Drop at Comb

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by John Dallas

Looks to me that the downside of your rig is that you have added about 1/4" of cast on. That would be a bigger deal than the drop for me.

not that much really- the pad itself is thin and i build it up right on top of the comb

my eye still aligns with the rib

since the comb thins a little, it is not a straight sided slab- so as you raise the top of the comb- you can add a little to the side and keep the same width as it was below

[Drew Hause]

The ol' boys were much more likely to 'crawl the stock' as does Dr John Truitt, quite effectively



More here
https://docs.google.com/a/damascuskn...3d3Eno/preview

[Pa SxS]

I don't disagree that you have to shoot heads up with a gun with lots of drop or else you'll only see the back of the receiver. The other 2 things you can do is bend the stock or add a comb riser. With shooting head up on a gun with lots of drop, how do you keep the proper eye alignment when your chasing a bird or clay target? That's why firm contact on the stock with the cheek bone is important through the entire swing.

Maybe Dr. John can tell us what the DAC and DAH is on that hammer gun.

[Double Lab]

Knowing John and looking at that stock in the picture I'd be willing to bet that it is damn near parallel or close to it.

[Bill Murphy]

John can shoot a gun with a lot of drop at heel because he crawls the comb. The comb drop is probably more to his liking. The drop at heel means little. I have shot in competition for decades and have always preferred to crawl the stock. It's not for everyone, but it has worked for me. Many participants in the king of clay target sports, International Skeet, crawl the stock.

[Jawjadawg]

I might be capable of learning to shoot clays with the above technique, but having to worry about keeping my weight distributed trying to hit a grouse on the wing? Fuggetaboutit.

So do you guys only use those particular guns on the clay fields, or have you learned to maintain your shooting form in an alder bottom?

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by will evans

So do you guys only use those particular guns on the clay fields, or have you learned to maintain your shooting form in an alder bottom?

you have shooting form in an alder bottom?