Anyone else use these "ugly" grips

[wproct]

I remember buying a new 686 revolver several years ago and thinking, man those Hogue grips are ugly! However, after using them I decided nothing else felt so comfortable in my hand. I have fairly large hands and that forward lump on the right hand side just positions my trigger finger properly. I have since saved them and used them on other revolvers and they now reside on my 686-4.

Just wondered out of curosity whether anyone else uses them or if they just immediately threw them away. Please excuse the poor photo.

 

[Zjnovak]

I love those "ugly grips". Have had them (or some other variation) on almost all my range toys. They just feel great, but for carrying, they catch on clothing a lot.

 

[Wraith_K]

I still have those mounted on my Mod. 65 from when I carried it for duty.
They are not pretty and I hate how they look, but you can't deny how well they fit my hand.

 

[Nightowl]

I bought Hogue grips when they were first introduced in wood, two piece. When the rubber ones were introduced, I began using them because they fit my hand and firmed up my ability to hold the gun. They may be ugly, but they work for me and thus I have them on most of my guns and all the shooters wear them.

 

[snubbyfan]

That's like the Pachmayr grips on my 442, I've trimmed them for speedloaders, they're a perfect fit with a Laserlyte laser and I know they're not the most attractive grips but they're infinitely practical for my purpose as a grip for a concealed carry revolver.

 

[BJoe]

God made steel. God made wood. They married and created a thing of beauty.

 

[Skunkhome]

They are ugly but it is only skin deep.

God also made the oil and the ability to make synthetic rubber.

 

[wproct]

Yeah, I should have worded my post a little diffferently. It's not that I think Hogue rubber grips are ugly. It's just the type that I have has that protrusion on the upper right side that covers alot of the frame. Anyway, it works for me.

 

[getoff]

got a set of these "ugly" grips on my 586 4". i wear it at work at the LGS, and i might as well have a caveman club and a torch as far as the riff-raff that frequent the store are concearned. would love to see any of those dopes with the plastic fantastic guns beat me at 25 yards, not that i don't own any plastic guns ( G36, G30, G21, G19, and an XD or two)...

 

[Mike McLellan]

If you set them on a coffee table next to a picture of my first wife...

 

[bgrafsr]

If I buy a gun with Hogue grips on it, they immediately get taken off when I get home. The grips are then either given away or thrown in the trash, and yes, they are UGLY.

 

[scruffy]

I switched these factory grips out for Pachmayr Compac Pro's and the put them back on after I found out I shoot better with the stock grips. Don't know who makes these for S&W

 

[slickracer]

I don't mind the model without the hump on the right side, but who in world at Hogue decided to do that?

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

I not only use Hogue grips on several of my guns (including a 325PD I would have sold if Hogues didn't exist), I use even uglier grips (Rogers/Safariland orangish plastic) on several of my K-frame square-butt .38 Spls. They both are some of the best grips ever made.

 

[gatchelguy]

I have them on 3 of my S&W's. The other 3 have Pachmayr's. Wood is really nice to look at but rubber is nicer to shoot.

 

[SS57]

I have to admit some wood looks better but the stock rubbers on my 686-4 4" and 629-4 6" sure feel nice. Like noted above, they fill the hand nicely and I have small/med hands.

 

[DR505]

This picture is worth a bunch of words...

 

[Skunkhome]

Yeah, I should have worded my post a little diffferently. It's not that I think Hogue rubber grips are ugly. It's just the type that I have has that protrusion on the upper right side that covers alot of the frame. Anyway, it works for me.

No you were right the first time, They are UGLY. But I guess mine aren't quite as ugly.

 

[460 Jerk Face]

I have Hogues on my 460 magnum. I'd love to put some beautiful wood grips on it, but I fear the pain that will ensue when shooting it.

MAy do it anyway.

 

[palmetto99]

Almost all of my "shooters" have Hogues. They are cheap, and work well with my hands.