That Tennessee Rifle looks more like mine than any of the others, except that they all have more furniture than mine. Mine has no buttplate at all.

Lloyd, the best way to determine fit is just by trying different rifles. One with a "hooked" buttplate will feel different from one without. IMO, rifle fit is much less important than shotgun fit, within reason. You have sights which align you properly, as long as you don't have to be a contortionist to line them up. Also, remember that the design of nearly all m/l long rifles requires them to be shot best offhand, or at least off a set of cross-sticks. I have a couple of "lightweight" benchrest m/l rifles (14 lbs.), but they require a pretty high sandbag setup to shoot right. They're fine with X-sticks.


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