Can a Model 36 be carried free of complications without its factory grips? Only the mainspring would be exposed and it shouldn't create any problems, no? With my Kel-Tec being repaired (long story), I'm just not as comfortable pocket carrying my old Smith. I did it for years, but it hurts and is bulky. I fired off about 50 today without the grips on with good results.
Carrying a J frame without grips
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Can a Model 36 be carried free of complications without its factory grips? Only the mainspring would be exposed and it shouldn't create any problems, no? With my Kel-Tec being repaired (long story), I'm just not as comfortable pocket carrying my old Smith. I did it for years, but it hurts and is bulky. I fired off about 50 today without the grips on with good results.
There would be a great opportunity for dirt and dust to get into the innards without the grips.
I can't think shooting the 36 without grips would be much fun.
No disrespect, but this begs to ask why do you propose to do so?
I can't think shooting the 36 without grips would be much fun.
No disrespect, but this begs to ask why do you propose to do so?
I'll bet the stock pin left a mark!
It sounds like a really bad idea to me.
It sounds like a really bad idea to me.
If you need the gun, and you are in the heat of battle, what happens when your finger gets stuck in the mainspring.....
Just a bad idea....
If you want slim grips, call Kim Ahrends and have him make you a pair.....
Your life is worth the price of a pair of grips.
Terry
Just a bad idea....
If you want slim grips, call Kim Ahrends and have him make you a pair.....
Your life is worth the price of a pair of grips.
Terry
Dirt and dust in the innards are the norm for pocket carrying my old 36. I once cleaned a bunch of beach sand out with Q Tips after a summer at the beach. Never mind pocket lint. Not much different shooting it without the grip, actually. It's a little more comfortable in the Uncle Mikes pocket carry holster without the swollen wood grips, for sure. In recent years I've shoulder carried Hi-Cap semis, but I carried the 36 in the front pocket for years and it was always uncomfortable. Wish someone made a very slimline set of grips for the J-frames. I'm indoors in the winter at work, the shoulder holster is out of the question.
Whether you can or not isn't the question. The REAL question is WHY?! Do you REALLY think the absence of the grips somehow makes carrying your J-frame revolver better? The fact is, the weight of the grips is negligible and if you can carry it concealed without the grips, you can just as easily carry it with the grips in the same location and manner with no loss of concealability. Tough it out with the grips until your Kel-Tec is returned to you.
BTW, carrying a .380 as a primary defensive weapon is another bad idea, but that's another story.
BTW, carrying a .380 as a primary defensive weapon is another bad idea, but that's another story.
rdrancher
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I thought that I had misread the post, but I guess not. To the OP. What in the world ever made you think of not using grips? Kinda bizarre, don't cha think?
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Doc Nonverbal
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I would bet that you could find or create some ultra-flat grips that wouldn't take up much space. I agree with the other posters that shooting a handgun without grips is probably asking for trouble.
If all else fails, find some Kydex or something similarly thin and tough and cut it out to shape, then sand it down. It won't be comfortable to shoot, but it will protect the handgun.
If all else fails, find some Kydex or something similarly thin and tough and cut it out to shape, then sand it down. It won't be comfortable to shoot, but it will protect the handgun.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Wrap the grip frame with electricial tape and it would solve the problems set forth above with the exception of the stock pin issue-you would have to decide whether you want to grind it off ot just tape it to the point where it wouldn't jug you-but then you would be right back where you would be with grips.
feralmerril
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For awhile I carried my model 60 with these very small stags. It shot well, and carried well. It also got stolen!
Stophel
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Anyone with a modicum of woodworking skills could come up with some useable (though maybe not very attractive) thin grip panels.
This idea of not using stocks is not new by any means. SCSW3 (p352) shows that the U.S. Secret Service is aware of it, and has done it in the past. Some of the local cops I knew when I was a lad would do this with their Chiefs. (I always thought it was a little barbaric.
A very thin set of stocks may be a better answer, as the poster above proposes. One might use Delrin, in place of wood. It is available in black, and is hard enough that you could probably get by tapping the panel (not using a threaded insert) and letting the screw head bear directly on the Delrin on the other side. It would be kind of a quick and dirty fix, but might suffice nicely.
Without stocks, I would be a little nervous about getting something in the gun that might prevent it from operating. The SS boys who carried that gun on p352 probably don't get much dust and grime on them, in the course of a hard day's work.
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