K-22
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I just picked up a mod 6450. The two piece grips seem a tad small for my hand. Any ideas where I might pick up a set of wraparound grips?
Best,
Gary
Best,
Gary
Wraparound Grips
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Any chance you can show a picture? Do the grips on your pistol currently have two silver flat-head grip screw per side?
The “6450” designation is confusing things. If this is a Model 645 with individual plastic grip panels, then (now out of production) aftermarket Pachmayr 645 grips might be an option.
If by “6450” you have a transitional 4506 with the one-piece delrin grip (all plastic, no grip screws) then the aftermarket Hogue might be a good fit for you.
The “6450” designation is confusing things. If this is a Model 645 with individual plastic grip panels, then (now out of production) aftermarket Pachmayr 645 grips might be an option.
If by “6450” you have a transitional 4506 with the one-piece delrin grip (all plastic, no grip screws) then the aftermarket Hogue might be a good fit for you.
flagman1776
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The OEM wood grip panels are somewhat thicker and might suit you. Doubt OEM is still available but aftermarket replacement probably is.
I’m definitely no expert on the AIPs, the Pilot Guns and the Transitionals, but I thought that the full size .45 was going to be frame marked 645 but wearing the one-piece Delrin grip and the box marked 6450 to be a transitional?
What you describe sounds to me like a 645. What features does it have that separates it from a 645?
What you describe sounds to me like a 645. What features does it have that separates it from a 645?
Double Stack
The 59 is a double stack. The frame is wider.
I think a wraparound grip will give me what I need.
Based on what I have been hearing, I may be shopping for a 645 and let a true collector add this 6450 to his stable.
Best, Gary
That's the first time I've heard that the grips on a Smith auto were too thin.... as in the pre-Glock days.... "my M59 is like holding a 2"x4" stud".
The 6450s look like the M59 OEMs on mine.
How thick are yours and how much thicker would work for you?
Pic of my old M59.
The 59 is a double stack. The frame is wider.
I think a wraparound grip will give me what I need.
Based on what I have been hearing, I may be shopping for a 645 and let a true collector add this 6450 to his stable.
Best, Gary
59 and 645 grips are not interchangeable, even with modification.
While it is possible that you have a rare early example of a pilot or transitional, if your frame says 645 and your grips are two piece with screws, I doubt that your pistol is anything other than a 645. In my travels, lots and lots of the box end labels were stamped 6450.
All apologies if I am mistaken or if I missed a detail.
As for grip options, three exist that I have ever heard of:
OEM thin black plastic
OEM wood for 745
Pachmayr, years out of production
I have had great luck in using a length of bicycle tire innertube. Does not make it bigger, wider or thicker, but greatly increases the tackiness. Hogue and Pachmayr both make a slip-on rubber grip condom with finger grooves that I hate with a bloody passion, maybe that could work.
While it is possible that you have a rare early example of a pilot or transitional, if your frame says 645 and your grips are two piece with screws, I doubt that your pistol is anything other than a 645. In my travels, lots and lots of the box end labels were stamped 6450.
All apologies if I am mistaken or if I missed a detail.
As for grip options, three exist that I have ever heard of:
OEM thin black plastic
OEM wood for 745
Pachmayr, years out of production
I have had great luck in using a length of bicycle tire innertube. Does not make it bigger, wider or thicker, but greatly increases the tackiness. Hogue and Pachmayr both make a slip-on rubber grip condom with finger grooves that I hate with a bloody passion, maybe that could work.
flagman1776
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My M645 was a late gun, hand built by my friend and PD Armorer at S&W as his class gun. It has all the upgrades.
I later acquired a spare 645 at the LGS.
a spare M645
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