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REF Posts #58 and #59:
A good question. Personally, I have not seen any reference material that discusses this as a stand alone topic. Seems to be referenced in bits and pieces throughout a variety of different reference material. One school of thought, starting with the hand-gonne period goes something like: Positioning the gun at the waist/chest, to under the arm pit, to the cheek rest, and eventually the shoulder rest. But sometime, early on it was determined that firing from the shoulder was the most advantageous for aiming/pointing and accuracy - regardless of butt stock style.
This would have been a great question to pose Michael Tommer if he were still with us.
Rick
A good question. Personally, I have not seen any reference material that discusses this as a stand alone topic. Seems to be referenced in bits and pieces throughout a variety of different reference material. One school of thought, starting with the hand-gonne period goes something like: Positioning the gun at the waist/chest, to under the arm pit, to the cheek rest, and eventually the shoulder rest. But sometime, early on it was determined that firing from the shoulder was the most advantageous for aiming/pointing and accuracy - regardless of butt stock style.
This would have been a great question to pose Michael Tommer if he were still with us.
Rick