More Drop, please

[edgarspencer]

Here's there problem with us old guys shooting high stocked guns.
The RedLine is our 'sight line', from eyeball to Bird (black) X

The Black line is the gun's barrel axis. We are looking, (red line)eyeball to the bird along a path which isn't parallel to the barrel axis (black line)

If we 'could learn' to "float the bird", we would look at the imaginary bird at the
Blue X. That's the Green line.

Changing the length of pull, or Pitch Angle will change how the butt contacts our shoulder, but it won't bring that red line down to parallel the black line.

[Mike of the Mountain]

That is correct Edgar. Floating a bird is like using a sustained lead (maintained lead) on every target. It’s a method that works and sometimes, depending on the shooter and target, it can work well. Sometimes being the key word. You have to be right on, head-hands-eyes working in synch perfectly and seeing the bird-barrel relationship exactly. One day you can crush everything with that method. Next day you may be a bit distracted or tired. Maybe you have eye fatigue and that method just will not hit a bull in the ass with a shovel if you’re standing right next to him. It’s tough to maintain consistency that way.