Anyone else love Hogue monogrips?

[Jcon72]

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.

 

[SWOH]

I always ditch mine for wood target stocks.

 

[.38SuperMan]

I have a set on my 625-2 and love them. Very comfortable. Also have Hogue rubber on 3 colt revolvers.

 

[sipowicz]

Maybe it's just me but I find it hard to get excited about wood without medallions. They just look incomplete to me.

 

[fisco]

I like the Batam grip on a k frame.

 

[bananaman]

My Hogues that you rarely see are these. Stippled instead rather than checkered. A service offered by them. Bob

 

[Duckford]

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?

 

[Hawg Rider]

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!

 

[toad67]

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.

Rosewood

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.

 

[Protocall_Design]

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.

 

[Jcon72]

Here's an interesting one from their custom shop with "dragon skin" checkering. I bought it from a fellow forum member a while back.

 

[cmj8591]

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!

 

[wproct]

This is one of my favorites on a 66-3. Cocobolo wood.

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.

 

[jimbo728]

my model 60, 686 and 629 all wear hogue monogrips.
they work.
jim

 

[Jcon72]

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.

 

[3rdgeargrndrr]

A big no for me, but with a big exception for X frames

 

[BigChief52]

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.

 

[zeke]

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.

 

[moosedog]

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.

 

[skeezix]

I only have one wood Hogue monogrip left. Installed on my 586-8. Wood is Kingwood.

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

 

[moosedog]

Here's a rather rare pair of N frame grips made by Guy Hogue back in the era of Fuzzy Farrant and John Hurst. These are made of Rosewood which is one of his woods of choice back then. Beautiful checkering and palm swells. This is what lead to the rubber Hogue monogrip of today.

 

[wproct]

This is one set that I own for my 64-2. Some would say that they are too large for this revolver, but they sure do feel good.

 

[Nevada Ed]

The rubber ones are pretty good.
Bob

Hay, no cheating with a "K frame " !!

 

[BC38]

I don't care for the looks of the black finger grooves version like in the OP's pictures. They look like someone slapped a big handful of tar around the grip frame of the gun and then gave it a big squeeze.

BUT, I have to admit, for a magnum handgun they are pretty darned good for handling recoil. My 29-3 Classic Hunter and my 629-6 Mountain Gun both came with them as stock grips, and they do shoot well with those ugly buggers on them.

 

[bananaman]

Forgot my 686-6, 5" 7 shot Pro Series. These have been the best so far on it. Bob

 

[gfors]

I wouldn't say I "love" Hogues, but the Pau Ferro wood single finger groove works really well in my 4" 629-6, way better than the factory grips, when it comes to mitigating recoil. The wood seems to a better job of distributing the recoil impulse, even with the exposed back strap. The original grips felt like they were folding away from the frame, when shooting, allowing the relatively thin back strap to hammer the web of my palm.

Single finger groove works for me. I have a wide palm and sausages for fingers. Multiple grooves never fit, past the first (middle) finger, but having one groove definitely helps holding on to the gun. As far as the stirrup mounting style is concerned, I find it to be very solid, especially compared to SW target stocks with worn locating holes, and I need the extra length, of a grip that extends past the butt of the frame.

 

[75Vette]

Hogues have always fit my hands just right. The palm swells were well thought out. My first 629 had wood Hogues on it and they tame the recoil well. Two of my most frequent shooters wear them and several others have the rubber versions.





This 3"er wore this set in Tulipwood before a set of Culina combats replaced them.



These bantams are a perfect fit for this 640-1.

 

[Benchrest1]

I use a lot of different types of Hogue Monogrips. I really like a stainless S&W with a set of coco bolo Monogrips on it.

 

[.455_Hunter]

Not a fan of them on S&W revolvers. I have one set on a Taurus 445 Ti snub, and do like them on the Ruger P-series and the Sig P239.

 

[MJK-MOD-547]

I found a pair with the S&W logo I put on my 547. I like the way they look and feel. I shoot it more accurately with the rubber stocks.

You should remove them periodically to check for rust.