Stock dimentions and recoil

[greybeard]

Probabley a bit low ?
Bob

[smylee grouch]

I think your right Bob. After I posted that reply I checked in the book writen by Michael Yardley , Gunfitting- The Quest for Perfection. He seems to say about the same thing.  That book is mainly about shotguns and their fit so there would probably be different reasons and reactions to the different stock dimentions when we talk about rifles.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

If your H & H shotgun fits you well, and your cheek is not buried hard against the comb when sighting down the barrels, the stock's profile should make an excellent big bore hunting rifle too.  TOW sells several blueprints of English Sporting Rifles, some contemporary, some classicly antique.  But you'll be hard pressed to beat the H & H profile.

[smylee grouch]

Thanks Taylor for that. I was wondering if the shotgun dimentions would be a good fit for rifle. The shotgun is a H. Holland.  Harris Holland, the original founder of the firm. He apprenticed his nephew Henry in 1860 and in 1876 made Henry a full partner as he, Harris, had no children of his own. My gun was made in 1861. 

[Mark Elliott]

Thanks for the explanation about pitch.   It would seem that I always make a gun with a slight positive pitch without knowing that is what it is called.