cast off

[ken]

I keep forgetting. When you put cast off to a gun how does the butt plate go . Is it in line with the barrel(parrelle) or does it stay straight with the comb. Real bad when one forgets what they have learned

[ken]

It is me who is the forgetful one.

[smylee grouch]

Fit the center of the comb of the butt and the center of the toe with the lines you have made on the stock, cast off or cast on.

[flehto]

The buttplate is at 90 degrees to the centerline of the comb...whether castoff or cast on or no cast....Fred

[Pete G.]

Think of cast as just bending the stock.The plate is square to the comb.

[Gaeckle]

When I put cast off in I make sure the tang of the buttplate is canted to the left (for a right hand shooter) so that it lines up not straight on, but twisted a bit to the left.....for me that makes an easier transition in the wrist.

I am not sure if this can be done with a pre-carve, but is easy to lay out on a blank.......

Then again, some may think of cast-off as being unwelcome at family gatherings......

[hortonstn]

i thought cast off was moving the butt plate towards the lock side on a rh rifle that would be to the right is ths right or wrong?

[Keb]

I'm no expert but I thought cast in the butt stock was changing the center line of the butt stock in either  direction, on being closer to the shooters face & off farther away. This would make the butt plate square to the stock. I've a club butt gun with 1/2" cast off that starts at the end of the lock panels. You look directly down the barrel when shouldering it. It's suite...

[galamb]

Cast Off is when you move the center of the comb line to the right in relation to the center line of the barrel (normally for a right handed shooter).

Cast On is when you move the center of the comb line to the left in relation to the center line of the barrel
(normally for a left handed shooter).

Since your shoulder is not in line with your eye this allows you to get the sight plane over in line with your eye while keeping the butt plate snugged perpendicular to your shoulder.



I normally start my cast line from the nose of the comb and move it left or right from there according to the calculated offset for the particular shooter

[ken]

I have never seen the math and lay out like that This is great

[Kenny]

isn't cast on when you move left for a right handed shooter? moving left for a left handed shooter would be cast off(from line of sight) for them wouldn't it?

[galamb]

Borrowed from the Hallowell and Co. Illustrated Firearms Dictionary.

"Cast Off - An offset of a gun stock to the right, so that the line of sight aligns comfortably with the right eye while the butt of the stock rests comfortably on the right shoulder. Almost all right-handed shooters benefit from a little castoff and most custom built guns are made this way. The only question is how much. The castoff of a gun is about right when, with the gun comfortably mounted, the front bead lines up with the center of the standing breech.  A stock offset to the left, for shooting from the left shoulder is said to be Cast On.       
See also: Eye Dominance."

[Kenny]

huh, never to old to learn something