Robocop is dead on........I recently watched a tv show on the military channel About Delta Force. Those guys were using this "grip". ( in close quarters) Personally it just looks cool, every generation has to have something different. In my day we faced "boobytraps, today its IEDs. And my favorite, we had car bombs, today its VBIEDs, vehicle borne improvised explosive device, what the.........My arm gets tired and it is NOT for that long range shot. I dont think you will find a true sniper using it. It was developed from the 2 handed pistol grip where it controls the recoil of the pistol. I'll continue to carry my pistol like that, but I'm old school, in OIF and OEF, I actually used a tactical grip on my M-4................if it aint broke dont fix it...............it just gets cool points