I'm not sure I really like the picture in my mind of a straight-grip stock with a pig's spine either, but so many other things in wood and metal have surprised me in the past that I never like to say never. Bluntly put, I have no idea what our gunsmith friend's skills are but as a "cobbler" myself I'm always interested in other's brainstorms. Heck, the thing could turn out to be a cob or a real beauty. It's not my labor, but I'd sure be interested in what might make it to the firing line some day. And I know from past projects of my own {knifemaking}, sometimes ideas sit and stir in the gut until they are put into reality in steel and only after that do I really know what validity they had in the first place.

Personally, I wouldn't want a straight grip rifle of any sort as I barely tolerate the straight grip on my chopped Swede M38 carbine, but to each his own. Having said that, the extremely delicate straight grip guns pictured in that GD article were so unique I have to say they really caught my eye. Who'da thunk it...