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I love having WOOD!
Do you have a favorite grip? Cause I got mine.
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Oninotaki
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Wow those silver t grips look great with the smooth stag!
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I gotta admit I had to google this one. That is interesting that the gun came with an array of panel combinations. Do you ever mix and match them? So that the panels are not the same type on each side?
WheelGunMan
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I spent a lot of time experimenting to find the right combination for me. The panels are a combination of L, M and S to get the right fit. It's my favorite gun to shoot because of its extreme comfort to grasp.
Riomouse911
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My biggest handgun paradox; I really love the looks of wooden grips, but I hate shooting any hand guns with more oomph than a .38 Special with wooden grips. 
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Thank you. The grip adapter allows me more control on the N frame than just the stock itself. But the Magnas are a bit thinner in the area by the horn than any other stock from S&W.
Here is a pair I modified to approximate the Magna/adapter feel.
They started off as factory Targets that did not come close to fitting my hand. 1/2 hour with a 4 in 1 and voila, they fit!
Kevin
The old Ratzeburg Korths had their grips made by Nill since 1969, when Nill just opened his shop, but the classic Korth grip design was done by Willi Korth. It fits my hand well and works for double action as well as single action but when I plan on shooting a lot of .357 Magnum loads out of my Korth, new beefier Nills are chosen.
WheelGunMan
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Wooden grips with slight checkering improves your hold when the beast shows its teeth.My biggest handgun paradox; I really love the looks of wooden grips, but I hate shooting any hand guns with more oomph than a .38 Special with wooden grips.
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Riomouse911
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Its the whack on my palm and fingers from magnums that isn’t my favorite thing. Some of my grips have checkering and finger grooves, like this Model 66-2 and 624, but even these aren’t the most comfortable grips when recoil gets brisk.
While I love the feel of the Hogue rubber grips and have them on many of my hard-kickers like the Dan Wesson 15-2 at top, their wood offering (Middle DW) is smooth and a bit tougher to hang onto. Same for the factory DW grips on the .22 at the bottom.
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WheelGunMan
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Good point! I have 4 - 357 revolvers that only see a diet of . 38 Spcl with the exception of my 6" Security Six which mitigates recoil fairly well ... though it wears a set of Pachmayr Presentation grips.
Speedo66
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Like others, I prefer the aesthetics of wood grips.
These are Thai grips which fit my hand well and do a nice job of evenly distributing recoil.
The only rub is with full power factory .357’s. They’re fine for a few rounds, but then the sharp points of the checkering make themselves known.
I don’t shoot too many of those in a row anyway, so it’s not that big a problem.
P5 Guy
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The original Magna grips (or are they stocks?) were quite uncomfortable with my full power 158 loads. The Target grips an improvement, but the Hougue rubber mono grip is the most comfortable for blasting away lots of money. This is my favorite shooting revolver next to my model 17.
stonebuster
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Two Model 10 NY DOC trade ins I bought had those Uncle Mikes on them and by far the most comfortable best fit for my hands on a K frame.Uncle Mike's conversion grips. Not pretty, but they fit & perform well (once the bottom finger groove gets a razor shave).
stonebuster
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After searching for a balance between looks, fit and functionality in a wood grip for my Ruger Six Series revolvers I found NOS Herretts walnut grips. Now three out of four wear them.
mcb
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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.
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I used rubber groups for a while, several months. I was practicing one day and noticed there were two groups on the target. After a bit more shooting, I was able to determine it was because the Pachmyar grips were shifting on the frame. I snugged them up, but always got the two groups indicating the shifting. Went back to wood and the problem went away.
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stonebuster
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I like the Lett style rubber with Altamont wood inserts on my 3" & 4" GP100s and the stock Hogue rubber finger groove on my 5" GP. I favor the rubber Uncle Mikes on 4" Model 10s. So no particular brand favorite but whatever works for the particular revolver.
bangswitch
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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.
They are custom Nills on a Hämmerli 212, also called Jägerschaftspistole. It was introduced by Walther with the 1936 Olympia Jägerschaftspistole for the German DJV hunter's competitions. Norinco built a copy of it.
These are the factory 212 grips:
These are the factory 212 grips:
AzShooter1
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I just ordered a set of Thia grips. The look nice and feel great. A picture will follow. I haven't shot with them yet.
My current grips are Hogue Big Butt and Miculek grips.
My current grips are Hogue Big Butt and Miculek grips.
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Hogue grips are pretty nice. I had the Hogue rubber Monogrips on most of my revolvers in the 1990s and always found the Hogue wood grips very pretty but not fitting my hand as well as the rubber Monogrips. My son is happy with them, though.
Space Ghost
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I like the factory grips on my matching pair of S&W 868s so well, I've never even considered trying any other grips like I have on other guns.
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