S&W J Frame "Legacy" Grips
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bob97
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Like shooting a pair of pliers. New boot grips are way better IMO. Its just not enough to grab tightly for me. I am 6’2 with skinny, moderately long hands.
Dunross
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Buddy of mine just bought a Bulldog that came with a set of pearl grips almost exactly like those. If you have small to medium hands they should be OK. Large to extra-large hands (like mine) makes it a two-finger gun. I find them unusable for all, but the lightest loads.
Riomouse911
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Looks cool.
Shoots lousy.
For me, anyway.
The thin, smooth, pearl-type grips offer no traction for my hand, so under recoil the gun shifts easily... necessitating a lol of grip re-adjusting as I shoot through the cylinder. Plus, as Bob97 mentioned, every bit of recoil immediately goes straight into the palm of your hand with every shot and the thin panels don’t spread it out very much.
Again, those grips do look super, that I’ll agree.
In my case, my snubs wear Pachmayr or Hogue, or factory Ruger/Colt rubber grips for critical use rather than something else.
Stay safe.
Shoots lousy.
For me, anyway.
The thin, smooth, pearl-type grips offer no traction for my hand, so under recoil the gun shifts easily... necessitating a lol of grip re-adjusting as I shoot through the cylinder. Plus, as Bob97 mentioned, every bit of recoil immediately goes straight into the palm of your hand with every shot and the thin panels don’t spread it out very much.
Again, those grips do look super, that I’ll agree.
In my case, my snubs wear Pachmayr or Hogue, or factory Ruger/Colt rubber grips for critical use rather than something else. Stay safe.
.455_Hunter
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I like magna-type service grips on non-magnum guns. The Altamonts are used on my late 90's - early 00's pre-lock J-frames that came from the factory with the horrible Uncle Mike's rubber boots.
I have Altamont combat on my 640 pro.
Open back, thin, you can get a good three finger grip, but for medium/large hands they're small.
If I buy another J frame grip from Altamont I will go with their "Bateleur" grips, (for an all steel J frame) covers the back of the grip frame, lil fatter, similar to the grip on the SP101 below.
Open back, thin, you can get a good three finger grip, but for medium/large hands they're small.
If I buy another J frame grip from Altamont I will go with their "Bateleur" grips, (for an all steel J frame) covers the back of the grip frame, lil fatter, similar to the grip on the SP101 below.
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lee n. field
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Ouch. No. I don't even like the factory rubber boot grips.
DeepSouth
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I guess I’m the lone man out. I’ve tried some different grips on my model 36 and I have yet to find any I like the feel of more the factory grips.
Here is how my other J fame is set up
The grips were made in Thailand, purchased on ebay for about $40. Still fits in my pocket and much easier to grip and shoot. I have smaller hands so I can get away with a somewhat bigger grip and not have trouble wrapping my hand around them to draw the gun
The grips were made in Thailand, purchased on ebay for about $40. Still fits in my pocket and much easier to grip and shoot. I have smaller hands so I can get away with a somewhat bigger grip and not have trouble wrapping my hand around them to draw the gun
bannockburn
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I have my Model 649 with the factory grips on it along with a Tyler T-Grip. feels comfortable enough and gives me just enough grip size to hang on to. My Model 638 wears the factory boot grip and that works okay too. I also have a set of Safariland Rogers Plastic Combat Grips that are feel great and give you more control but stick out a bit too much for CCW. I also have a Hogue MonoGrip which currently reside on my wife's Model 34. I don't like the Pachmayr Compac Grips for the S&W J frames as I think it's just too big for the gun. So I cut them down a bit and came up with something kind of different in terms of it's overall shape and usability.
CoalCrackerAl
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I attempted to refinish the grips that came on my SW 10. Well the stripper started to melt them. Plastic junk lol. They were not orginal SW grips. So i ordered a new set of Houge grips.
Riomouse911
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Riomouse911
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Those are grips I don’t like either.. those and the awful grips that came stock on my Smith 317 .22. For whatever reason, the Hogue grips for the J frames fit me great so I swap the factory ones out for those.
Stay safe.
Search eBay using. Grips for S&W J frame
You should get about 10 pages of grips and probably a third to half are Thai grips. Scroll through until you find hat you like. They take 3 or 4 weeks to arrive. These were a real dark, reddish tint. I stepped in acetone, stained & applied tung oil
Here is a set
https://www.ebay.com/itm/254738734602?hash=item3b4f9c9e0a:g:LVwAAOSwK-FgjRtu
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Speedo66
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What’s nice about the Thai grips on EBay is the set you see is the set you will get, unlike other grip companies.
I waited a while to find a set with an extra nice wood grain pattern. Fit was perfect, nice and tight.
I waited a while to find a set with an extra nice wood grain pattern. Fit was perfect, nice and tight.
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