Advice on Grips`

[bulldog01]

Best way to touch and feel a large selection of grips (and guns) is to join the NRA and go to the convention. Spend at least a day with the vendors and all your questions will be answered.

I did not know that. There ya go, learn something new every day. I"ll have to put that on my secret agenda.

Mike

 

[JimCunn]

For round butt J-Frames, my two favorites are
1) the old Herrett Shooting Star conversion grips
2) Altamont Super Rosewood Combat grips

 

[shooter1911]

Please don't take this as sarcasm, but it doesn't matter what anybody likes. It's all about your hand size and grip. I ordered a beautiful pair of Spegals for my 340PD and sold then really quickly, because I couldn't adapt to them so I went back to Hogue Bantams for that particular gun. For my 629-5 Mountain Gun I had to go to the X grip tamers in order to shoot full loads, and on my old Ruger Super Blackhawk I could never control the wood grips and had to go with rubber. My advice is try what ever you are considering before you spend your hard earned money. It doesn't have to be the exact grip you are considering, or the exact gun, but try wood grips on a revolver vs rubber grips. That advice would have saved me money over the years.

 

[Dragonfly]

My favourite wooden grips are Ahrends Retro Target (square butt) and Retro Banana (round butt)...I last purchased them several years ago so don't know if those are still available. I've got small hands and they fit me pretty good. Like you, I love VZs on 1911s—I've owned quit a few sets. I tried a set of their round butt revolver grips on my CS-1 last year and like them a lot (other than when firing full magnum loads—they're hard grips!)

I wrote a post here last year with my first impressions.

 

[muddocktor]

You didn't state what revolver these are for that I can find, but I see in one of your first posts here on the forums that you mentioned you want to get a 586. If that or another full sized 357 Magnum revolver is your main desire, I would recommend that you go with wood over rubber as I don't think a full sized steel frame pistol in 357 Mag to be very punishing in recoil. I personally like the model 27 (or 28) over the L frame guns, but that is personal preference and bias. If you don't mind spending the money, I highly recommend a set of Culina target stocks. I will post a couple of mine for you to look at. They are N frame guns, but John Culina also makes the same style to fit the K/L frame revolvers too in either round butt or square butt.

First up is a 27-5 square butt gun with a set of English Walnut targets on it for you to look at:


Next is my round butt 629-3 Classic dressed out with a set of round to square conversion Olive wood target stocks:


To give you an idea on pricing, the English walnut are his signature grade and IIRC cost me $185. The Olive wood stocks are his presentation grade and I just bought them a few months ago and they ran around $220 or so. To me, the fit and finish is fantastic and they feel great in hand, even on the 44 Mag shooting hot loads.

 

[WPWarhawk]

Wood or rubber, Hogue does it for me. Both their round butt and conversions fit my hand and love the palm swell they use.

Nothing fits my hand quite as well as Hogue grips, wood or rubber. My favorites are the ones without finger grooves.

 

[Green Frog]

Five words, "Get what fits your hand!" The biggest argument I've ever had with my close friend Dale53 was over grips, and ultimately we just had to agree to disagree. Everybody's hands (and needs) are different.

Froggie

 

[DWalt]

For shooting, I far prefer Hogue or Pachmayr rubber grips to checkered wood. Hogues fit better for my hand, Pachs are a little too large. I also like smooth wood (I don't like checkered grips) and the Thai smooth wood grips sold on eBay are excellent values.

 

[3rdgeargrndrr]

For me it all depends on what you plan on doing with it.
I like wood and rubber.

CTX keep this a family forum!!!


OP, my $0.02 is get HORN OR BONE

 

[bigshep85]

I almost said "Don't start buying grips because it never stops". However on second thought, as some others have stated, try as many grips as you can get your hands on. Find what you like because every single person is different. Don't spend your paycheck on a set only to realize you don't really like that style or material. Give yourself options and experience and then go with that.