BugleMIn

It's all in how the gun fits you. The raised rib on Benelli's is due to the smaller drop they put on the stock. Europeans don't like much drop. I have an SBE with low rib and can't hit anything, I need a barrel with the raised rib. When I bring the gun up to my shoulder I am looking at the whole barrel instead of down the barrell.

Drundel, What would you recommend if D didn't give you enough drop. Mine is the older SBE, before Benelli raised the vent rib, and D is not enough. My stocksmith is going to try to lengthen the LOP with spacers with the thought it will move my cheek back (and lower) on the stock. Think it'll work? I'm 6'2" so I can play with the LOP some. Other ideas? besides a new raised ribbed barrel

Hi, Can somebody tell me which shim gives the greatest drop on the stock heel. A, B, or C? Tried calling Benelli for an owners manual yesterday, got put on hold for 15 minutes and gave up. Anybody got an email address so I can request one. Thanks.

Why does Benelli have this board if they, the company that provides the one thing we all have in common do not use it or answer our questions. Seems ridiculus, go to PSE Archery board and they answer questions all the time.

Isn't the pitch the same thing as the drop. When talking pitch you typically are referring to angles? The drops are measurements corresponding to those angles. The drop at Comb is the distance from sight line down to stock where your cheek rests. The heel drop is the distance of drop from sight line to the top of stock at the butt plate. If you change the angle (pitch - shims)) you change the two distances. Most americans perfer comb drop of 1.5 inches or so. The original SBE's has much less than that because Europeans don't like drop. They like a flat stock. This causes Americans to have to scrunch their head lower onto the stock to look down the barrel. If they are not looking down the barrel they shoot high. I know the angle could be cut, but does that change the forces from the recoil and the location of the recoil, does the top part of butt plate get significantly more forces than the bottom and will this damage the stock over time? Somebody experienced in "stock-smithing" and benellis will have to answer the question of how many shims, can you cut the stock and not damage it, etc.