Another discussion on stock dimensions

[WonkyEye]

I'm going to do up a try stock out of a scrap of 2x6 and 2x4 for a test fit, I just wanted to run these measurements past you guys to see if I'm grossly out of range. I'm 5'11", and I can say a kibler SMR feels short in LOP to me, but not unshootable. My favorite gun that I own is an over under shotgun with 2.75" drop and a slip on that brings it to 14.25" LOP, oranges to apples but it's something...

I'm targeting a specific JP Beck for architecture, but I am not able to get measurements like LOP, drop at heel, and pitch, even if I could I'd just use them as a starting point and fudge to what I think would fit me, which follows.

LOP: 14"
Drop at heel: 3.25"
Drop at comb: 2.25" (just a starting point, I'll see how it shoulders and adjust)
Cast off : .5"
Pitch: +3"

This will be dressed with a 42" .50 cal swamped barrel, and an early style wide butt with approx. 1 5/8" x 4 5/8" butt plate

Are there any big concerns? It's still just construction lumber at this point, so even if I do mess it up it just becomes firewood, err, even if I get it perfect eventually it will become firewood.

 

[ChuckJonesWagon]

I've tried to find the measurements of my last rifle build. This was for a small frame person or youth. I will tell you that the flatter the comb, the less "cheek slap" you will get from recoil. But my rifle is a 45 caliber so recoil (unlike my .54 cal) isn't much of an issue.

Your measurements appear good....even though the LOP appears to be a bit long. Also, I don't mess with a cast off for a flintlock as it's not something you would shoot as frequently as a shotgun. But that's a personal matter.

 

[ronaldrothb49]

I am also 5' 11" like you so we should fit into that average shooter but also like you that doesn't fit me either. there is more to a rifle that fits than height. I weigh about 180 but knows guys my height that go 150 all the way to 230. We also are not going to have the same arm length. Some will have longer or shorter necks. I shoot best with a LOP of 13 3/4" a cast off of 1/4" or maybe a little more and a drop of about 3 1/4". I like the wide flat butt plates of early rifles, I hate the late deep crescent butt plates just cannot get used to shooting them off my arm instead of my shoulder. I used to shoot cross stick and Light bench. I made a new rifle once with a one of those deep crescent which was painful to shoot, redid the butt with a flat rubber butt plate before I even tried to compete with it.

 

[rich pierce]

A buttplate of 1 and 5/8” is on the narrow side, post-1800 if that matters. If you have a rifle with iron sights that fits, I’d use that as a general reference point.