How do you keep from ripping skin off with +p ammo and a 442?

[Rob1109]

I also have the CT...on my 642. That said, the 642/442 are just mean with 158gr.+P's!

 

[jfh]

speaking as an old fart--a currently-out-of-shape-old-fart--I am going to say a lot of you guys just need to shoot more and toughen up that hand.

Time to bear down, guys. Duct tape, maybe--but a lot of hand conditioning needs to be done.

Jim H.

 

[sixgunner455]

Everybody's got their own level of recoil tolerance, and some of us have varying levels of arthritis. Old 'Arthur' doesn't care how old you are, either. I know what my limits are, and I work within them. And I don't tell others who have to recognize their own limits that they need to man-up a bit more.

 

[jfh]

sixgunner455--I apologize to you--or anyone else--who took my comment as an admonition to man-up--it was not that kind of entreaty: it was an attempt to encourage people to do what they need to do to toughen their hand.

Elsewhere, I have elaborated on what I did: I could barely stand a cylinder-full of 110-gr. standard pressure 38-Special loads in my M&P340 when I started shooting it. Barring personal health issues such as arthritis (which I, too, have), simply doing grip exercises and shooting a lot--working up reloads I could tolerate--got me to a much better spot.

I don't think it really is about 'manning up,' and again, I apologize. Now, less we divert this thread, if you want to discuss these two posts further, PM me.

Jim H.

 

[sixgunner455]

No worries, jfh.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

This gun, with wood grips, tears at my thumb knuckle with five shots one handed. The duct tape works well enough to shield my skin from the harsh abrasion for practice. The issue Hogue rubber grips for the S&W 500 do fine as is, but I had to try the smaller wood grips just to see how it would go.

 

[stanmo]

I fired 100 rounds of +p in my 442 in one session before and I thought it was a sweet shooting piece.