Pull lenght ?

[t.caster]

My youngest lad is 6'-7" with about a 6'-10 wingspan and huge paws, I built him a longrifle when he was in highschool with a 14 1/2" pull/4" drop. I have always used a tri-stock I designed myself, before I'd ever even heard of one. So we fit it to him with his heavy hunting cloths on, cause it's mainly for hunting. I can and do shoot it too, with light clothes on. It's really too long for me with my hunting gear on though. I'm 6'-1" tall. The rest of my flintlocks rifles are in the 13 3/4" to 14" range.

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Now get this....my Beck is 13 3/4" pull/3" drop, and my Rupp/Lehigh is 14" pull/4 1/4" drop. The sights on both rifles line up instanly when shouldered, without any stock crawling. The difference is in the stock shape or comb profile, straight or curved.

[James Rogers]

I always thought that if your arms were long, you needed a longer lop? Im 6'3" which is 75 inches but my reach is 78"...... 6'6" reach on a 6'3" shooter but from what im hearing it doesnt matter?

It's more than arm length. Other factors are neck length, grip angle, etc.

LOP cannot be looked at alone. Although LOP is NOT the most important measurement in the sense that it has the most play room , it IS the first thing to decide because all other measurements for the same person will be different with different LOP's. (ex. The height at the nose of the comb will not be the same f on a gun with a 13" LOP that it will need to be on a gun with a 15" LOP  for the same individual. cast, drop at heel and other measurements the same way ).

A person can usually work within a range of LOP's OK but one is usually preferred to build the rest of the stock on.  A rifle fit is surely more forgiving than a shotgun because you can more easily adjust yourself to it to aim but why not have it fit so you can have comfortable, firm anchors so that the sights come right in alignment to your eye without having to have your cheekbone off the stock!

here is a link that shows pictures of how to correctly cheek a rifle.
http://www.shootingusa.com/PRO_TIPS/DAVISON1/davison1.html