Confusion for most people comes with the difference between the Prince of Wales and Woodward type grips, these are both very similar with the difference being the angle of the pistol grip cap, a parallel finish on the Woodward and angled on the Prince of Wales.
There are no particular rules as far as choosing what grip works best, I think it is a matter of what works best for each individual. For a side by side shotgun the straight hand and either POW or Woodward grips look best and people choosing a single trigger will often opt for POW.Semi or Woodward style as hand position remains static. The full pistol grip is normally only seem on Over Under guns but occasionally I have seen them on live pigeon side by sides.
Straight Hand Grip
Prince of Wales Grip
Woodward Grip
Semi Pistol or Rounded Grip
Full Pistol Grip
Gregg on July 21, 2016 at 1:01 am
Beautiful guns. Thank you.
Gregg
Vance Daigle on July 20, 2016 at 5:54 pm
I find this blog interesting, I think that certain guns just lend themselves to a certain type of grip. For me a Boss O/U looks correct with a rounded grip. the Italians guns look correct with a full grip, and of course the Woodward looks correct with the Woodward style. The style I notice most on the S/S english is the straight grip. So thank you for giving all the styles a correct name for me. The Prince of Whales and the Woodward are very simular in style for the untrained eye. Give me the Woodward grip on all the english guns!!!Good Day Simon,
In Christ
Vance,
Neil McVeigh on July 19, 2016 at 1:30 pm
Simon thats very unfair.I am sure those two words were the most important in the whole text!
Simon Clode on July 19, 2016 at 1:15 pm
He did absolutely nothing! I asked him to add some text about them and he changed two words. He obviously spent more time telling you about it than doing it!
Neil McVeigh on July 19, 2016 at 1:02 pm
Simon thanks very much for the clarification.The pictures illustrate perfectly the various “grips”.Thanks also to your loyal assistant who I believe assisted you with this post.
If he could only find me a WR 16 shotgun with either a POW or Woodward grip I would be most happy!