.38 Special
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I am grateful that they are uncomfortable for me. If they did work I still would be forced to replace them with wood between each shooting session!
Rubber grips on Single Action Revolver. Sacrilege ?
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TheFrontRange
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You’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do, IMO.
I try to go with wooden stocks, etc. when possible. One big exception for me is my pocket-carried S&W 642. I tried wooden stocks (nice ones, too) for a bit and they just didn’t work for me this gun. A rubber Hogue grip was the answer there for me.
I used Pachmayrs on this 27-2 for a good bit until finally finding something else that I preferred. In the interim, they worked darn well.
I try to go with wooden stocks, etc. when possible. One big exception for me is my pocket-carried S&W 642. I tried wooden stocks (nice ones, too) for a bit and they just didn’t work for me this gun. A rubber Hogue grip was the answer there for me.
I used Pachmayrs on this 27-2 for a good bit until finally finding something else that I preferred. In the interim, they worked darn well.
doubleh
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Rubber is ugly---on any gun. I don't have any of mine out to admire. They go to the range, come home, get stuck in a sock, and put in the safe to await the next time they see daylight.
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Armored farmer
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The Hogues feel pretty good on this little monster when it is on a diet of factory 158s.
That trigger guard can give you a case of the flinches.
That trigger guard can give you a case of the flinches.
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TheFrontRange
If I had to give your photo a title it would probably be "Beauty and the Beast"!
If I had to give your photo a title it would probably be "Beauty and the Beast"!
Pat Riot
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I have wood on most of my revolvers, but on my S&W 327 NG the rubber is just fine. It helps with recoil. And looks good okay as well.
When I bought this Ruger GP100 I was going to buy a new wooden grip for it until I shot it. I like this grip just fine.
This is the original rubber grip that came on this S&W 442. I got it in ‘97 as a birthday present from my wife. I am considering some grips that don’t grab my shirt if I belt carry.
When I bought this Ruger GP100 I was going to buy a new wooden grip for it until I shot it. I like this grip just fine.
This is the original rubber grip that came on this S&W 442. I got it in ‘97 as a birthday present from my wife. I am considering some grips that don’t grab my shirt if I belt carry.
bigpower491
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Nice revolvers ya have there
bigpower491
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Here's my super blackhawk with the "Rubber Duck" Hogue grip on it. Of course that Super redhawk above it came with a rubber grip, thankful for that. It's a 454 Casull.
Heres the Super Blackhawk without from Tuesday's session. That was the first time i shot it with the factory grips. When i got it, the originals were packaged up and it was wearing the Herret grips that you can barely see in my avatar.
Can't wait for this winter to end so I can get the benches back out. This setting stuff on the ground crap is getting old in a hurry.
Heres the Super Blackhawk without from Tuesday's session. That was the first time i shot it with the factory grips. When i got it, the originals were packaged up and it was wearing the Herret grips that you can barely see in my avatar.
Can't wait for this winter to end so I can get the benches back out. This setting stuff on the ground crap is getting old in a hurry.
thirty-eight
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Tried them one time.
Your gun and your fun. I like them for DAs, prefer wood for SAs, but I don't shoot them a lot.
I did edit thread title in my campaign against clickbait titles.
I did edit thread title in my campaign against clickbait titles.
dredd
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This is the first 44 Mag that I have personally owned.
I hope to shoot it for the first time tomorrow.
Based on shooting other 44 mags, I wanted to start out with big squishy grips and take it from there.
Setup your rig however you like and enjoy it.
I hope to shoot it for the first time tomorrow.
Based on shooting other 44 mags, I wanted to start out with big squishy grips and take it from there.
Setup your rig however you like and enjoy it.
Riomouse911
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My SA guns all wear wooden grips, but all but one or two of my DA magnums all wear synthetics. (SA’s are .45 Colts, .41 Mag, .44 Spl, .32, .22). All but a couple of the .22’s are smooth, with no checkering or thumb rests, etc.
Maybe it’s because they roll more in my hands, rather than jump straight back under recoil, but the SA gun recoil doesn’t bug me quite as much as DA grip frame shapes do.
That being said, I may be doing the synthetic grip thing for the SA’s someday as well. They sure ain’t pretty but they sure do work.
Stay safe.
Maybe it’s because they roll more in my hands, rather than jump straight back under recoil, but the SA gun recoil doesn’t bug me quite as much as DA grip frame shapes do.
That being said, I may be doing the synthetic grip thing for the SA’s someday as well. They sure ain’t pretty but they sure do work.
Stay safe.
TacticalJanitor
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Op, be careful. Before you know it, you are going to have a tactical revolver with an RDS, WML, and skateboard tape wrapped around your new Hogues.
Rubber grips are a gateway accessory.
But seriously, I have always thought that wood grips were slippery. Rubber is better for me.
Rubber grips are a gateway accessory.
But seriously, I have always thought that wood grips were slippery. Rubber is better for me.
Bazoo
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I'd rather have a gun that looks good and shoots just okay, than one that is ugly and shoots great. Aesthetics is an important reason for my firearms choices. Next is actual feel of the gun. Then, performance. Course I'd rather have a beautiful gun that also shoots good.
Targa
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I tried rubber grips, not for me. I went from Pachmayr grips to wood from Texas Grips for my .44SBH and the standard rubber grips from Magnum Research were thrown away for Hoque grips on the .475. They are a bit more comfortable and they are not rubber, so that’s a big plus.
bigpower491
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Targa
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Yes sir, the gun porn on this forum has lightened my wallet a time or two…
Enfielder
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If it wasn’t for Houge rubber grips, my hand would be a bruised and battered waste of bones and meat from shooting my reloads.
Charlie98
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FWIW... I think rubber grips on a DA are almost sacrilegious... but, like everything, form follows function. I shoot my revolvers with rubber, but put them back in wood when I'm done.
doubleh
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Someone messed with my thread title.
As noted in #36!
CraigC
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I do use rubbers on two guns, Dan Wessons and Ruger SRH's. Both because of the shape, not the material. The factory Dan Wesson grips are too fat at the middle finger.
The factory SRH rubbers are nearly perfect in shape, just a little too thin at the very top. The Altamont Ropers have the same problem. No difference in comfort between them for that reason. Though you really don't want checkering on a .454.
These alleviate both problems. Not only are they gorgeous but a more comfortable shape as well.
The factory SRH rubbers are nearly perfect in shape, just a little too thin at the very top. The Altamont Ropers have the same problem. No difference in comfort between them for that reason. Though you really don't want checkering on a .454.
These alleviate both problems. Not only are they gorgeous but a more comfortable shape as well.
doubleh
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I scrolled past that one. No pictures, no interest. I promise not to do any more one word titles.
At least on The High Road.
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