How to grip a K frame?

[Lucky]

I've got a .38spl S&W K frame, and I'm having trouble getting a grip on it. I'm practicing with snap caps.

The problem is that if I get a normal grip the trigger is too low for my index finger. If I wrap my pinky under the grip then my index finger lines up and I can get a straight pull. I have medium sized hands.

Any advice?

Thanks;
Scott

 

[Richard Simmons]

The grip size on the S&W revolvers is something I have issues with as well. Target stocks work fine but I prefer to use a Tyler T-Grip and keep the magna stocks in place. Works great.

http://www.t-grips.com/

 

[byf43]

What type of stocks are on your revolver?

If they are the 'target' style stocks, you may have to go with a 'standard' set of stocks, or, the open backstrap Pachmyer or Hogue stocks so that you can reach the trigger, easier.


Sorry. . . I try not to call the grip panels 'grips'. Reading an article by Jeff Cooper years ago had that influence on me.

 

[Lucky]

Stock is (are?) standard diamond-cut wood, OEM.

Interesting with those T grips, so I take it that it's not a sin to lower one's hand on the frame to line the trigger finger up? Wrapping the pinky finger under seems to work, but I wouldn't want to get into a bad habit.

I was going to the range today but I smashed my finger friday, so all I can do is theorize right now.

Thanks again;
Scott

 

[Fun2Shoot]

I've got a .38spl S&W K frame, and I'm having trouble getting a grip on it

Here's a possible solution: Hogue Mono Grips

http://www.hogueinc.com/getgrip/merchant.ihtml?pid=945&lastcatid=243&step=4

I put them on my S&W M&P .38sp 6" and there a perfect solution to the out-dated stock grips that came with it.

I paid $18 locally. Good Shooting.

 

[Jkwas]

Grips are a very personal thing. My K frame came with the Pachmayr grippers with the covered backstrap. I have medium hands and had difficulty reaching the trigger properly. I installed the Hogue monogrips and it made a world of difference. They are probably about the cheapest aftermarket grips available, so it's a good place to start. You may not finish there, but at least you won't go broke finding out what you like and what you don't!

 

[ugaarguy]

I liked the Hogue monogrips I had my M66, but I found the smooth front strap & open back strap of the Pachmayr Compac Professional to be ideal for me. http://www.pachmayr.com/pachmayr/index.htm

 

[Old Fuff]

Many folks use aftermarket stocks that have a filler behing the trigger guard to lower the hand and position the finger on the trigger. They are also extended on the bottom to make more room or the little finger. Because they are so popular, any number of manufacturers make stocks for Smith & Wesson K-frames'. You can undoubtedly find a pair that will solve your problem.

 

[Cosmoline]

It really depends on your hands. I prefer Hogue monogrips, but people with longer fingers seem to prefer big "coke bottle" stocks. The good thing with K frames is there are an almost limitless number of options available. You can check ebay as well as midway.

 

[Lucky]

Thanks guys, it's my first revolver, glad to hear it's the design and not me that was wrong.

 

[Old Fuff]

It isn't so much that the design was wrong - you can always change to bigger stocks, but they can't be smaller then the frame. Unfortunately people have different sized hands, while the guns are all the same.

 

[GRIZ22]

I have big hands and short fingers and wrap more hand around the grip so the top of the grip frame is more toward the thumb. You have more finger to put on the trigger this way. It works for me. The problem with just gripping the frame lower is gripping it in the same place everytime without a reference point. Others have noted you can get different grips that place your hand lower and that's also a good solution.

 

[Majic]

Unless you have extremely large hands it sounds like a hand placement problem rather than a stock/grip problem. The web of the hand should be just below the recoil hump of a double action revolver.

 

[Jkwas]

How's about a link: http://www.handgunsmag.com/tactics_training/grip_0925/

 

[Croyance]

It will probably be marked on any webpage or catalog, but don't forget that the K-frame has the same sized grips as the L-frame. Or rather the other way around.

 

[Rod B]

I have Pachmayer Presentation grips on my K & L frames, they are far more comfortable than the factory wooden grips.

 

[CSA 357]

I have n frame hands, so the k frame is not a proublum for me, i have a set of the smaller factory grips if you are interested pm me, csa

 

[gezzer]

I find the K needs the area behind the t guard filled either by the grip or a tyler filler, same goes for the j and I have small hands the n is way to big. with any grips.