IMO a straight grip does not require a longer LOP to be shot well. One thing it DOES require, though, IMO, is lighter loads. I shoot both PG and straight hand when hunting everything from doves to ducks and geese. My waterfowl S x S's have three inch chambers and I use them to advantage. Out of three, one has a straight grip. My hand slips under recoil from heavy loads much worse with it than with the other two PG guns. For a brief moment I feel a bit out of control of the gun under recoil, not so with the PG ones.
I place much more importance on the grip configuration than the fore end configuration for recoil control. Beavertail forends are useful only for keeping ones' fingers off very hot barrels, not for recoil control.
Last edited by Stan; 07/05/09 09:18 PM.
