In the early HOT's you had either a front trigger position or a rear position and your length of pull was determined by which position the trigger was in. Early catalogs had a page on this that you brought to whomever dealt with L.C. Smith's at that time. Later Hunter Arms added a middle trigger position and the same rule applied. Between the front trigger position and the rear there is a one inch difference and you can see how this would make a difference in trigger pull length. The standard butt plate was a lined one, but you could have your choice on butt plates. My favorite is the one having two setters on point. This was not a Hunter Arms Co. butt plate and was fairly common around the turn of the last century. These are still available as a reproduction.