What is purpose of pistol grip?

[tarosean]

Shooting from the hip?!? LOL, that stupid woman has been playing too much call of duty

or all she needs to do is go back and review the tapes from the BOFA Shootout. I seem to recall a ton of lead being slung and only 2 deaths - the perpetrators.

 

[Blackstone]

Traditional rifles have a stock that extends under that barrel (some over as well) and keeps your hand from being burned. How the heck are you supposed to hold a rifle, if there isn't a safe place to put your support hand?

That's the point! Can't make it easy to fire lots of rounds off

 

[vaupet]

Have a look at the best match rifles used in modern matches and olympics: they all have pistol grips, for better confort and accuracy and because a pistol grip is user adjustable unlike classic stocks.

The adjustable butstock is conceived to adapt the rifle to different clothing af the shooter, more often used to adapt the length of pull to the use of body armour.