Anyone else like the old slab side grips?

[TNFrank]

I noticed on the Midway USA site that the price for factory grips have gone up quite a bit. It's good to be able to pull something out of a "Junk" bin at a gun shop or pawn shop and refinish it to get what you're wanting. I've seen stock grips in the junk bins selling for $5 bucks, such a deal.

 

[weatherby]

How did you know how much they were?

 

[M29since14]

I've been known to put Pachmayer "Open Back Professionals" on guns that are going outside to face the worst of the elements.

Are those still available? They look like they would be an improvement over the old "Compac" model, which I still have on a Chief Special that I shoot a bit.

 

[TNFrank]

How did you know how much they were?

That's what I normally see em' selling for. I guess they don't know that they're $27 bucks new from Midway USA now days.LOL

 

[Sebago Son]

Are those still available? They look like they would be an improvement over the old "Compac" model, which I still have on a Chief Special that I shoot a bit.

Yes they are still being made... Pachmayr&reg Pachmayr your primary source for quality handgun grips and recoil pads.

Open Back "Professionals" are about the best compromise in rubber...

Drew

 

[shep854]

I prefer wood on blue steel, and as near to original grips for the 'classic' look. I used to have a nickel 442 that came with rubber 'boot' grips, and I lusted over the wood grips in the Eagle brochure that came with the gun, especially some of the eye-popping laminates!!
I swapped it for my 49, which also wore rubber when I got it. Against the blueing, the black rubber was an eyesore. A set of used, old-style 'lemon peel' grips gave it that classic look for which it's so famous. A black T-Grip detracts little from appearance, but vastly improves shootability.

 

[TAROMAN]

Have carried this one for 35 years. Tried every imaginable grip. Finally settled on the simplest:

After adding a new 442, it didn't take long to figure out what worked best on it:

 

[shep854]

Have carried this one for 35 years. Tried every imaginable grip. Finally settled on the simplest:

You must have carried it in a satin-lined gun rug!
It's really beautiful.

 

[TAROMAN]

You must have carried it in a satin-lined gun rug!
It's really beautiful.

Pocket carry only. Never mix it with keys, tools, or other junk. Many years naked, now lives in a pocket holster.

 

[tom turner]

In my best Clint Eastwood imitation: "Firin' 'magnas' on a magnum will tear a man's hand clear off!"

It took me years to discover that S&W knew just what they were doing when making the magnas!!! Gripped properly with a high grip (and especially with a Tyler T-grip) these are very comfortable to shoot. Sometimes it is the 'rubbers' that slap your hand worth on the metal backstrap due to compression of the rubber!!!

Yep . . . Magnas (original wood or stag)? I love 'em and they work for me!

 

[Tom Kent]

I never did like the factory "slab sided" grips that came on the guns of the seventies and upward. I could never make them feel right. I recently got two Smith revolvers, a model 10, no dash, from 1960, and a model 36, no dash, I have not dated yet and they both have an earlier version of the "slab side" grips that are rounded and feel very good in the hand.

 

[zelda]

As a collector of factory S&W grips l am shocked by the dramatic price increase of service and magnas over the past year. They are more comfortable than targets for me. Esp the older ones w/black washers

 

[DRYHEAT]

I’m another fan of the service/magna/slab stocks. I find shooting with them more comfortable now than I did years ago.

 

[Shooting Padre]

I've been known to put Pachmayer "Open Back Professionals" on guns that are going outside to face the worst of the elements.

Do you use the same ammo for pan fish?

 

[shep854]

Do you use the same ammo for pan fish?

I thought there was something fishy about that photo...

 

[TNFrank]

Now that just looks too cool right there.

 

[Sebago Son]

Do you use the same ammo for pan fish?

 

[stevieboy]

Here's my 19-3 with original Magnas. Funny story about this gun. Over the years I'd developed a case of "shooter's thumb" caused by edges of grips slamming into the base of my shooting hand thumb. Particularly painful for me were target grips. About the only grips that I could shoot with comfort were rubber grips like Pachmayrs or Uncle Mikes that completely covered the grip frame. So, when I bought this gun I assumed I'd be swapping out the grips. However, I took it to the range for an initial session, still equipped with the original grips. I was delighted to learn that these grips did not engage the base of my thumb. So, I've left the gun exactly as you see it, it's one of my most comfortable handguns to shoot.

 

[denniscarp]

i just purchased a model 60 with the wooden grips. I like the looks of the gun though i'll admit this is my first revolver. Do you have a preference as to ammunition? I have yet to shoot this weapon and sure where to start.

 

[Old cop]

I prefer K frame SB magnas w/a Tyler grip adapter. Fit me like a golve.