Ergonomic pistol grip for rifles

Abstract

An angled pistol grip for a user's trigger hand , mounted on an automatic or semiautomatic rifle. Said pistol grip oriented asymmetrically from the centerline of the rifle body thereby reducing the stress on the shooter's wrist of the trigger hand said pistol grip while firing. Thus allowing the shooter to correctly position the weapon, relative to the shooter's body, for accurate aiming.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A pistol grip mounted to an automatic or semi-automatic rifle, for accepting holding pressure by user's trigger hand, with said pistol grip having hand locating features, with at least one of said pistol hand locating features rotated asymmetrically from an alignment parallel to said rifles barrel. 
     
     
         2 . The pistol grip according to  claim 1  wherein the said piston grip features rotated asymmetrically is at least one finger locating feature. 
     
     
         3 . The pistol grip according to  claim 1  wherein the said pistol grip features rotated asymmetrically is at least one hand locating feature. 
     
     
         4 . The pistol grip according to  claim 3  wherein the at least one hand locating feature rotated asymmetrically is that of a palm cheek. 
     
     
         5 . The pistol grip according to  claim 3  wherein the at least one hand locating feature rotated asymmetrically is that of a thumb rest. 
     
     
         6 . A pistol grip mounted to an automatic or semi-automatic rifle, with said pistol grip having features, with at least one of said features rotated asymmetrically from being aligned to a centerline of said rifle, and with at least another of said features rotated at a different angle depending on the feature. 
     
     
         7 . The pistol grip according to  claim 6  wherein said pistol grip features are a maximum of three finger grooves. 
     
     
         8 . The pistol grip according to  claim 7  wherein one of said multiple finger grooves is a grove for a middle finger and wherein one of said multiple finger grooves is a grove for a ring finger. 
     
     
         9 . The pistol grip according to  claim 8  wherein the ring finger groove is rotated further from the centerline of the rifle than the middle finger groove. 
     
     
         10 . The pistol grip according to  claim 7  wherein one of said multiple finger grooves is a grove for a little (pinkie) finger. 
     
     
         11 . The pistol grip according to  claim 10  wherein the pinkie finger groove is rotated further from the centerline of the rifle than the ring finger groove.