bent stock

[viking]

hi all, iv just bought a second hand side by side zabla and when i look down it from stock to barle it looked like the stock bowed out to the right, is this how it should be or is it bent, bowed, never owned one before so not sure,

 

cheers, lee

[bigt1754]

Sounds to me like its been cast (fitted) to the previous owner. I having my silver pigeon cast in the near future.

[deeksofdoom]

Most factory shotguns have their stocks cast regardless of if its been fitted or not. If you look at a shotgun that is for a right handed shooter the stock will be cast to the right and left handed shotguns will have the stock cast to the left, as you look down the barrels. So no your gun ain't bent! :blink:

[viking]

cheers guys, you have put my mind at rest already, i didnt think it was bent, fits me great anyway,

 

cheers, lee

[clayman]

Stocks are "cast on" or "cast off" ( or neutral = straight)

 

Your eye is not over the contact place ( the shoulder pocket) for the stock heel, so the stock needs to cast off your cheek if you are right handed.

 

Interestingly, it would also cast off your cheek if you are left handed, left cheek to left shoulder - but this is termed cast on, as the naming is from the point of view of a right hander.

 

Larger people with wider shoulders need more cast. There will also be an angle from the heel to the toe, and the pad may be angled to fit a sloping chest ( larger guys with moobs, or well built ladies).

 

Most stocks will fit reasonably off the shelf other than std combs that are often on the low side. Coaches will put comb raisers on a significant no of clients guns to get the eye up a bit, as the view should be above the rib and over the bead - not the bead silhouetted above the action.

 

If you are tall or short, stock length may also need tweeking.

 

Clayman