referring now more particularly to the drawings , the firearm or rifle is generally indicated at 10 , comprising a barrel 12 having a muzzle 14 , and a gunstock 16 . a forward portion 17 of the gunstock underlies and supports the barrel 12 . a scope 18 is mounted in a conventional manner over the magazine and bolt section 20 . reference numerals 22 and 24 indicate a trigger and a trigger guard respectfully . a cheek engaging portion 26 forms a portion of the stock 16 and terminates in a butt end assembly generally designated 28 . referring now more particularly to fig1 , and 3 , and my prior patent , an attachment includes a butt plate 30 having a portion which forms a track to engage with a track engaging element . the butt plate is provided with bores , not shown , adapted to receive a pair of screws for attachment of the butt plate 30 to the butt end 28 of the gunstock 16 . the assembly 28 further comprises a first gunstock extending member 40 comprising a foot portion 42 and a leg portion 44 , which leg portion is normal to the foot portion . the foot portion , as more clearly shown in my prior patent , is provided with a pair of bores of a size to freely receive the threaded shank portion of a pair of bolts . each of the bores is counterbored to receive the head portion of each of the bolts . corresponding bores are provided in the rib portion of the track engaging member and the bores are internally threaded to receive the threaded shank of the pair of bolts . thus , by loosely attaching a track engaging member to the foot portion by the pair of bolts , the foot and its attached leg may be slid upwardly and downwardly to position the leg portion 44 at a desired height as illustrated by arrow a in fig2 . details of this part of the present invention are more clearly shown in my prior u . s . pat . no . 4 , 296 , 566 , incorporated herein by reference . referring now more particularly to fig4 - 9 , and with particular reference being made to the improved configuration of the stock 16 , a pistol grip 80 is provided adjacent the trigger guard 24 , and is contoured for nested engagement with the palm of the right hand of a user at 82 ( fig5 and 8 ), and finger grip engagement at 84 ( fig6 and 9 ). an abutment surface 86 , better shown in fig1 , and 7 forms an engagement surface which nests between the thumb and the forefinger of the user ( fig1 ). as shown , the abutment surface of 86 constitutes a sideways projecting portion disposed above and behind the guard 24 and has a thumb engagement upper surface and forefinger engagement lower surface to form a finger engagement . as shown in fig1 this allows a gun user to position his forefinger on the gun trigger and in engagement with the lower surface and have his thumb on the upper surface such that the sideways projecting portion or abutting surface 86 is nested between his thumb and forefinger . as also shown in fig1 the pistol grip 80 has a downwardly contoured surface to accommodate three of the user &# 39 ; s fingers . the forward elongated barrel portion of the stock 16 is best viewed in fig4 and is so configured as to provide greater hand engagement surfaces in the regions 88 , 90 , and 92 . the forward portion 17 of the stock additionally has elongated recesses 94 for finger and hand engagement therein of a gun user . it will be understood from the above that the described contour features incorporated in the stock 16 , provides a user with greater controlled securement and positionment of the rifle . this structure permits the user to effect a firm forward gun fixed positioning , which coincidentally spaces the butt portion 28 of the stock 16 a distance from the shoulder of the user , and simultaneously firmly seats the back engagement member 62 to the user . these positionment features provide greater accuracy and elimination of recoil impact . as shown , it will be appreciated that the sideways projecting portion 86 and the pistol grip portion 80 are integral with the gunstock 16 . that is , they are not separate pieces which are attached together . as shown in fig1 and 2 , the sideways projecting portion 86 is disposed completely above the uppermost of the levels where trigger guard 24 has its upper ends 24a and 24b ( labeled in fig2 only ). as also shown , the portion 86 is at least partially directly above the guard 24 . this advantageous positioning for a good grip is further enhanced by having the forefinger engagement lower surface 86l ( labeled in fig5 only ) extend downwardly towards the rifle front . as is apparent from fig5 the lower surface 86l extends downwardly towards the front end of the rifle along the full length of the underside of the sideways projecting portion 86 . fig1 shows a top view of an alternate embodiment rifle 110 and includes components in the &# 34 ; 100 &# 34 ; series having the same last two digits as the corresponding component from the previously described embodiment of the present invention . the fig1 embodiment is essentially identical to the previous embodiment except that the forearm or forward portion 117 of the gunstock 116 includes a flared out portion 195 at the forward end of the rifle . the flared out portion 195 allows one &# 39 ; s front hand ( not shown in fig1 ) to clamp the forearm 117 just behind portion 195 so as to absorb the recoil . the forearm 117 does not include any of the recesses such as 94 in the embodiment shown in fig4 . fig1 and 12 respectively show top and side views of part of a third embodiment firearm ( a shotgun ) 210 having components in the &# 34 ; 200 &# 34 ; series with the same last two digits as the corresponding component , if any , in the first and second embodiments . the firearm 210 includes a flared out gripping portion 295 . as shown , the gripping portion 295 widens towards the front ( right side of fig1 and fig1 ) of the rifle or firearm 210 . additionally , the gripping portion 295 is flared down for an increased forearm height towards the front . that is , as shown in fig1 , the height of the forearm increases as one gets close to the front or right end of the forearm 217 (&# 34 ; height &# 34 ; being the extent over which the forearm extends in a vertical direction ). thus , for example the height h2 is higher than the height h1 . by having the forearm 217 flare out in width and height as shown for fig1 and 12 , one can readily use one &# 39 ; s hand ( not shown ) at or just behind ( left side of fig1 and 12 ) the gripping portion 295 in order to absorb the recoil of the discharge of firearm 210 . it should also be noted that the gripping portion 195 of fig1 would include a similar increase in height ( not visible in the top view of fig1 ) as shown with respect to h1 and h2 of the forearm 217 in fig1 . the forearm 217 of fig1 and 12 is part of a gunstock which would include a separate piece constituting a butt end portion ( not shown ) which would be constructed identically to that portion of gunstock 16 ( see especially fig2 ) which is to the left of trigger 22 in fig2 . while preferred embodiments of the invention have been herein shown and described , obviously changes in details can be affected without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in , and limited solely by , the appended claims .