shooting out of the pocket

[smylee grouch]

Most trap and sporting clays shooters will tell you to shoot out of the pocket(cheeck side of your big shoulder muscle) when your shooting your shot gun but did those shooters of the double rifle also shoot out of the pocket or of the big shoulder muscle?    Smylee

[Daryl]

Double guns of English manufacture fit the same as shotguns, as-do the single versions of those guns - ismy understanding.

[Jerry V Lape]

I think when shooting off your arm muscle the gun has to be held close to parallel to your shoulder to shoulder line - shooting across your body. It may be a decent position for smallbore offhand work.   But shooting a big recoiling rifle you want to make sure you are shooting the rifle perpendicular or close to straight away from your chest.  The reason is your arm under big recoil is going to let the breech area make contact with your head.  While the perpendicular motion is going to help move your head back before the breech area or particularly a scope can carve you some auxillary eye brows.  I think you can prove this for your self by trying it with a modern rifle like a ,300 Mag - wear a helmet with face shield for the shot from your arm. 

[Feltwad]

On English shotguns both single and double the most important thing is the stock length  from the  heel to the  trigger ,also the the drop at the comb and the cast off or on .If these do not  coordinate you will either have a bloody nose from your thumb  on recoil or miss more than you hit
Feltwad

[James Rogers]

If these do not  coordinate

Therein lies the key.