MillCreek
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I picked up and installed the Hogue 83000 monogrip. I am underwhelmed with the fit and the difficulty in installing it. I found a video on the Hogue site suggesting using two business cards as shims while installing it, but there is still a perceptible gap at the backstrap insofar as the grip sits lower than the backstrap. I am puzzled by this insofar as I have several Hogue monogrips on my Ruger DA revolvers and they fit quite well.
I then decided to try the Pachmayr grip. It was a waste of money. The Pachmayr grip does not fit with the existing pin at the base of the grip frame, near the front of the frame. Try as I might, I could not close the 3/8 inch gap of the rubber grip at the base of the front grip frame. There were no directions saying that the pin has to be removed, and I did not try to drive the pin from the frame.
Bottom line: if you have a recent manufactured stainless New Model Blackhawk with a pin near the bottom front edge of the grip frame, this grip will not fit.
I should have paid attention to the Amazon reviews describing exactly these issues. I thought that since my Blackhawk was manufactured only a few months ago, I would not have these same issues. I was wrong.
So to recap my experience, the Hogue Monogrip fit poorly, the Pachmayr Presentation grip really did not fit at all and I have reinstalled the rosewood grip panels to the handgun. At least the stock grip panels fit.
I then decided to try the Pachmayr grip. It was a waste of money. The Pachmayr grip does not fit with the existing pin at the base of the grip frame, near the front of the frame. Try as I might, I could not close the 3/8 inch gap of the rubber grip at the base of the front grip frame. There were no directions saying that the pin has to be removed, and I did not try to drive the pin from the frame.
Bottom line: if you have a recent manufactured stainless New Model Blackhawk with a pin near the bottom front edge of the grip frame, this grip will not fit.
I should have paid attention to the Amazon reviews describing exactly these issues. I thought that since my Blackhawk was manufactured only a few months ago, I would not have these same issues. I was wrong.
So to recap my experience, the Hogue Monogrip fit poorly, the Pachmayr Presentation grip really did not fit at all and I have reinstalled the rosewood grip panels to the handgun. At least the stock grip panels fit.
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