Clay:

i suspect that just a step or two below the average knowledge level of those who frequent this website, there are relatively few gun folk who even know what cast means....or why it is important....or how to accurately measure it. and, to go a step further, even fewer understand pitch.... and, i will admit that my knowledge regarding some differential between cast measurements taken at both heel & toe is imperfect....some of the competition shooters stocks are "twisted" to a degree that i find quite astonishing....

https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...ock-forend-preowned.cfm?gun_id=101869152

as long as the amount of cast off/on is similar from heel to toe, brent's method, or a photo aligning the topside points (the length of the rib through the breech and top-dead-center of the heel)....can give a pretty good idea of the cast. eightbore has three even better bits of advice....photos from top & bottom....and a minimum of trust. a significant problem with trying to deal with most sellers is that even trying to explain how & why we want such photos taken can be frustrating in its own right.

i have often wished/wondered about sellers who post photos taken with guns resting on some surface that has lines/joints/patterns in the background. with just tiny efforts, it would be possible to align the background lines with the sight plane of the gun...and a couple of those "picture worth a thousand words" would go far in showing some of the things that we try to come to grips with - before we decide to roll the dice. on the other hand....i very much enjoy your photographs and willingness to provide useful information to potential customers.

best regards,

tom

"it's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards."
lewis carroll, Alice in Wonderland