Stock Drop Thoughts

[Woodcock survey]

[QUOTE=Andrew Sacco;341857]I sold a dandy little LC 20g that I just could not shoot, the drop was about 3 1/8" if I recall. I have passed up a lot of Parkers that I feared I couldn't shoot well. That being said, I can't shoot a fitting gun well, but certainly worse with too much drop. For me Reggie, the higher the price the less drop I'll tolerate but I'm a shooter, I don't collect for price appreciation. I have a 28g Repro that I don't shoot well and I can't quite figure it out. My buddy thinks there's too little drop, I just don't think I shoot it enough, and the drop is slightly less than what I use and echoing Dean, there isn't much I can do about it. When I naturally mount it, it's like I'm looking up a "ramp" and I'm just not good enough to adapt to so many different guns. If I don't start shooting it better it's being sold.[/QUO
i have a repro 20 that i had that problem with and put a boot extension on it which lengthened the pull and brought my cheek back increasing the DAC. Problem solved. Allen Newell had the same problem on a repro and after trying mine he ordered a Galco pad from CSMC for his and i now have one also. The extension will increase the drop. My reply did not come out in the right place it is in there Andy!!

[Andy]

[QUOTE=Daniel Carter;341866]

Originally Posted by Andrew Sacco

I sold a dandy little LC 20g that I just could not shoot, the drop was about 3 1/8" if I recall. I have passed up a lot of Parkers that I feared I couldn't shoot well. That being said, I can't shoot a fitting gun well, but certainly worse with too much drop. For me Reggie, the higher the price the less drop I'll tolerate but I'm a shooter, I don't collect for price appreciation. I have a 28g Repro that I don't shoot well and I can't quite figure it out. My buddy thinks there's too little drop, I just don't think I shoot it enough, and the drop is slightly less than what I use and echoing Dean, there isn't much I can do about it. When I naturally mount it, it's like I'm looking up a "ramp" and I'm just not good enough to adapt to so many different guns. If I don't start shooting it better it's being sold.[/QUO
i have a repro 20 that i had that problem with and put a boot extension on it which lengthened the pull and brought my cheek back increasing the DAC. Problem solved. Allen Newell had the same problem on a repro and after trying mine he ordered a Galco pad from CSMC for his and i now have one also. The extension will increase the drop. My reply did not come out in the right place it is in there Andy!!

I'll reply in the right place : ) Thank you, someone suggested this to me recently but I've been so busy I haven't ordered one. I have one of those Neoprene slip on ones I could try that I guess in the interim. Also it gives the benefit of protecting the checkered butt plate. Thanks again I'll give it a go.

[edgarspencer]

Kenny took the words out of my mouth. I only hunt with 2 or 3 different guns that are “right there” when I snap to. Shooting a mounted gun at targets isn’t the game I most enjoy, but it helps with the guns that aren’t just right. I guess I can shoot different drops better than I can guns too short, or too long.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

Kenny took the words out of my mouth. I only hunt with 2 or 3 different guns that are “right there” when I snap to. Shooting a mounted gun at targets isn’t the game I most enjoy, but it helps with the guns that aren’t just right. I guess I can shoot different drops better than I can guns too short, or too long.

While I buy into the one man one gun theory and the same could be said with three as you say . But I shoot about ten guns on a sporting 3 or 4 day event . But I don’t usually shoot mounted gun . And while I’m not perfect with any of them I truely believe shooting for now fifty years with whatever landed in my hands perfect fit isn’t as crucial to me as it is to others . I’m not saying perfectly fitted guns aren’t a good thing , I just think over the course of years perhaps I’ve picked up an ability to adapt to not quite right guns easier than a lot of folks .