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Get your nose measured by a professional before you cut it off....

Given your general description of your height and build, I'd agree that you're very likely closer to a 13 1/2 LOP than a 14 3/4. If I were fitting it to you, I'd chop it down to about 14" first (for a double trigger gun) then 1/4 and even 1/8" slices as you approach what you think you need. When you get your mount feeling reasonable, start shooting it. I brought a 12" chop saw to the range once to do this. It's pretty hard to add wood back, but it can be done. Don't bother with putting a buttplate on it to shoot it. If it's painful, shoot lighter loads. Keep the pitch at something that is close to what is generally accepted, say something like 3",until you learn more about what your specific needs are.

try to find some friends who shoot a shorter stock and shoot a few rounds If you find one that feels good with your style use it as a measuring stick

You are absolutely on the right track. I'd just cut it to your target length, shoot it, them trim to buttplate/pad length if if felt good. You might want it a tad shorter than 13 1/2"?
A simple solution to pitch is 1/8" in at toe, 1/8" out at heel, from perpendicular.
I imagine other might want to complicate this...

Well??? Is it cut yet?

Hey guys, I have a bit of 'house work' to do, so I have to squeeze this project in. When I do, in the next couple days, I'll have pics, results, etc.

Thanks for all your input.

Don.

Update.

So I did the dirty deed. First, I tapped up the stock and marked out a couple lines. I transferred the original pitch two inches in, then marked a line (minus 3/4") that would get me to a 14" LOP and zero pitch. I then extended my fence to accommodate the 28" barrels, lightly clamped the gun, and leveled the stock. My test cut was to only cut off the original pitch, to zero pitch. That worked well; so I cut to my mark, which would give me a 14� LOP, including my plastic butt plate.

Here is a link to the pics.

http://s984.photobucket.com/albums/ae325/Dolapsch/Laurona%20stock/

I put the original butt plate back on, and I will eventually shape it to fit when I'm happy with the LOP and pitch. My thumb is now aprox. 2" from my nose, so off to the range to see if I can better my usual scores with this gun.

Oh, since I also had the chokes opened to skeet 1 and skeet 2, it should be an interesting day, but that won�t happen for a week or so.

Bye for now.
Don.

Don,
I'm not sure if I read that you made it to zero pitch or it was already.

Just to be clear, zero pitch is when the butt is exactly 90* from the rib. Most modern guns have about 2-3" of pitch muzzle down. Pitch is measured with a straight edge or framing square, flush to the butt and contacting the rib. If it contacts the rib at the breach end and is about 2-3" above the muzzle, it's typical. The classic "farmer method" is to find a hard floor in a square doorjam. Set the gun on the floor with the butt in full contact, slide the butt along the floor until the rib contacts the vertical doorjamb. zero pitch is when the contact is all along the rib.

Yes I did cut 90deg. from the rib. The original pitch was 2 1/2" 'from the wall'. The reason I started at 0 deg. was that I can shim the butt plate out if need be, to reduce muzzle bounce.

The stock is still about a 1/2" to long, so I still have some room to play with, and adjusting the pitch back to original, will not cost me much in LOP. If that makes sense?

Don.

I cut my stock down on an old shotgun I had. I cut it three times and it was still too short.