Originally Posted by Nightshade

I prefer the pistol grip for CQB because it lowers the swing distance f the weapon. The point is to have the most powerful, broad shooting weapon you can have and to make it small enough to act quickly.

Also it leaves it long enough that in the off chance you have to go hand to hand with someone you can still use it as a 1/4 staff weapon and still have plenty of weight to bash their skull in.

Maximum damage in the smallest packeage possible when your life is on the line