Boggy
<br>The elbow is hanging out in space, bent at any angle needed to make the hand reach the grip. If you have longer than average arms your elbow simply hangs farther out. On the other hand, if you have "little stubby flappers" it is possible, I guess, that pulling your arm in to reach that trigger might affect the shoulder pocket, therefor the needed length... but it would be a really short-armed shooter. I'm not seeing where an extra joint would come in handy... on second thought, maybe I can think of one, but it doesn't involve shooting a long gun... ;-)
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<br>Muscle mass on the shoulder is far more important, IMO, as far as impacting the LOP goes.
<br>best to you
<br>art
