O/U to SxS gun fit advice needed

[Reggie B]

The way I have always looked at it is if a person is interested in owning and shooting vintage guns why bother with a fit? The odds of finding a 100 year old Parker with the dimensions that a "fitter" would come up with are slim to none. Sure you could possibly find one "close" but unless one is willing to re-stock, modify the stock or make some other kind of modification to a vintage gun what good is a fit? Personally I don't like messing with nice original guns so I have to "try" to adjust to whichever gun I am shooting. Could I have better results with a gun re-stocked to my fit? Possibly. Am I willing to do that? No.

[Andy]

I think it's my original post that is being interpreted wrong, and it's probably my wording. I never intended to restock a classic gun for the sake of fitting it to me just to shoot it. I was trying to find out the most direct way of taking a current set of fitting parameters, which I have, and see what is out there that will translate to a shootable gun and allow me to hit a barn. For example does LOP on a single trigger roughly translate to the front of a DT? Is cast much different SxS compared to O/U. I think I've gotten the answer already and it's been helpful, and I thank the many PM's I've received which have been invaluable. Great forum.

Originally Posted by Reggie Bishop

The way I have always looked at it is if a person is interested in owning and shooting vintage guns why bother with a fit? The odds of finding a 100 year old Parker with the dimensions that a "fitter" would come up with are slim to none. Sure you could possibly find one "close" but unless one is willing to re-stock, modify the stock or make some other kind of modification to a vintage gun what good is a fit? Personally I don't like messing with nice original guns so I have to "try" to adjust to whichever gun I am shooting. Could I have better results with a gun re-stocked to my fit? Possibly. Am I willing to do that? No.

[Wild Skies]

Originally Posted by Andrew Sacco

I think it's my original post that is being interpreted wrong, and it's probably my wording. I never intended to restock a classic gun for the sake of fitting it to me just to shoot it. I was trying to find out the most direct way of taking a current set of fitting parameters, which I have, and see what is out there that will translate to a shootable gun and allow me to hit a barn. For example does LOP on a single trigger roughly translate to the front of a DT? Is cast much different SxS compared to O/U. I think I've gotten the answer already and it's been helpful, and I thank the many PM's I've received which have been invaluable. Great forum.

I recall reading in an issue of SSM that Chris Batha, an Englishman with over 30 years of experience fitting shotguns, writing that he had found a S X S requires a 1/2" longer LOP than an O&U for most individuals.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Greg Baehman

I recall reading in an issue of SSM that Chris Batha, an Englishman with over 30years of experience fitting shotguns, writing that he had found a S X S requires a 1/2" longer LOP than an O&U for most individuals.

This is kind of what I'm looking for Greg. I did a Google search and search here. That being said, my LC Smith is 13 7/8" LOP and seems to feel a foot short. My repro is pretty close to my fitting but feels a tad short, but this is corrected by the clothes I wear hunting. Were I breaking clays in a T shirt it might be an issue. I have never had the pleasure of having the trigger guard smash my second knuckle and don't care to.

[Steve Hodges]

I am no expert in this matter of gun fit, but like many have said, I chased gun fit from Orvis Shooting School to New England Custom Guns. All I did was left confused as each gave me different numbers. I have learned that as long as the LOP was not extreme, or the DAC, I could adapt to shoot that gun.