Anyone ever have a chance to shoot guns with these two grips side by side?

I started out with the 500 grips on my 69 but just got back from the range after putting on a set of the Packmayr Diamond Pros. Before I went to the range my initial impression was that the 500 grips felt better but the Packmayrs were more compact. The Packmayrs seemed a little fat but the 500 grips just felt right. But after shooting the gun I think the Diamond Pros do a better job of cushioning the recoil. It has been several weeks since I shot the gun with the 500 grips and unless I compare side by side or at least on the same day my memory sometimes plays tricks on me.

Next time I take the 69 to the range I am going to take both grips but I would be interested what others that have tried both think.

For now I am going to keep the Diamond Pros on since the gun fits well into a Hill People Gear bag I have with those grips on but is a tight fit with the 500 grips.

Perfect example of how individual anatomy differs and handgun grips need to be tried by the individual that will be using them.

My experience with the Pac Diamond Pros on the M69:

They are too narrow at the top (the area I'm most sensitive to recoil -- web of my hand). For whatever reason, they allow the trigger guard to hammer my middle knuckle. They are to wide in the middle, and the material is heavy and very tacky feeling.

Again, I'm not criticizing the DPs, it's just that they don't fit my hand/style of shooting. Maybe, I've just become so accustomed to the 500s that everything else feels weird.

If they work for you, you should embrace them, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.

Good luck,

Paul

My middle knuckle did not get hammered but it did get rapped a few times. I was shooting a mixture of 44 special power level ammo and magnums but none of the magnums were particularly strong.

I am going to try the heaviest recoiling ammo I will shoot with both grips next time I go to the range. If I was thinking I would have taken both grips with me today.