457 grips, best compromise?

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Hi all,

I don’t really enjoy shooting the 457 with factory grips, so I put on the Hogue rubber grips. Now I really enjoy shooting the gun, but the grips are a bit spongy and clingy.

Anyone have a good compromise they use to get a bit more grip on the gun without having the soft/grabby material?

Thanks!
 
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You could try the Hogue wood grips. They make a variety of different ones in various wood colors. They are the same dimensions as the rubber grips, without the stickiness.

The solution I found, which works best for me, is the OEM factory grip with a Hogue grip sleeve with finger grooves over it. Gives me the control during shooting that I want and also is thinner and not as tacky textured as the full rubber grips.

Hope this helps! Regards 18DAI
 
I do pretty much the same thing, but with the Pachmyar version. At least on my 9mm 3rd Gen guns. My 457 has the Hogue rubber grips, but it came that way and I don't carry it enough that I've bothered to change them out. At least so far.

18DAI said:
You could try the Hogue wood grips. They make a variety of different ones in various wood colors. They are the same dimensions as the rubber grips, without the stickiness.

The solution I found, which works best for me, is the OEM factory grip with a Hogue grip sleeve with finger grooves over it. Gives me the control during shooting that I want and also is thinner and not as tacky textured as the full rubber grips.

Hope this helps! Regards 18DAI
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Cool, thanks! I have the grip sleeve over a 9mm compact and like it, didn’t think about it here, I’ll give it a try.

I picked up the Hogue rubber grips as an Amazon add on when I wasn’t shooting the gun much. Might be worth picking up a set of the wood grips now that I’m shooting it more.

Thanks!
 
Shown before, but what the heck: once more won't hurt. :)

Hogue grip sleeves on both my 457 and 4513TSW. For me, the right solution.

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Ruber said:
Cool, thanks! I have the grip sleeve over a 9mm compact and like it, didn’t think about it here, I’ll give it a try.

I picked up the Hogue rubber grips as an Amazon add on when I wasn’t shooting the gun much. Might be worth picking up a set of the wood grips now that I’m shooting it more.

Thanks!
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Sent PM on Hogue Grips.
 
Here is another option. A Gripper grip sleeve. They sell 3 sizes of these at my LGS.

They are inexpensive and textured rubber. NOT sticky at all. This is how my 457 is currently configured. I have been carrying it daily at my part time job in a high end gunshop. Which is located on the edge of Indian country. ;)

Accurate and bet your life reliable. Should it become unavailable for a period of time, due to an unfortunate incident, it is easily replaced. And although I overpaid for it, because I wanted roll marks and forged parts, it will have fullfilled its purpose. And been well worth the money I have in it.

My friend Mas Ayoob was correct, again. He called the 457 a "best buy" and "a lot of gun for the money". I agree with him. Regards 18DAI
 

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Even though I don't carry my 457 much, you're making me think about buying the one a LGS has. Listed at $349.00 with box and three magazines.

Hmmm.

18DAI said:
Here is another option. A Gripper grip sleeve. They sell 3 sizes of these at my LGS.

They are inexpensive and textured rubber. NOT sticky at all. This is how my 457 is currently configured. I have been carrying it daily at my part time job in a high end gunshop. Which is located on the edge of Indian country. ;)

Accurate and bet your life reliable. Should it become unavailable for a period of time, due to an unfortunate incident, it is easily replaced. And although I overpaid for it, because I wanted roll marks and forged parts, it will have fullfilled its purpose. And been well worth the money I have in it.

My friend Mas Ayoob was correct, again. He called the 457 a "best buy" and "a lot of gun for the money". I agree with him. Regards 18DAI
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My choice is similar to 18DAI's post #7 but it costs less than every other option. It is a simple length of bicycle tire inner tube. $5 or $6 gets you one full tube, enough to outfit countless guns and it doesn't seem to wear out.

No, it doesn't look great. On a working/carry gun, that doesn't matter to me. And it doesn't have the awful finger grooves like the Hogue or Pachmayr sleeves have. It's also thinner than those options.

It is a bit of a trial & error process, I recommend that you estimate your cut slightly longer than you think you would need, then carefully trim as needed, where needed. Wash the piece that you want to try in dish soap and water and then thoroughly dry before you put it on. It may be a bit of a bear to pull it on, but the tube is extremely tough and the job is do-able. (more difficult on a doublestack!)

I currently use this answer on FIVE different pistols. Almost afraid to admit that I use one on an elite pistol -- my 845 Limited! Yeah, it isn't attractive, but the small groups I lay down certainly are! ;)
 
457 with box and 3 mags is a STEAL my friend! Buy it, shoot it, love it! You will be glad you did.

My 457 outperforms guns costing 3X its price. I can tell you that even though I am downsizing the herd, my 457 is not going anywhere.

It will be with me after many guns, some of which would be considered superior to the 457 by many here, are sold and gone. It is that good. Regards 18DAI
 
It must have been a steal, because someone stole it out from under me. I got to the shop and it turned out that someone had bought it earlier today. My fault totally for not calling Saturday and putting a tag on it. I'm not too broken up because it would have been a duplicate as I already own a very nice 457. The money will just go back into the cash drawer until something else comes along.


18DAI said:
457 with box and 3 mags is a STEAL my friend! Buy it, shoot it, love it! You will be glad you did.

My 457 outperforms guns costing 3X its price. I can tell you that even though I am downsizing the herd, my 457 is not going anywhere.

It will be with me after many guns, some of which would be considered superior to the 457 by many here, are sold and gone. It is that good. Regards 18DAI
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Sevens said:
My choice is similar to 18DAI's post #7 but it costs less than every other option. It is a simple length of bicycle tire inner tube. $5 or $6 gets you one full tube, enough to outfit countless guns and it doesn't seem to wear out.

No, it doesn't look great. On a working/carry gun, that doesn't matter to me. And it doesn't have the awful finger grooves like the Hogue or Pachmayr sleeves have. It's also thinner than those options.

It is a bit of a trial & error process, I recommend that you estimate your cut slightly longer than you think you would need, then carefully trim as needed, where needed. Wash the piece that you want to try in dish soap and water and then thoroughly dry before you put it on. It may be a bit of a bear to pull it on, but the tube is extremely tough and the job is do-able. (more difficult on a doublestack!)

I currently use this answer on FIVE different pistols. Almost afraid to admit that I use one on an elite pistol -- my 845 Limited! Yeah, it isn't attractive, but the small groups I lay down certainly are! ;)
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plus, you may double or triple the layers, and make the grip as thick as one likes it. also, running different lengths of tube on the inside layers, might produce swell effects on the needed places, overcovered by the outer layer for a professional DIY. as for not looking good, keep in mind lots of people are burning our retinas daily by toting in their holsters Austrian "mother of all ugliness". a bike tube will look as a super model on a catwalk in comparison. be sure! :-) .
 
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