Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles What are the attributes of a thumb hole stock in a hunting rifle?

Not cheap and y'all can debate the relative merits of quality, but Brown Precision's thumbhole stock is ambidextrous - I am pretty sure that is correct but all you lefties check with Brown before ordering. I hefted one a gunsmith was installing on a customer's rifle and found it to be very comfortable.

I really like more vertical or "closed" pistol grips as they allow you to pull back with the shooting hand like you're supposed to (the front hand should merely guide where the rifle is pointing) and the thumbhole really lets you do that.

They are very good from a purely functional standpoint but I still can't get over my prejudice that they look a little weird.