Trigger pull length

[whetrock]

Stoner and Bill,
Just for curiosity, when you guys hold a yardstick in the crook of your elbow and reach for the "trigger", what does it say? (Of course you can do this with a stiff measuring tape as well.) I'm just curious how that old rule of thumb measurement works out for you, with you guys liking a LOP in the 13+ range. Does it provide a meaningful measurement for you guys, in comparison to the LOP you like on an actual rifle?
Whetrock

[Daniel Coats]

Anything past 14” is freakishly long for the average adult male.

[whetrock]

 

[Stoner creek]

Just did that. 13 5/8”. 13 3/8” is the sweet spot when I’m on the shooting range during warm weather. The pull length gets shorter when the hunting coat comes on.

[whetrock]

I must have arms a bit like that fellow in Daniel's drawing. For me on the stick 14" would be right on the money with a simple trigger. I like to reach a bit further with a set trigger, and I measured that at 14 1/2".  In the "freakish" category, I reckon.   

[Bill in Md]

Same yardstick measurement holding it as a rifle as Wayne, yet he is bigger than I am......My favorite length on a LR is no more than 13.5 inches, yet my English Double is 14.25 inches to the right trigger and it fits me perfect because I hold a LR completely different than a Double gun.....b

[Stoner creek]

Same yardstick measurement holding it as a rifle as Wayne, yet he is bigger than I am......My favorite length on a LR is no more than 13.5 inches, yet my English Double is 14.25 inches to the right trigger and it fits me perfect because I hold a LR completely different than a Double gun.....b

Absolutely correct. 2 different types of marksmanship.

[Bob Gerard]

I have a wonderful Fowler that I just can’t shoot because the pull is short. When I fire the gun, my fingers around the wrist gash my lip, which hurts a lot. A longer pull like on my FdC of 14” is perfect . (Rifles are fine because the trigger guard hand grip)

[Daryl]

I hold all of my rifles the same way as when hunting and shooting offhand.
I also hold them the same way when shooting off the bench, left hand at the entry pipe but with the back of that hand on the bag, no rear bag.
I find the POI is identical to shooting standing, as in offhand (shooting off the hands).

[Bull Shannon]

With the right LOP and proper cast off your riffle should shoulder with your eyes closed and when you then open your eyes the sights should be lined up, for me wearing just a shirt, one layer of clothing the LOP needs to be 15 inches.if its more than one layer, winter jacket, etc., then 14 7/8 to 14 3/4 is good.

I was fortunate to have gotten to know a custom builder who took the time to teach me how to measure my lop and understand what I would need as far as drop, cast on, cast off, etc.

[Scota4570]

How you shoulder the rifle matters for trigger pull length.  I use a modern off hand position with the rifle across my chest and my left elbow against my chest. 

If you hold it so that the rifle points more the right,  closer to 90* facing out from a line drawn between your shoulders, then it is totally different.  The drop required is much less and the stock feels longer.  The modern "tacticool" guys and the 1858 enfield shooters do it that way.  I find the the Enfield is stocked so high in the comb I can not shoot them comfortably. 

And there are  the stocks with the big drop and deep crescent but plate shot off the arm. 

Each type of shooter would need a different length of pull for the same shooter to be optimal. 

[Eric Krewson]

Everyone is probably tired of seeing this picture of a try stock I use to figure out the correct drawlength and drop for the guns that I make to fit me.

Crude but it works; using the measurements I got after adjusting the stock, I could shoulder the stock with my eyes closed, open my eyes and have "sights" that are perfectly aligned on the try stock. I use the same measurement on my builds and have the same sight alignment on the finished guns.

 

[Woodpecker]

14.5 front and 13.5 rear.