PlatinumCore16
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So I did a little searching, not just here but elsewhere on the interwebz and I didn't find the answer I was looking for, so I thought I'd make an account and ask it:
The general consensus is that length of pull(LoP) is generally too long for most people on most firearms. Now, I'm slightly above average, apprx 6'2", and the only long gun I've owned personally is a Mosin. I grew up shooting a .22 Winchester that my grandfather traded for a car radio in the 1960's, so I never really thought about LoP on that. Also since it was my grandfathers I wasn't the only one to use it. Now after I put a replacement stock pad on my Mosin, that metal was a little too harsh, it does feel a little better. I haven't measured it, of course, but that's my only experience with LoP. Like I said, I've read that LoP is usually too long, but that's a generality based on averages. I know I'm slightly above average height, but am I really that much taller/longer armed that I'm not of the general LoP? Continue reading for my specific example/root problem:
I bought a Stevens 320 last week and took it to the range. After punching my nose with my thumb a couple times, I pulled my head back on the stock and I no longer felt like I was gonna get it in the face. However, I'm curious: the 320 is at a LoP of 13 3/4, according to the articles I've read, since Savage doesn't have that measurement on their website. Now the other day I took a ruler to my forearm and using the estimation method of trigger finger hooked to inside of bicep, my LoP is over 15 inches! Seeing as this is my HD CQB shotgun, do I lengthen the stock to be able to have a better grip/better sight picture/no fears of punching myself in the nose, or would that be messing with the CQB effectiveness? Do I just learn to shoot it shorter for better maneuverability or do I make it longer, lose some of that handling, to get better aimability/repeatability? Would lengthening it even lose me any handling? Is it just my form? I understand that a lot of these questions are tough when you aren't standing next to me looking at me holding the gun, nor am I at home to handle the gun to give you specifics on that either.
Sorry if the answer seems obvious, but I'm not sure which route to take here.
Thanks,
Platinum
The general consensus is that length of pull(LoP) is generally too long for most people on most firearms. Now, I'm slightly above average, apprx 6'2", and the only long gun I've owned personally is a Mosin. I grew up shooting a .22 Winchester that my grandfather traded for a car radio in the 1960's, so I never really thought about LoP on that. Also since it was my grandfathers I wasn't the only one to use it. Now after I put a replacement stock pad on my Mosin, that metal was a little too harsh, it does feel a little better. I haven't measured it, of course, but that's my only experience with LoP. Like I said, I've read that LoP is usually too long, but that's a generality based on averages. I know I'm slightly above average height, but am I really that much taller/longer armed that I'm not of the general LoP? Continue reading for my specific example/root problem:
I bought a Stevens 320 last week and took it to the range. After punching my nose with my thumb a couple times, I pulled my head back on the stock and I no longer felt like I was gonna get it in the face. However, I'm curious: the 320 is at a LoP of 13 3/4, according to the articles I've read, since Savage doesn't have that measurement on their website. Now the other day I took a ruler to my forearm and using the estimation method of trigger finger hooked to inside of bicep, my LoP is over 15 inches! Seeing as this is my HD CQB shotgun, do I lengthen the stock to be able to have a better grip/better sight picture/no fears of punching myself in the nose, or would that be messing with the CQB effectiveness? Do I just learn to shoot it shorter for better maneuverability or do I make it longer, lose some of that handling, to get better aimability/repeatability? Would lengthening it even lose me any handling? Is it just my form? I understand that a lot of these questions are tough when you aren't standing next to me looking at me holding the gun, nor am I at home to handle the gun to give you specifics on that either.
Sorry if the answer seems obvious, but I'm not sure which route to take here.
Thanks,
Platinum