I always put rubber grips on my revolvers which were all used for duty or BU/OD. For duty use the wood grips just get all beat up. The rubbers just work better in diverse weather conditions. However, when I initially got my new 60 no dash I didn't get rubber right away. I don't remember why. Probably too fat for the guns purpose. I did get speedloaders for it but the grips weren't designed for it. A file and sandpaper fixed that.