ID: Regarding the "grippiness" of the Hogue over molded stock, after a week in the dust of Zimbabwe, it all but disappeared. What I really like about it is how the rubber deadened the sound of twigs scraping the stock when "hoovering" 40 yards from a herd of nyati looking for a hard bossed bull. The metal pillars are a plus. If you do not like the rubber coating, take it off with a block plane like Phil Shoemaker has illustrated on another thread.
