Most of my shooting has been with an MOE+, which has the same grip angle as the A2. Personally, whether I had the stock partially collapsed while standing, or completely retracted when on the bench, my wrist always felt bent and it never gave the impression of being a particularly useful or ergonomic grip angle. I think something like the K2+ would be better for almost all scenarios. What would the downside be of having a steeper angle? I can think of none.

I notice that most precision AR shooters use MIAD grips a lot, but again I never felt like the A2 angle was enough to keep my wrist straight even with an A2 stock length.

Why haven’t steeper grip angles become the standard, and what is so great about the traditional one?