BCRider
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I recently got a Super Blackhawk in .44Mag. I've shot about two dozen rounds through it over a couple of range visits. Love the gun but I'm finding that unless I get a death grip on it the recoil moves the sharp edges of the Dragoon style trigger guard back sharply enough to dig into my top middle finger rather harshly. I haven't drawn blood YET but it's been close
I was thinking about a few of options. The first is to wrap the rear of the guard with a thin deer hide or similar leather lacing to pad the guard. The other is to man up and using a small fine cut file and stone to dress, re-polish and touch up blue the rather squared off and sharply edged rear of the guard to a more oval like cross section. Finally the last is to look into some new grips that fill the area behind the guard such as the Hogue style wood grips.
I'll likely try the lacing first since it's easily removed.
From there I'll look more into the idea of the new grips that fill in much or all of the rear area. This seems like not a bad option since I find that I can't get a tight grip on the top of the plowshare due to the grips not being full enough up top. Hence the gun has room to recoil backwards and drive the guard into my finger. A set of grips that fills in that area would fill my grip moreso as well as keeping the edges away from my finger. But then the grips would take away from "The Look" of the single action. But if it lets me shoot it in more comfort then I may need to do that. But then I have a gun that's neither a regular SA shape nor a DA shape and it becomes yet another grip style to have to master and remember.
The times I shot it without hurting my finger were with a two handed grip where I used my support hand thumb to press down on the web of my strong hand to aid in "filling" that area. But that hurts the web of my strong hand so it's not a long term solution.
Or is there some other option I haven't found or thought of that could work out?
I was thinking about a few of options. The first is to wrap the rear of the guard with a thin deer hide or similar leather lacing to pad the guard. The other is to man up and using a small fine cut file and stone to dress, re-polish and touch up blue the rather squared off and sharply edged rear of the guard to a more oval like cross section. Finally the last is to look into some new grips that fill the area behind the guard such as the Hogue style wood grips.
I'll likely try the lacing first since it's easily removed.
From there I'll look more into the idea of the new grips that fill in much or all of the rear area. This seems like not a bad option since I find that I can't get a tight grip on the top of the plowshare due to the grips not being full enough up top. Hence the gun has room to recoil backwards and drive the guard into my finger. A set of grips that fills in that area would fill my grip moreso as well as keeping the edges away from my finger. But then the grips would take away from "The Look" of the single action. But if it lets me shoot it in more comfort then I may need to do that. But then I have a gun that's neither a regular SA shape nor a DA shape and it becomes yet another grip style to have to master and remember.
The times I shot it without hurting my finger were with a two handed grip where I used my support hand thumb to press down on the web of my strong hand to aid in "filling" that area. But that hurts the web of my strong hand so it's not a long term solution.
Or is there some other option I haven't found or thought of that could work out?