How Many of You Shorten Your Stock to Customize LOP?

[Varminterror]

I either order all of my stocks to fit, or cut them to fit. Life is to short to shoot long guns which don't fit.

 

[entropy]

Did he use an extremely bladed stance behind his firearms? Not so uncommon among wingshooters of a certain vintage anyway...

I wouldn't say extremely, but yes he used the common stance of the day, feet just on either side of an imaginary line through the middle of the walkway. I stand closer to the current combat stance myself, and use the hips for windage instead of using the left arm to guide the gun and twist the shoulders; that tends to pull the cheek off the stock going to the right, and push the stock into the cheek to the left.

 

[sage5907]

Did he use an extremely bladed stance behind his firearms? Not so uncommon among wingshooters of a certain vintage anyway...

I don't know what wingshooters do today but it was common when I was doing a lot of snap shooting at moving quails. It's easy to twist the body at the waist without changing the position of the cheek against the stock and the feet never move. Quails are not like skeet because they can fly at right angles to the shooter, either left or right. And at the same time trying to hit multiple birds on a covey flush.

 

[Mostly Lead]

Do most of you cut your stocks shorter to customize the length of pull? I picked up a really nice late 70's Wingmaster 870 and was reminded this weekend when testing it out that my ideal LOP is about 12.5", not 13.5". I'm hesitant to cut such a pretty stock on something this old. Do most of you cut yours, assuming you're not 6'2"? I'm pretty average height so I'm guessing most people would want a shorter LOP, but I don't hear of people cutting their stocks that often. Does the resale value take a big hit if you do?

Who's gun is it? If you're just "borrowing" it for a bit and worried over resale, then don't touch it. Sell it now and buy a gun that can be yours.

I've only ever lengthened stock fit with shims and pads... but then, I own my guns.

 

[Varminterror]

I don't know what wingshooters do today but it was common when I was doing a lot of snap shooting at moving quails. It's easy to twist the body at the waist without changing the position of the cheek against the stock and the feet never move.

The point I was making is rather that the stance and hold of a shotgun used for wingshooting indicates a different LOP than applicable for rifle shooting. “Proper technique” with a shotgun dictates longer LOP, in general, than “proper technique” with a rifle.

 

[Lo-Profile]

I need to lengthen my shotgun stocks for my target guns.
Thankfully Beretta and limb saver make thicker recoil pads that work perfect .

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Of dozens of shotguns and rifles I have owned over 60 years, I have shortened one shotgun stock and one .22 rifle stock for length of pull.

I sold off one shotgun, 12ga 3.5" turkey gun held as collateral on a loan that never got paid off, because the gun was proportioned for Andre the Giant and LOP was too much for me.