Parker or English?

[Dean Romig]

Most are adapting to the gun. I find it pretty easy to adapt to a 3" DAH while some others simply can't, so they either restock their guns, or have their stocks bent, or stay away from guns with too much DAH for their physique.

[Autumn Daze]

Or raise the comb with a lace-on pad.

[Bill Murphy]

Most of my eights and tens have pretty modern dimensions. My experience in reading Parker orders is that most professional shooters and big bore waterfowlers knew about stock dimensions. My 1887 10 gauge pigeon gun, ordered by Parker shooter W.S. Perry has a drop of 2 1/4. Annie Oakley's guns are even straighter at 2 1/8. Two other graded exposed hammer competition type guns that I have letters for specify 2 3/4" drop. Of course, ungraded guns made for stock often have 3" of drop.