Did Uncle Mikes stop making grips?

[Wildbillz]

Hi All
I started looking for some grips this evening and I can't even find grips on Uncle Mikes webpage. Did they stop making them?

WB

 

[SFCRandall]

Have'nt bought grips in a while, but now that I think about it, have'nt seen Uncle Mike's grips anywhere lately.

 

[rcmodel]

I don't know.
But S&W has them on sale now.

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/...750051_764708_-1____ProductDisplayErrorView_N

rc

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

You can try looking under the "Butler Creek" name. However, a quick search of Midway's site only showed grip sleeves for autos.

 

[Salmoneye]

Ayuh...

As far as I have been able to determine, UM grips are now only available as used, and NOS through a few dealers, and the auction sites...

Best grip I ever used for taming recoil on the Super BlackHawk was their #59001...

Glad I still have a set...

 

[Chindo18Z]

Discontinued product line. They haven't been offered from Uncle Mike's since...oh, about 2006.

Great revolver handles, just hard to find these days. IIRC, several of their combat neoprene/rubber grip patterns were Craig Spegel designed.

 

[DPris]

No grips under either brand in their 2012 Product Guide from the SHOT Show.
Denis

 

[crossrhodes]

Uncle Mike's

It's sad that Uncle Mikes moved their manufacturing operation to china a few years ago. A customer service person from Jerry's Inc, stated that the former workers of UM started their own shop and are now supplying them with grips.

 

[InkEd]

They got rebadged as Butler Creek grips. Then they were discontinued too. I just sold a pair that came on my j-frame for $10 plus shipping on another forum. More importantly, I bought a pair of "new old stock" ones from Numrich Gun Parts for my Redhawk. I would try them.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

They got rebadged as Butler Creek grips. Then they were discontinued too.

OK, that would explain what I saw.

They were OEM on S&W revolvers throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, so someone ought to have used ones somewhere.