I remember when I first started buy S&W revolvers in the mid to late 1980's, the first thing I did when I got home was to pull off those wood grips and put on some Pachmayr grips. Luckily, I put all the original wood grips in a big box and kept them. It seems that in the 2000's, more than half the guns I bought had Hogue grips on them. I kind of like the looks of the Hogue finger groove grips better than the Pachmayr grips. A blued S&W revolver looks like it means business when it's wearing a set of black rubber grips.
I love nylon and wood Hogues but never cared for the rubber ones. Have an old set of J frame nylons missing the old style stirrup and screw. Constantly on the look out for those to parts to put the grips into service.
I like the rubber but don't own any at this time. I have goncalo alves on my RSR, my 29-2, and my Colt DS:
Interesting note: This is the third time in two days I've posted the photo of the Colts, but the first two were for the NS!
Thats a nice tullipwood combination.And a couple more.
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I really like the Hogue monogrips. Here they are on my 617. I like the Big Butt grips. I bought them for my 929 when I was shooting ICORE and they helped when going prone.
I like the feel with the extra rubber and wood on the bottom.