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XAUSA built the rifle back when components for big guns were hard to find....

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Yes, I'm inclined to think that people who say rifles for off-hand shooting should have more drop forget there is such a thing as higher sights.

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They also forget that shooting a rifle with significant recoil off hand is not like shooting a .22 caliber from the same position. This is why my stock measurements came off my favorite international skeet gun. I use the same position shooting a rifle like mine, designed for instinctive shooting, as I do with my shotguns: weight on the forward foot, head forward, rifle brought up to the cheek with the butt firmly located on the shoulder.

I have seen shooters in high power competition shooting their AR15's with the toe of the butt stock resting on top of their shoulder (forbidden by the rules), or with the toe of the stock just barely engaged with the pad of the shooting jacket. Other shooters, using match rifles, have the adjustable butt plates lowered to the point that the effect is the same. All very well, when shooting at paper, but hardly the position for the hunting field, dangerous game or otherwise.

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