drop dimensions stayed pretty much the same, very straight.
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