The Fit of Shotgun Stocks.....1909

[Holeshot]

I agree. Have a friend years ago went to Bishops and had his shotgun custom fitted with a new stock. Spent 2-3 days down there getting everything just perfect. Shot the gun the first year extremely well. After a winter layoff he never could shoot that gun well again. I personally like different stock dims. for different games. trap 2.25- skeet 2.5 - sporting clays 2.75. My hunting guns can have up to 3 inches of drop.

[Bill Murphy]

Drop at heel is about the most unimportant stock dimension of the four or five that are usually supplied to a stockmaker. About the only thing it may affect is recoil perceived at the face.

[Parker Bachelder (Brad's Profile)]

Shooting instruction and subsequent try-gun fitting are only sucessful if the shooter retains all of the instruction and consistantly repeats it, most of us don't. In time we seem to fall back to our individual way of shooting, the old habits are hard to break. The dog and pony show that most fitters use is amusing but seldom totally effective. I personally subscribe to fitting the gun to the shooter rather than the shooter to the gun.
In closed-face shooting, which is how most shooters mount, length of pull and pitch angle, establish a level plane for the barrels. Cast and twist are critical to centering windage. If you can eliminate the post-mount adjustments that shooters routinely do, it is much easier to concentrate on the Bird. Build off your instinctive anchor point and the gun will consistantly shoulder to the proper point of aim. Your speed and hit ratio will increase greatly.

Brad