Well, the late Elmer Keith (1899-1984) was probably the best known. He favored Magna- shaped grips, preferably of ivory, with carved steer heads to fill his palms.

You can see his grips in his various books. He had short fingers.

I have pretty large hands, but do not like most S&W target stocks. I prefer Pachmayr Presentation rubber grips. But the old Coke-bottle grips are slimmer and work better for me, and Ruger's target grips are good, for the Security-Six. Both the wooden and the rubber Ruger target grips seem very well designed for most shooters.

On the GP-100, I use Pachmayr Grippers, and I use the stock grip on the little SP-101. Blocky, but works.

I do like smooth rosewood service (Magna) stocks and a Tyler adaptor on J-frame guns.

T-Star