Outing . his can be done would require consid-erable stock drop or considerable bendingof the neck. If the head is held so the line of sightstarts from some distance above the riband it and the barrels gradually con-verge, the effect is that of taking moreelevation on the rear sight of a rifle. Thebead may be put on an object, but themuzzles really point above it. Properlyheld, the muzzles rise to a point justunder the target, while the shot linepasses slightly above it. The breech endof the barrels should not intrude them-selves into the field of vision, the thingto see is the bird. A shotgun
Outing . his can be done would require consid-erable stock drop or considerable bendingof the neck. If the head is held so the line of sightstarts from some distance above the riband it and the barrels gradually con-verge, the effect is that of taking moreelevation on the rear sight of a rifle. Thebead may be put on an object, but themuzzles really point above it. Properlyheld, the muzzles rise to a point justunder the target, while the shot linepasses slightly above it. The breech endof the barrels should not intrude them-selves into the field of vision, the thingto see is the bird. A shotgun is not aimed, it is pointedwith the two hands, as Mr. Askinstruthfully says. You point the gunmuch as you point your fist in deliver-ing a left jab or as you point the brickwith which you knock that thrice-blessedcat off the alley fence. If you do this,and the stock fits you as regards drop,the gun points right without further ef-fort and your misses come from lateralerrors, not those of elevation. [697]. NOT MADE RIGHT. THE ROSS STOCK. NOTE LONG CURVE OF THE GRIP, RUNNING STRAIGHT BACK FOR SOME DISTANCE FROM TRIGGER GUARD. CIRCUMFERENCE OF ROSS 5^, OF SPRINGFIELD 4^4, AS MADE BY WUNDHAMMER, ROSS GRIP 4j/2 FROM TRIGGER TO POINT OF GRIP, SPRINGFIELD $% Drop is measured at the comb and atthe heel. The drop at the comb deter-mines the place the stock will touch yourface, whether high up on the cheek orlow down on the jaw or between. Toomuch drop at the comb drops the woodtoo far down on the face and you some-times jaw instead of cheek the effect is as though you stopped aseries of snappy uppercuts with that por-tion of your face. Not enough drop hereputs the comb high up on your face andat times pounds the cheekbone in extremecases. An inch and a half is an ordinarydrop at this point. When it comes to the drop at the heel—the butt—of the gun, English andAmerican sportsmen do not agree. Thestandard English stock has but twoinches drop at the heel. A drop of halfan inch
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