In my review, I noted that the gun twisted slightly in my hand when firing. Also, I do need a space between the top of the inside of the grip.
I was going to buy some Eagle Secret Service N-Frame stocks, but? they're $100 shipped. Then, I saw someone mention rubber bands. For $0.46...about 10 worked great. I need to test this under fire, but what have your experiences been with rubber bands on the stocks?
Posts: 274 | Location: Virginia | Registered: 01 January 2006
I used to have some #64 (postal size) rubber bands wrapped around the stocks of my 12-3 (early versions of the Model 12, like mine, required stocks with different dimensions than a standard K frame). It was a workable fix to improve handling. Rubber bands on grips used to also serve as a way of preventing a gun from sliding down when carried IWB w/o a holster. I used them on a Beretta 21A years ago for that reason.
Yup. what Gatorfarmer said. Have a friend that worked undercover for many years out west and he would just wrap rubberbands around the wood grips of his M66 as there were no rubber ones available at first. Still works!
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Yes they work..but c'mon, look at that beauty....you really gonna wrap rubberbands around it? I'll be willing to wager they don't last more than a day on it.....
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Saw a boat load of WWII generation Chicago off duty patrolmen and detectives doing so. No holster in most cases, just half a drawer full of rubber bands. But that was well before Goodyear grips appeared? Nothing but blue & wood the Colt's and S&W's they packed.
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Interesting development: taped on rubber recoil pad!
From Ed McGivern's _Fast_and_Fancy_Revolver_Shooting_: page 140 shows a rubber pad taped to the very top of the backstrap with electrician's tape. On page 287:
"My hand has been well-suited with the standard regulation grips on Smith & Wesson Military and Police revolvers and the larger framed revolvers as well. The only alteration I ever actually needed was to attach a small piece of sponge rubber at the upper part of the back strap and bind it in place with electrician's tape when I planned on indulging in prolonged rapid fire experiments."
Interesting....
Posts: 274 | Location: Virginia | Registered: 01 January 2006
Originally posted by armadillo: It only works if you used very wide rubber bands. If you wrap it with small ones and shoot it - you will be gripping a handful of broken rubber bands.
If you have access to narrow bicycle inner tubes - a 1"-2" piece of one will fit tight and is safe to shoot.
I never had problems with using #64 rubber bands, but I changed them out with some regularity. Not all rubber bands, not even all #64s, are made to the same specs. The ones labeled as suitable for "postal" use tend to be thicker and a bit better made as they have to meet the specifications of the U.S. Postal Service. I've never used rubber bands on anything harder kicking than .38s/9mms personally though.
I suspect that in the pre globalization days - before everything was made in China - that most rubber bands were of stronger/better build quality.
Originally posted by cREbralFIX: I kinda plan on changing them out after every cleaning. At $0.46 per 185-200, it's not that expensive.... They do need to be tested.
Here's a source for US made #64s, http://www.postalrubberband.com/ . They're also available from some office supply shops and some hobby shops (some model airplanes use them). They usually come in a one pound bag. The cheapy rubberbands will probably be non spec Chinese ones.
