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03-28-2012, 07:34 PM
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Origin of Bill Rogers sythetic grips according to -- Bill Rogers
For the files:
Inspired by a discussion in another thread as to the identification of a pair of wood grips that looked like Hogue but also rather like the Rogers/Safariland product, I took a shot in the dark and emailed the current Rogers Shooting web site. Very generously, Bill Rogers took the time to respond:
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"I purchased a pair of Hogue grips in the late 1970s. They did not fit my hand but I liked the palm swell concept that Guy Hogue had developed. Also the fit on the revolver was loose.
I then made my own grips that fit my hand and transferred the patterns to carbon. We then used the EDM process to make molds for the patterns. I designed the molded tabs that would automatically fit the different variations of the Smith Frames.
I then developed the process to make the Burlwud, synthetic wood finish.
I hope this is helpful. ----Bill Rogers "
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BTW - In my email, I mentioned the "Delrey" marked wooden mystery grips. He didn't comment.
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03-28-2012, 08:02 PM
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I have a set of these in N frame, they do feel very good and dont look bad on the revovlver. Jeff
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04-02-2012, 10:30 PM
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There's a noticable difference of about a tenth of an inch in the width of my two pair of black Rogers N frame grips which makes the wider one feel much bigger in the hand.
I bought the narrow pair first, so have always considered the wide pair 2nd generation. No medallion in either one.
Anybody else notice a variation?
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04-03-2012, 07:57 PM
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Earliest "thin" Rogers N frame grip on the left. Slightly later "thick" N frame grip on the right. It looks like a spacer was added between the molds.
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04-04-2012, 07:37 PM
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Grip section of 1982 Rogers catalog
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04-04-2012, 08:15 PM
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I have a set of these in N frame, they do feel very good and dont look bad on the revovlver. Jeff
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I too have a set on one of my model 28's, look Okay, feel Okay, not as good as a Pachmayr gripper or even Hogue monogrip, but there are definitely worse out there.
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04-07-2012, 01:54 PM
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I had a set I carried on a Mdl. 57 in the early 80's. Really liked the way they looked and felt but not as soft shooting as the ugly Pachymars I switched to. Just remembered I have a set up in my "old stuff" box, but my 57 is long gone.
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04-07-2012, 09:47 PM
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I'm not a plastic kind of guy - in fact I hesitated even trying these on.
Once I got them on a M19 they fit my hand so well I've never taken them off.
Bruce
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Bill Rodgers grips
Here's mine on a Mod 10 HB
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It took me quite a while to find my "dream" .357 Magnum revolver - a 4.0 inch barreled Ruger Security Six in stainless steel for a good price. I was lucky enough to find one of the Puerto Rico Police trade-ins at a good price, and it came wearing the Roger's grips shown in the photo. My intent was to replace the grips with a set of Pachmyrs, but they fit my hands so well I left them on.
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SG 688, thanks for posting this.
The last "round gun" my Dept. issued was a 4" inch pencil barreled S&W Model 10 with a round butt, which was unheard of in the mid to late 1970's as all 4 inch S&W duty guns in this neck of the woods came with square butts. Only the 2 inch K-frames issued to investigators came from the factory with round butts.
Back then, at a Maw & Paw gun shop I found a new set of Bill Rogers "Burwud" grips. Liked the look, but "LOVED" the fit.
Now, because of this chart I know they were "Model #180002" which will help my search to locate a set or two.
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04-23-2015, 07:53 PM
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Back then, I lightly recut the finger grooves on my black grips to fit me better. Solid black all the way through.
So I tried it with a set of Burlwood. Ooops. The Burlwood is a surface finish -- pink plastic underneath. Yes. Pink. Still functional but ugly.
I always found the Burlwood grips to be slippery while the black plastic models are not.
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