Security Six Grips, same as GP100?

Mark_Mark said:
New GP’s don’t have 1/2 lugs?
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As a rule, only the Match Champion in 4 -inch barrel has a half lug. However, some have been
produced in recent years, one a 5-inch barrel, I believe. It was Model #1768 in .357 and #1770
in .44 Special.
 
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UncleEd said:
As a rule, only the Match Champion in 4 -inch barrel has a half lug. However, some have been
produced in recent years, one a 5-inch barrel, I believe. It was Model #1768 in .357 and #1770
in .44 Special.
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Match Champion is the JAM! but EXPENSIVE
 
UncleEd said:
Don't become an owner of many, varied guns and master of none.
That's my advice for all revolver shooters on this forum.
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That's excellent advice and may explain why after acquiring many revolvers my accuracy has suffered shooting a different gun nearly every range trip. "Beware of the man that owns one gun, he's likely very good with it" comes to mind. Edit: OTOH, I enjoy them all
 
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@Mark_Mark The $50 for grips, plus shipping, puts you at least halfway there for a tip-up 32 or an old Spanish 25 or something. :)

Some of us enjoy collecting and shooting a variety of handguns.

I have various small-framed snubs and medium-framed service revolvers from S&W, Ruger, Taurus, etc. If the trigger or grips are objectionable, I solve the problem or send it down the road. The ones I keep, I shoot just fine. This sorry state of affairs has been going on since the late 1980's! :)

The snubs all shoot about the same for me. The ones with the best sights/triggers are slightly more accurate, but it's not significant for quick short-range shooting. With the service revolvers, the ones with adjustable sights are a little more accurate because the sights are bigger. Other than that, they all shoot about the same if I'm quick and up close. This is probably due to my mediocre shooting skills and poor practice habits. (My longer-range shooting varies more.)

I try to be careful around any armed dude, but I've never had a random woman come up and try to physically rob or beat me.

So maybe something like...

"Beware a man; some men will wish to harm you. Beware a woman slightly less; she probably just wants a nice meal somewhere, and maybe for you to mow her lawn."

Gratuitous GP100 photo. The ones I shoot a lot usually end up with ugly black rubbery grips.

Ruger GP100 357

Ruger GP100 357

 
Tallball said:
@Mark_Mark The $50 for grips, plus shipping, puts you at least halfway there for a tip-up 32 or an old Spanish 25 or something. :)

Some of us enjoy collecting and shooting a variety of handguns.

I have various small-framed snubs and medium-framed service revolvers from S&W, Ruger, Taurus, etc. If the trigger or grips are objectionable, I solve the problem or send it down the road. The ones I keep, I shoot just fine. This sorry state of affairs has been going on since the late 1980's! :)

The snubs all shoot about the same for me. The ones with the best sights/triggers are slightly more accurate, but it's not significant for quick short-range shooting. With the service revolvers, the ones with adjustable sights are a little more accurate because the sights are bigger. Other than that, they all shoot about the same if I'm quick and up close. This is probably due to my mediocre shooting skills and poor practice habits. (My longer-range shooting varies more.)

I try to be careful around any armed dude, but I've never had a random woman come up and try to physically rob or beat me.

So maybe something like...

"Beware a man; some men will wish to harm you. Beware a woman slightly less; she probably just wants a nice meal somewhere, and maybe for you to mow her lawn."

Gratuitous GP100 photo. The ones I shoot a lot usually end up with ugly black rubbery grips.

Ruger GP100 357

Ruger GP100 357

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even better: !

“Beware of the Man with the Gratuitous black Grip, it picked him”
 
It actually is possible to find working grips for the "low back" 150 series Security Six. I got a stainless Security Six about 6 months ago, the old school wood grips beat my hands up when shooting magnums. I ordered a pair of rubber grips and come to find out they don't fit!
Ever notice how most Six grips say for SN 151 and up? That's only a rule of thumb, I ended up with a kind of rare Six. Stainless, 151 SN but it has the original "low back" grip frame. There are aftermarket grips out there but they're hard to find and usually wood.
Pachmayr grips for the later models will work on the low back models, with little to no modification. They won't be an exact perfect fit but they will fit and they will work. The "Gripper" model with the finger grooves work best but the "presentation" model will work too. Preferably the large "presentation" the small "presentation" grips will work too but you're better off with the "Gripper".
I have the Pachmayr Gripper on my low back and it's much more pleasant to shoot.
All you have to do is take a punch and take out the locator pin at the bottom of the grip frame, you can put the pin back in if you ever want or need to so it's not a big deal. After you remove the pin the Pachmayr grips will slide right on.
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stonebuster said:
Most of those original wood grips look good because the original owners took them off and put on something that was more comfortable.
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wonder what full house .357 feels like with those skinny wood grips?

thinking a wood handle hammer smacking a iron anvil?!?!

I should probably experience at lease once?
 
stonebuster said:
Most of those original wood grips look good because the original owners took them off and put on something that was more comfortable.
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I did just loaded up 158g .38 special max 4.0 grain HP-38 load for my 19-3, Six, and 1873 clone, and winchester clone.
 
You are welcome to these if you would like them. They look good, fit well and are absolutely useless for shooting anything more than midrange specials. These have 1 range trip on them, and the snow tires went back on. If you want to give 'em a go, I'd be happy to pass them along to someone who would get some use out of them. Just shoot me a PM with your address and they're yours.
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bersaguy said:
You are welcome to these if you would like them. They look good, fit well and are absolutely useless for shooting anything more than midrange specials. These have 1 range trip on them, and the snow tires went back on. If you want to give 'em a go, I'd be happy to pass them along to someone who would get some use out of them. Just shoot me a PM with your address and they're yours.
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Thanks a bunch! I promise I’ll shoot full house .357 thur them!
 
bersaguy said:
You are welcome to these if you would like them. They look good, fit well and are absolutely useless for shooting anything more than midrange specials. These have 1 range trip on them, and the snow tires went back on. If you want to give 'em a go, I'd be happy to pass them along to someone who would get some use out of them. Just shoot me a PM with your address and they're yours.
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I've got the same Sile grips for a Security Six. My eyes like wood but my arthritic hands/fingers beg for rubber.
 
stonebuster said:
I've got the same Sile grips for a Security Six. My eyes like wood but my arthritic hands/fingers beg for rubber.
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I shot a box of factory .357 / wood grip python. My hands did feel weird for a few days. Felt like I could not grip, am I just getting old???? hope not
 
Mark_Mark said:
I read 4.0 was about max for HP38. au better get some better readers! lol
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I was using plated bullets using Hodgdon data for XTP Hornady jacketed bullets. 38+P for 158gr XTP is 4.6 grains so I figure 4.3 is fine for copper plated Xtreme 158gr. You were probably looking at lead bullet data.
 
stonebuster said:
. You were probably looking at lead bullet data.
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Which prompts me to recall the stories that emerged regarding the first
S&W .357 cartridges which were paired with the Registered Magnum
with 8 3/8thd barrels. Published velocities were downright hellish.

When shooters were able to obtain said cartridges or duplicate them with
home brew, the RM's could barely get through a cylinder full of rounds
before the barrel was badly leaded and accuracy went way down.

(Later on gas checks were added to the bullets to avoid the problem.)
 
stonebuster said:
I was using plated bullets using Hodgdon data for XTP Hornady jacketed bullets. 38+P for 158gr XTP is 4.6 grains so I figure 4.3 is fine for copper plated Xtreme 158gr. You were probably looking at lead bullet data.
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yeah, I’m loading lead lube bullets. 4.0 is good for me! my HBWC are only 3.1g. perfect for punching holes in paper
 
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