Opinions, big bores with straight stock or pistol grip?
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Opinions, big bores with straight stock or pistol grip?
I personally love the sleek look of a straight stock, but wonder if there is any benefit in control or recoil management with a pistol grip stock on a big bore lever gun. I've found a deal on a standard Marlin 1895. If I got it I would probably shorten it to Guide Gun spec, but wonder about keeping the pistol grip stock. I notice when shooting my 1894c with its straight stock, my right hand takes a natural cant that would pretty much match the angle of a pistol grip anyway. So I would like to hear everyone's opinion and experiences on the subject. Thanks
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I like the straight grip. I like the looks because I like the feel. However, it is the buttplate width, drop, pitch and comb design that really determine how a stock handles recoil.
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Ted,TedH wrote:For actual shooting I prefer pistol grips. For aesthetics, I like straight. That's why you have to have several examples of each.
Me too. A pistol grip gives more control. The top silhouette shooters I have seen use pg Model 64's but the look of a straight grip is the one I like. BTW- nice cat you got there---what did you take him down with?-----------------------Sixgun
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I agree, either one can work very well, if everthing else is correct. Too long a length of pull, bothers me more then about anything else, and I don't like a slick buttplate like on the Browning 95 has. I have been thinking about changing mine over to a thin rubber pad or checkered steel buttplate for sometime.Hobie wrote:I like the straight grip. I like the looks because I like the feel. However, it is the buttplate width, drop, pitch and comb design that really determine how a stock handles recoil.
I love the straight grip. On shotguns and rifles. I find I have much better "feel" or connection to the gun for putting it up into firing position.
The last two years I've had occasion to shoot fast running deer with my Marlin 1894 SS .44 mag. Both times I killed the deer but could not remember exactly how many shots I fired. The cycling took place almost as an automation, it did not enter my awareness at all.
So I like the straight or English stock, as shotguns are referred to.
The last two years I've had occasion to shoot fast running deer with my Marlin 1894 SS .44 mag. Both times I killed the deer but could not remember exactly how many shots I fired. The cycling took place almost as an automation, it did not enter my awareness at all.
So I like the straight or English stock, as shotguns are referred to.
...In the straight grip vs. pistol grip, for whatever reason, I prefer the straight grip. Stocks with pistol grips do not handle well for me.
...I really cannot see how the pistol grip would help with recoil. To each their own!
...The reason both styles are made, is because "one size (style) does NOT fit all".
...old goat
...I really cannot see how the pistol grip would help with recoil. To each their own!

...The reason both styles are made, is because "one size (style) does NOT fit all".
...old goat
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I have both, and the only difference I feel is before I pull the trigger. The pistol grip deludes me into thinking it's better, because it feels, well, like a pistol. There is absolutely no difference in felt recoil, or in follow up speed, as I hold the rifle to my shoulder using the forearm when I cycle the action.
I like the looks of the straight wrist best, but the pistol grip is more controllable under recoil.
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