Another thing to look at is you might have to move the comb over a little because you might be canting the gun to get the beads to line up, also if the gun is to long you have a greater chance to cant the gun. first if you are a rh shooter and you are canting to the right try raising your right elbow a little and that should take the cant out of it. Then if you think you cant the gun point it at a mirror when you mount it and you can see if you are canting it. Next close your eyes and just mount the gun naturally then open your eyes you should be able to look at the beads and see if you need to move left or right on the comb to get the beads to line up side to side. First you want about 1" between your nose and your thumb a lot of guys have stocks that are way to long for them and if you are a rh shooter you have a very hard time staying in the gun for rh targets and vise versa fir lh shooter. I will give you my two cents worth on this, first I do not charge to tell someone what they need to do to make the gun fit, I only charge if I have to work on the gun to make it fit them. I DO reccommend this, if you know what you want dimension wise. I did eventually have a Manuel Ricardo stock made which I still use. I eventually just removed the stock and it sits in a box on a shelf, expensive lesson learned! I called multiple times, left messages + sent additional pics to Jim Greenwood, and again. NEXT, the stock developed a crack at the bottom tang area and split about 1/2" in 2 different places. I never make shotgun stocks from claro because of this." It was indeed very soft, and showed handling marks very easily. He said, " This is very soft wood, I'm pretty sure it is claro walnut. He did it grudgingly, but it was a beautiful job, with the repair and checkering being about $400. Next, for some reason I asked my local gunsmith to checker the stock, because I thought a better grip would help with recoil. I called Greenwood, and sent pics, no replies. After this repair, the metal was slightly proud of the wood! But I thought, no biggie, as long as I can hit with it. THEN the stock cracked and developed a large split at the top tang, I had a local gunsmith fix this. I bought titanium chokes to offset the balance difference. It definitely kicked more, but was like 5 oz. I shot it a few months and logged a few good scores, so I applied some finish at home. It was still several ounces lighter than the factory stock, which had adjustable comb hardware. The new "pattern stock" was noticeably lighter than my factory stock, and he had drilled out a hole, then added some lead to the back. He says, "Try it, you will get used to it", and trying to be polite, and because I didn't want to interrrupt the next guy's fitting, I left San Antonio with it as it was. He made a few minor adjustments, but it still shot high and right. I was shooting well before the fitting, and I rarely missed anything. Then he says, "well what is most important is that we shoot flying targets". Once he had it "close", he had me shoot at a pattern board. For $2,000, he provides a headed up blank when you arrive, and then goes into the fitting, and you leave with a fitted stock with plain wood, but as he says, you can absolutely use as your main competition stock. He did my fitting at NSCA nationals in Texas, which was one part of the equation that was problematic, as he has an alloted time slot for you, then another fitting right after. This is a cautionary tale! Others report great results from this guy.
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