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Originally Posted by jeff higgins
aesthetically, i agree - the straight stock does look better. what i have found, however, is that the pistol grip helps control the rifle under heavy recoil. my standard hunting load in the .45-70, in modern rifles like the marlin, pushes a 410-ish grain hard cast lead bullet at over 1,900 fps. The difference in controllability and a quick recovery for a second shot, if needed, is noticeably better with my pistol gripped marlin than it is with my straight gripped winchester. It also seems to make the lever a littler easier to cycle.
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