thumbhole stock

[crazyloks]

why is it i do not see thumbhole stocks on clay bird guns? is it the cost of making one?

i thingk if you could keep your wrist straighter up and down (90 degrees to the ground or close to that)you could shoot better. like my thumbhole stock on one of my riles. also more comfort?!?

What am i missing.

jb

[kmca]

I doubt it's cost. A dedicated trap gun stock can be pretty expensive. I've seen a few thumbhole stocks on the line. I suppose straight stocks are partially rooted in tradition.

[EkuJustice]

What I have seen is the pistol grip/thumbhole stocks do not swing as well as a standard gun

[crazyloks]

who makes the butt stocks for the Olympic shotguns. i also am looking for a pictures of them.

jb

[Irishlad]

Wenig gun stock has a thumb-hole type stock, although I have never seen one in person.

If you wish to have your wrist at/closer to 90%, if I understand what you want, then you would like a stock with a "tighter radius" on the grip.

Compare the grip on a Browning 625 to a Browning field gun on their website. You'll see the 625 with a pistol grip design more to your liking, compared to the traditional styles.

Look at the Perazzi catalog online and see some more "tighter radius" grips on the competition shotguns.

If you go to www.issf-sports.org you can navigate to the shotgun sports, either pictures or videos and "get a look". Lot's of different styles, but you'll see some "fitted stocks". Look at the Skeet competition videos in particular for a tight radius, for some shooters, and even a stock design that locks your hand even tighter on the pistol grip...you'll know it when you see it.

Good luck.

[Jaxshooter]

As EkuJustice said with a pistol grip the gun will not swing as well. You point a shotgun and aim a rifle. I am sure there are custom stockmakers who will build you one if that is what you really want.

[warpspeed]

Like this ?

This one seems to be popluar with the international guys:

Edited November 6, 2010 by warpspeed

[Irishlad]

Nice pics Warpspeed.

Those two pics say it all.

[crazyloks]

yes very nice pics that is what i am talking about. looks like i need a parzzi. LOL the remington is not bad either

jb

[warpspeed]

The 1100 set is actually for sale over on Trapshooters.com in the classified section. $ 200.

I have no idea on the other but I'd guess $ 1K.

[Setters4life]

why is it i do not see thumbhole stocks on clay bird guns? is it the cost of making one?

i thingk if you could keep your wrist straighter up and down (90 degrees to the ground or close to that)you could shoot better. like my thumbhole stock on one of my riles. also more comfort?!?

What am i missing.

jb

I shoot skeet with a friend who has a fiberglass thumbhole stock on his 1100. He's had it almost twenty years now. I suppose he was ahead of his time when he acquired it. He swears by it for skeet shooting. But I have seen more on the trap ranges than on the skeet field. I haven't seen one yet on a sporting clays course. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the English believe that straight-gripped stocks are the handiest and quickest when afield. The thought process aside from a smooth transition of the hand to either trigger should it be a double, to have both wrists/hands opposed in order to elevate the elbows for a smooth swing in either direction.

[DW 10mm]

I think the Browning Recoilless trap gun had a thumb hole stock.

[Agusta]

why is it i do not see thumbhole stocks on clay bird guns? is it the cost of making one?

i thingk if you could keep your wrist straighter up and down (90 degrees to the ground or close to that)you could shoot better. like my thumbhole stock on one of my riles. also more comfort?!?

What am i missing.

jb

Because they are ugly as sin.

[Gary H.]

I have always had a thing for thumbhole stocks. So much that I had a Weinig custom made for me. When I first got it back, I fell in love with it. After I shot it, I almost threw it in the ditch! IMHO, thumbhole stocks are not made for a swinging action. That style is just too easy to have too firm of a grip with. Unless extreme care is taken, it allows the gun to cant which takes to front bead out of position from the bore and either increases or decreases lead. It also takes your hand and puts it too far below the axis of the barrel bore and makes the swing more difficult. With it, my average was down almost 15% in sporting. I went back to my standard custom Weinig and the scores went right back up. Sold the stock (took a terrible beating from what it originally cost) within 6 months to someone that wanted to use it on a slug gun. He loves it for that.