Do you have a favorite grip? Cause I got mine.

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Wood is for show. Rubber for go. Rubber gives me good grip in cold, hot, dry, or wet weather. Sucks up a touch of recoil and tolerates the wear and tear of ridding on my hip all day doing other things.

And before you wood lovers get all incensed at me, grip comfort is number one for a revolver that is being used as a tool (not a safe queen) and I have never found a wood grip that is as comfortable in my hand (especially under recoil) as a rubber grip. If you have, more power to you. For me all my revolver wear rubber grips except one and it ride the shelf in the gun cabinet almost never being used.

My biggest issue with rubber on a carry piece is that it tends to grab an untucked shirt tail and cause it to ride up, sometimes exposing the gun. Not a problem on a duty-belt gun, of course.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

I especially like the fish scale on the pistol in front. What guns are those, might have to look for one.
I put a set of Rosewood Altamont stocks on my S&W M41. They are cut exactly like the factory stocks, but the laser engraving and checkering look much better, and the color suits the pistol better. Not as high-end as the ones on your pistols, but I like them.

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Wow!

 

[Rodfac]

For hard recoiling magnums in a Smith or Colt DA .357 or .44 Mag revolver, nothing I've tried beats a set of Pachmyr Presentations...ugly but they do the job. And Hogue's Monogrips, at least in the J-frames, does as well. Too, I like the Smith factory rubber on my 686 & 629...again, ugly, but I get zero knuckle rap with them. For lighter recoiling rounds, target loads & up to say ~1100 fps, I can get by with wood; enjoy the sheer beauty and accept the moderate wack in the palm and thumb web.

My all time favorite for looks and utility were the grips made by Kim Ahrends. They were very well made, beautifully finished & fit my guns to a "T". But he's long gone now and my one and only set of birdseye maple finger grooves for my M19 & 66 disappeared during a visit to one of my wretched sons!

But just a few days ago, a pair of Altamont 'Ropers' arrived for my M-67 Smith .38 Spl. I'm looking fwd to a range try-out manana, but they do feel good in the hand. Up at the hump, they're about as wide as Smith's Magna's, but below that, they have a slight palm swell and a moderate flare out similar to the old 'Coke bottle' factory grips from the 50's. I have big hopes for these as I really like their look and feel. I've tried the Altamont 'targets' which are pretty even in 'super' wood, but just to thin up top for anything but light target loads. The web of my hand takes a beating with them.

Here's a pic of the new Altamont 'Ropers'...these are Santos Rosewood with the signature ribbon checkering made famous by Roper back in the 40-60's. Best regards, Rod

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