Stan is completely correct on the pistol grip. If you want to control your gun better, a pistol grip has it over the straight grip every time, heavy load or light.
There are beavertail forends, which are what you see on the Browning BSS (not the Sporter), which are huge oversized and similar to a boat paddle (no offense to your 30" BSS target-killing gun, Stan), and there are semi-beavertail forends, which are low profile, trim, slim and very nice when executed correctly. The Parker Reproductions and the CSM RBL's both have near-perfect semi-beavertails, and they not only work great for control and comfort for the leading hand, they look good too. All my sxs's have semi-beavertails and pistol grips. But, to each his own.
JR
Last edited by John Roberts; 08/29/13 01:34 PM.
