Just checked the Echols website. Still says Right Hand for the Shrike. If someone ia aware of a LH Shrike, please speak up. The Echols stocks are built with cast off/on and with toe. HArd to see it. But, you can feel it when you mount the rifle.
Yes, I prefer a more open grip. However, if the circumference around the wrist is small enough, for me at least, that makes the wrist seem a little more "open". The Pacific Rimrock stock on my "go to" .270 falls in that category.
The wrist on the Forbes rifle was O.K. What I was not keen on, the fore end felt kinda like a rectangle with rounded corners, versus an oval shape. If the Forbes was the only rifle I had, I would rock on. However, at the time, I had a Kimber Ascent on hand for side-by-side comparison. There was no comparison. Retrospect, probably should have spent more time with the Forbes. But, that is water under the bridge.
