I think I will take a dinner hour and read this thread. Screwing with an ugly gun just because it is ugly goes against my feelings about gunmakers versus shooters. The shooters and the gunmakers voted "ugly". If we don't like it, it's still two against one. I think we should take a second look at a British gun with beavertail and pistol grip before we mess with it. Slimming down the forend would be one thing that can be done without destroying anything. Not that I own a British gun with a pistol grip, but I do lust after Woodwards with Prince of Wales grips. I did order a CSMC Inverness with a Prince of Wales grip when a straight grip was available.