Smith Model 4006 Grips Question

[dgludwig]

I'm looking to buy checkered walnut grips to replace the factory grips on my Smith & Wesson Model 4006. Can anybody point me in a good direction? Thanks.

[WaterburyBob]

I don't know of anyone making walnut grips for the 4006 except for Kn Nill, which are quite expensive and require a hole drilled and tapped in the frame.

Houge makes grips for the 4006 out of Pau Ferro wood, which looks like walnut.
Their 5900 Series grips fit the 4006.

S&W 5900 Series Pau Ferro Checkered : Hogue Inc., The Best Value In Handgun Grips, Rifle Stocks and Accessories - Bar None!

[goldenlight]

Look at this page from the Hogue website.

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The smooth rosewood grips are a nice dark color that looks just like walnut.

The small pic of the checkered rosewood just looks almost black; it's a bad pic.

If you click on the checkered walnut pic, it will take you to a page where you can click on 'larger image', to get a decent look at the checkered rosewood grips

The checkered rosewood are pretty pricey at $104.95.

But, they HAVE to about half the cost of Nills, and no gunsmithing required.

Good luck.

[dgludwig]

Thanks for the inputs. Too bad the choices are so expensive (about a third of the price I paid for the pistol!). I might have to go synthetic but I really prefer nicely checkered wood (it doesn't have to be walnut).

[goldenlight]

Originally Posted by dgludwig

Thanks for the inputs. Too bad the choices are so expensive (about a third of the price I paid for the pistol!). I might have to go synthetic but I really prefer nicely checkered wood (it doesn't have to be walnut).

I had a set of the smooth Goncalvo Alves(sp?) for my 5906.

I didn't like them: they made the grips too bulky; they are plenty big as they are. I sold those grips.

For all the double stack 3rd gen. S&W semiautos, I've never found, or even seen, anything I like as much as the factory grips.

They aren't fancy, but they ARE functional.

I bought a set of the straight back, factory 4006 grips for my 5906; I greatly prefer them to the stock curved back 5906.

And the Houge wood grips are getting pretty pricy; the smooth ones are less expensive. of course.

If you have large hands, the wood grips may fit you better; my hands are on the small side.

Good luck.