doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Anyone shoot 3" stock drop decently?

All my guns have 2 1/4 DAC and 3" DAH. If they weren't that way when I got them, I bent them so they were. As Joe said, shooting heads up is just a different style maybe not for everyone. Weight more even between the feet so you're not leaning forward with your head stuck out like a turtle. Easier on the neck muscles, you're looking out of the center of your eyes, and you don't use the excuse " I lifted my head ". It's already up. Give me a Bud Lite, it don't get no better.

I certainly will not spend the money to "Re-Stock" any of my older doubles with a good original stock just because they have a bit more drop than a modern gun. If you don't like the configuration of older guns then "Buy Modern" & leave the older ones to us who enjoy them AS IS.

Unfortunately undated image, and could be posed but possibly "live action". Gun appears to be a Winchester Model of 1887 or 1901. Mount, head position and stance looks like many of us shooting a rabbit on the Sporting Clays course. He may even be pointing his forward hand "pointer". Need to bend the knees a bit though



What worked then, works today

Well, I didn't say use the old stock as firewood. Keep it and put it back on, if you decide to sell it.

Despite the additional 8 inches of snow that fell overnight I will soon be seeing how 2 3/4" and 3 " of drop work out for me. My best guess is that I'll shoot these two guns just fine as they are. They feel quite amazing. Much better than I expected, and certainly better than too-high-combed guns which are akin to driving a car on a windy road with your head through the sun roof.

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2 73/4--3" drop is all I ever do shoot or own...

Finding a gun with enough heel drop was the reason I started shooting the old guns to start with. My first was a Fox Sterlingworth with 1 3/4 - 3 drops at comb & heel. I have always found it strange that the modern writers complain about the old stock dimensions on the vintage guns, but somehow those hunters shooting those old guns managed to kill off most of the game in North America with them.

You guys that actually like 3� of drop at heel may have been born a 100 years too late?

Here's my take, and mantra, on stock drop .........it's a whole lot easier to shoot a stock with a little too much drop than it is a stock with too little drop. You can't force your cheek down on the stock enough to make a highly stocked gun shoot flat enough, but you can cheek a stock lightly to keep it from shooting too low. It's just a matter of adjustment, and for those who think that floating the bird is the answer to high stocked guns .............think again.

SRH