Per Parker catalogs:
"drop about 2 3/4 inches, length about 14 inches"
There are also ranges of normal specifications published in pre 1930's catalogs.
Skilled Hands catalog:
" Stock dimensions, unless otherwise specified, 14 inches long, 2 1/2 inches drop at the heel, 1 5/8 inches drop at the comb."
p.21.
These answers are for V grade standard guns. Skeet and trap guns have different standard dimensions, as one would expect.
As to your second question, any padded butt was "made to order with stocks 13 1/2 to 14 1/2 inches........without extra charge." Because a padded butt was strictly made to order, a length with pad would have been specified. It would only be an assumption that a default total length would be 14". The wood length would be dependent upon the pad thickness, as you know, different pads had different thicknesses.
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