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With my rifles, there's no wood where I grip the barrels when in a shooting position, if anything the forend tip ends up in the shallow palm of my support hand.
I tend to grip the barrels ahead of the forend wood.
My rifles have splinter forends, and I think a beavertail forend would get in the way of handling the rifle.

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Ditto. No need for most DR fore-ends to be more than 8" long. For most shooters, that places the leading hand in the most natural position for a comfortable grip on the barrels just forward of the wood. Most beavertails are longer and interfere with a proper hold on the barrels in the natural position. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that a beavertail will protect your fingers from hot barrels on a large bore DR. If you're holding onto it correctly, it won't.

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