Anyone else love Hogue monogrips?

Thank you. In my ignorance I would have assumed that full contact of the hard butt with the ground would cause errant shots from the recoil.
 
I don't like finger grips, because they are never right for anyone's particular fingers, and I agree with Mr. Miculek that they get in the way of a smooth draw. Wood or rubber.

I don't like when rubber gets hard with time, or sticky and messy with gun oil. And I'm not the biggest fan of something that's soft and squishy, I want something firm. Come to thin of it, I don't even like plastic on a gun grip.

Very rough wood, or preferably checkered, is still my favoruite. I've even upgraded my rifles with wooden pistol grips over stock.

Hogue are very nice grips, very nicely made. But maybe not for everyone?
 
Like many others here on the Forum, I'm not a big fan of the look of rubber grips on a vintage revolver, but their comfort when shooting magnums cannot be disputed. I don't have any Hogue rubber grips but I do have a few sets of Pachmayrs, including a pair that came on this Colt Python I bought 10 years ago that someone had been using as a "truck gun"! I swapped out those Pachs for a nice Hogue wooden monogrip. Although the Python shows some character, it cleaned up OK and is mechanically excellent. Since I only paid $650, I'm not complaining!
 

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Hogues look and feel the best to me, but I really hate the back strap is exposed. I don't want that bare metal on my hand when shooting the 629. The Pachmyars at least are enclosed back strap so you don't feel that recoil. They are awful ugly though to me.

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That's exactly how I feel. When shooting hot 41's, and 44's, the grips separate slightly, and pinch my hand between the grip and back strap. The P's are split on the front.
 
I like the Hogues and have a lot of them. One of the main best features to me is that you don't have to worry about the grip screw fouling the mainspring. With Hogue, the mainspring can be wherever it wants to and has clear space to operate.
 
Here's an interesting one from their custom shop with "dragon skin" checkering. I bought it from a fellow forum member a while back.

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Hogue rubber grips are the best of the lot for working guns. The model 66 with a set of Hogue's is the best police duty gun ever devised, in my opinion. I would gladly go back on the street carrying one and not feel under gunned one bit. Having said that, I took the factory rubbers off of this Classic 29 and put these wood ones on. They are not my favorite grips. The fit leaves a lot to be desired and there really isn't much figure in the wood. This gun is crying out for a nice set of Coke style targets. Someday!

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I'm a huge Hogue fan, like the woods, and this grip is my favorite of all! Mine is smooth rather than checkered, but these combat grips just fit my hand like a glove.

Same here, so I had to pick up a rosewood one for my SP101 as well.

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Hogue boot grips saved my 637 J frame airweight. It keeps my arthritic knuckle below the trigger guard where it doesn't get smacked by it. It was too painful to practice with using the factory grips.
 
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Have Houge rubbers on all the revolvers that get shot, especially the mags. The k frame bantams are a favorite, and fit my hands perfectly without being overly large. Believe they should make these for the N-frames, and would buy a bunch of em. Don't appreciate the right side banner on some models.
 
Yes, I like them. I have everything from original Ropers to Fitz but for actual field work, hunting and all-around shooting, the Hogues are my choice.
 
I only have one wood Hogue monogrip left. Installed on my 586-8. Wood is Kingwood.


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I'm currently in the market for some Lamo Camo Hogues for J, K/L, and N Frames. Have a WTB post below.
 
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