Straight Stock and Pitch

[Pa SxS]

Robin,

In my opinion it depends on how you perceive recoil. If you don't notice recoil to your face on all your guns then pitch is not a problem for you. If you notice recoil to your face but all you do is shoot your gun during hunting season, you may decide to live with it the way it is. I was told that most hunting guns have about neutral pitch so that when mounting quickly, the heel slides easily up to the shoulder. Don't know if that's true or not.

If however you shoot alot of skeet, trap, or sporting clays where you may shoot several hundred shots per day, recoil to the face is not something you may be able to tolerate for a long period of time. I've shot trap all my life and just about every gun I've tried recoils into my face. I could have bought a nice Parker for all the money I've sent on recoil devices. I bought a K-80 some years ago and it also recoiled to my face. I had Paul Hillmer make me a custom stock and I told him about the recoil to my face. He said he could fix that and he did. Examining the new stock, the only real difference is he increaed the amount of pitch to the butt. It's now has about 8 degrees from neutral. What a pleasure to shoot now.

Others may disagree but that's my opinion.