target grips for small frame revolver?

[jr81452]

hello
my mother has a taurus 605 in 357 mag. her hands are not as good as they used to be and she is having trouble holding on to the small grips. i was wondering if anybody has seen some target type wood or hard rubber grips that would increase the size of the handle?

any info is appreciated.

 

[Sunray]

Pachmayr or Hogue. Mind you, if mom's hands are arthritic, changing the grips won't help much. Has her revolver had a trigger job? Doing one and changing the grips might help, but it may be time to change firearms altogether. It's has to be her choice and decision though.

 

[Poohgyrr]

We just did this with my Mother in Law, who has a bad case of arthritis in her hands. We tried J frames ( M60 and M640-1), a S&W 908, a 2" K frame, a Browning Buckmark, a Hi Power with thin micarta grips, and a Colt Detective Special. We tried stock grips, Pachy Compacs, Uncle Mikes boot and combat grips, Fitz J frame, and Fitz Colt grips.


She finally settled on the Colt Detective Special, a set of Fitz DS grips on it, standard pressure 124 gr .38 ammo, and she has to shoot single action. Nothing else really worked for her. i don't know what we will do when her arthritis gets too bad.

Here is a pic of the little Colt and grips; I don't know if Fitz has any left - you might email him if interested. His J frame grips are very. very good too.