FWIW, Jack O'Connor once wrote that most people shoot a shotgun that's too short and a rifle that's too long (LOP). Seems he was in the camp of short pulls on rifles as well.
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My take is that more people shoot shotguns that are too long rather than too short. Of course, trap shooters will say theres no such thing as too long
I agree Chuck. I just had almost one inch chopped off my to go gun. I got tired of over extending the thing for an unexpected flush of birds. It is now an even 14". Years ago my Dad told me to get a rough idea for LOP I should hold my arm at a right angle, put the butt plate in the crook of my arm, and my trigger finger pad should be in the right spot on the front trigger. Maybe it was Dad's way of keeping me from his 10 bore Remington. I know it seemed like forever before I got to use the thing.
