I know, this post is fairly old, but "KEYBEAR" made an excellent point and is absolutely correct. There are many factors that come into play, like neck length, pectoral muscle shape, long fingers, and several other "personal proportions" that are ignored when just using the elbow crook to the finger tip, which was a process used in many days gone past.
The professional method involves a "try-stock" whereby comb height can be adjusted along with butt-stock length. This way measurements can be taken and then transferred onto the new stock being shaped. A much better general, length-of-pull check, can be done by mounting the stock and then check the thumb knuckle and see how far it is from the shooters nose. If it's more or less than one-inch, adjustments need to be made. This process is just a rudimentary, rough check and by no means is the proper way to get fitted for a stock. When I set up shotgun stocks for length of pull, a shot-gunner can get by with a shorter stock more easily than a stock that's too long. With a longer stock, the shooter will have his/her cheek come off the comb on hard rights or lefts, depending on being right or left handed. With a shorter stock, the cheek will stay with the stock much easier.
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