It sounds like you don't like the pachs much and the only reason to have them is grip and recoil. If you can handle the guns with wood grips, there's no question about the looks and feel.
It wouldn't hurt to HAVE the wood grips as you can always change them back.
I much prefer the looks and feel of wood. All of my guns are shooters, if not SD. I reload and shoot all over the power spectrum so I've got pachs on the J frames, especially the alloy one that hurts with any load with wood grips.
You can get corrosion under wood grips, too, if you aren't careful to protect them.
All this and the fact that I can't take recoil like I used to.
