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I finally got my 686 Plus a few weeks ago, no range report yet because I've only been practicing with snapcaps so far, haven't yet been to the range with it, but here's the photo folks requested. It shows the gun wearing the Hogue grooveless grip.
This grip is better for me than the Hogue one with the finger grooves, but still not 100% satisfactory. Yesterday I changed it back and forth several times with the original S&W grip to see if maybe that was better after all. Both are fine WRT getting the finger on the trigger properly, but the S&W grip doesn't fill out my palm enough, while the Hogue grip comes down too far behind the trigger guard, my middle finger isn't really comfortable. Looking at the frame with no grip I see there is plenty of room there, it's the design of the grip that's making it too long, and in fact the S&W grip does not come down that far. The second photo is my attempt to use my photo-editing software to show the part I don't like, it's not exactly accurate but you can get the idea.
For now I decided the Hogue grip is better because my hand gets tired faster with the S&W one, but if I already spent this much money on the gun I really want it to fit properly. I don't know enough about this stuff to explain why I'm having this problem, but I can tell you I have large palms but not especially long fingers, so I'm guessing that's the issue.
So first of all, does anyone know of a grip like what the Hogue one would look like without the yellow part on the second photo?
Second question, would it be possible to somehow trim the Hogue grip, or would that be a fool's errand?
Third question, what experience have folks here had with companies where you send them an outline of your hand and they make a custom grip for you? Which company did you use? Did the grip you got really fit better than off-the-shelf ones? How much did it cost? How long did it take?
This grip is better for me than the Hogue one with the finger grooves, but still not 100% satisfactory. Yesterday I changed it back and forth several times with the original S&W grip to see if maybe that was better after all. Both are fine WRT getting the finger on the trigger properly, but the S&W grip doesn't fill out my palm enough, while the Hogue grip comes down too far behind the trigger guard, my middle finger isn't really comfortable. Looking at the frame with no grip I see there is plenty of room there, it's the design of the grip that's making it too long, and in fact the S&W grip does not come down that far. The second photo is my attempt to use my photo-editing software to show the part I don't like, it's not exactly accurate but you can get the idea.
For now I decided the Hogue grip is better because my hand gets tired faster with the S&W one, but if I already spent this much money on the gun I really want it to fit properly. I don't know enough about this stuff to explain why I'm having this problem, but I can tell you I have large palms but not especially long fingers, so I'm guessing that's the issue.
So first of all, does anyone know of a grip like what the Hogue one would look like without the yellow part on the second photo?
Second question, would it be possible to somehow trim the Hogue grip, or would that be a fool's errand?
Third question, what experience have folks here had with companies where you send them an outline of your hand and they make a custom grip for you? Which company did you use? Did the grip you got really fit better than off-the-shelf ones? How much did it cost? How long did it take?