Short of buying a custom made gun, getting one that fits you at least closely seems to be a matter of luck and shopping in the market where you're an average size. You also need to have your dominant eye on the side you're handed on and there are probably other issues, but length of pull and drop at comb and all that stuff are the basics. Which leads me to the basic test I learned back in the 19th century, or at least I think it comes from there, and that is you hold the gun you're considering in a basic cross-body safety pose, turn to a reasonably distant object (something overhead that's within normal shotgun range), then close your eyes and quickly mount the gun to your shoulder to where you think it's pointing at said object, Then you open your eyes and look and if the gun is indeed pointing where you thought it was, you have a decent fit. It's the test I've always used with double barrels.
Reason I ask about it is that I was doing this in a big store, name rhymes with Crobellas, and I do believe I completely freaked out the already anxious salesman who had no idea what I was doing, especially when I turned at a slight angle to the counter to get a reasonably good range in view.
I believe Crobellas must have lined the top edge of their gun counter wall, their approved safe fire zone, with 5 inch armoured plate and are convinced that a shot at an angle (from a verified unloaded gun with a trigger lock on it) will kill dozens. But I'm going OT....
Do people not do this little test anymore? Is the test a myth I've never caught on to? Or is there another reason I haven't seen it done since Reagan was president, failing nervous salespeople?
Reason I ask about it is that I was doing this in a big store, name rhymes with Crobellas, and I do believe I completely freaked out the already anxious salesman who had no idea what I was doing, especially when I turned at a slight angle to the counter to get a reasonably good range in view.
I believe Crobellas must have lined the top edge of their gun counter wall, their approved safe fire zone, with 5 inch armoured plate and are convinced that a shot at an angle (from a verified unloaded gun with a trigger lock on it) will kill dozens. But I'm going OT....
Do people not do this little test anymore? Is the test a myth I've never caught on to? Or is there another reason I haven't seen it done since Reagan was president, failing nervous salespeople?