Believe it or not, I have some historic justification for the grip. Back in 'nam when the Xm177 was hot, it was a popular mod for an operator to take a surplus pistol grip, sand it down, and then take some form of nut fastener to it and basically make it a foregrip. The one I chose I picked since it resembled a pistol grip they'd attach. The entire kit is modeled around sort of a surplus/classic operator mod basis.
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