sidheshooter
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Hi all,
I'm hoping that someone here will know the answer to this one. I have two Rossi revolvers that, considering the other marques that I own (Ruger, S&W) I like an awful lot. They're both of the same vintage and frame size: one is the 742–a 2 1/2-inch adjustable sighted .357 with the unfluted cylinder (bought new and cheap years ago) and the other is my pet 720–the DAO .44 special that I couldn't afford when it first came out in the early 90's, and that I jumped on big time when one appeared at my local gun show late last year.
Both came with identical finger groove rubber grips; they're interchangeable.
At any rate, I scored some fairly hard-to-find OEM wooden grips–not the skinny kind, the kind that are flush with the backstrap, but also fill in the area behind the trigger guard. These are on the .44 as I type; that one's perfect.
As much as I like the look and feel of wooden grips though, with hot loads in a snubby .357 (and this Rossi 742 is the one that the smokin' corbon, federal and proload 125g jhps get shot out of, as opposed to my K-frame 65–the whole point behind a chunky, beater revolver in the first place...), I *really* want rubber grips. I've never much cared for the feel/pointing of fingergroove Rossi grips, however, so I am wanting to swap for a set of my favorite rubber stocks, the pachmayr compacs.
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=329745
They are only listed for the model 68 and 88s. My guess is that the 88 grips will also work on either the 742 or the 720, but I don't know for sure.
If nobody else knows for sure, I'll just take a flyer and try them out, but if someone here knows for sure that they won't work, then I'll save the 30+ bucks and look elsewhere.
Also, any early 90's-era Rossi owners have some favorite aftermarket grips that they would recommend?
TIA, and thanks for reading this far.
I'm hoping that someone here will know the answer to this one. I have two Rossi revolvers that, considering the other marques that I own (Ruger, S&W) I like an awful lot. They're both of the same vintage and frame size: one is the 742–a 2 1/2-inch adjustable sighted .357 with the unfluted cylinder (bought new and cheap years ago) and the other is my pet 720–the DAO .44 special that I couldn't afford when it first came out in the early 90's, and that I jumped on big time when one appeared at my local gun show late last year.
Both came with identical finger groove rubber grips; they're interchangeable.
At any rate, I scored some fairly hard-to-find OEM wooden grips–not the skinny kind, the kind that are flush with the backstrap, but also fill in the area behind the trigger guard. These are on the .44 as I type; that one's perfect.
As much as I like the look and feel of wooden grips though, with hot loads in a snubby .357 (and this Rossi 742 is the one that the smokin' corbon, federal and proload 125g jhps get shot out of, as opposed to my K-frame 65–the whole point behind a chunky, beater revolver in the first place...), I *really* want rubber grips. I've never much cared for the feel/pointing of fingergroove Rossi grips, however, so I am wanting to swap for a set of my favorite rubber stocks, the pachmayr compacs.
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=329745
They are only listed for the model 68 and 88s. My guess is that the 88 grips will also work on either the 742 or the 720, but I don't know for sure.
If nobody else knows for sure, I'll just take a flyer and try them out, but if someone here knows for sure that they won't work, then I'll save the 30+ bucks and look elsewhere.
Also, any early 90's-era Rossi owners have some favorite aftermarket grips that they would recommend?
TIA, and thanks for reading this far.
