sgt127
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Jeez. Maybe I'm getting old or my pain threshold has gone down. Went shooting the other day and discovered that my 3" 65 and Mod 58 Smith both hurt to shoot. Hard nylon smooth grips on the 65, Herrett shooting stars on the 58. They are both getting me just to the left of the web of my hand against the thumb joint. My snub Ruger SP-101 doesn't get me there and I assume its because of the wrap around rubber grip. Going back out in a few days and we'll try it again with a set of Uncle Mikes rubber grips on the 65 and the Houge's back on the M-58 (Never had a problem with those grips on there). Maybe the grips that were on there made the gun turn just a little bit in my hand allowing the recoil to bite me.
I don't want to like rubber grips. The M-58 has always been a ferocious recoiling gun to me but I was done after 12 rounds out of each of them and went back to a .22 PPK/S.....
Anybody else get smacked with the recoil right against the thumb joint? Solutions?
I don't want to like rubber grips. The M-58 has always been a ferocious recoiling gun to me but I was done after 12 rounds out of each of them and went back to a .22 PPK/S.....
Anybody else get smacked with the recoil right against the thumb joint? Solutions?