Carrying a J frame without grips

[sipowicz]

The stocks don't add much weight or thickness...if you want real concealability, remove the cylinder. And you can also lose the hammer so it doesn't snag on anything.

 

[Cruiser RN]

IMHO this seems like a very bad idea because lint and other foriegn matter could enter the action and cause malfunctions.In my younger days the gang bangers would put electrical tape around the grip region and trigger to resist fingerprints.I do not see how any advantage in concealability would be gained by doing this.I have badger grips on my 640 which are thin enough for my small hands and laugh at full 357 load recoil.Stay safe and God Bless.....Mike

 

[James NM]

I used to know a guy who had lost both of his hands in a farming implement accident.

He took the grips off of all of his revolvers........

 

[Mickey D]

Originally posted by Outrider:
This is close to the worst idea I've heard thus far this millenium...and I've heard some bad ones.

You haven't read a few threads started by TwoGunsStanding.

 

[RAMS]

conn ak, don't let these guys get to you. I've taken the grips off all my delete guns and they feel just fine, even with full house loads.

 

[Alx]

'Reminds me of the guy on GunBroker advertising a Luger magazine, with a regular WW1 wood bottom, as a unique item with a lightweight wood base for "special missions." Surely it saved several grammes over the aluminum ones, and was a "must-have" on dangerous missions where they had to go light. Never mind the helmet, shovel, bayonet, gas mask, just get rid of the belt buckle and heavy magazines.

 

[Guest]

Originally posted by RAMS: conn ak, don't let these guys get to you. I've taken the grips off all my delete guns and they feel just fine, even with full house loads.

I don't know just what "<span class="ev_code_RED">delete guns</span>" are but I'm guessing the callouses on 'RAMS' hands must be as thick as the callouses on his skull between his 'Horns' because that's the only way shooting any hand gun could "<span class="ev_code_RED">they feel just fine, even with full house loads.</span>".

And, that doesn't address the Issue - a very real one - of allowing 'dirt and debris' to enter the internal workings of the firearm. But then maybe "<span class="ev_code_RED">delete guns</span>" don't have internal workings - who knows!!!

 

[RAMS]

KKG, I don't blame you for being incredulous about the unbelievably light felt recoil of delete guns. Those of us fortunate enough to own them, however, have learned to carry them sans grips, especially when flying, because grips show up on X Rays.

I had assumed that all of us old timers on this Forum knew that, even though we don't often bring up the subject.

 

[Duke426]

Originally posted by RAMS:
KKG, I don't blame you for being incredulous about the unbelievably light felt recoil of delete guns. Those of us fortunate enough to own them, however, have learned to carry them sans grips, especially when flying, because grips show up on X Rays.

I had assumed that all of us old timers on this Forum knew that, even though we don't often bring up the subject.

Alrighty then....

 

[stevieboy]

To each his or her own. If you can fire a gun without grips and you prefer to carry and shoot it that way I say go for it. As for me, some of you may think I'm a delicate flower, but I find that even 38+P in a K frame can become somewhat uncomfortable to shoot after 40 rounds or so. So, I'm definitely keeping the grips on!

 

[SixWillDo]

Originally posted by RAMS:
KKG, I don't blame you for being incredulous about the unbelievably light felt recoil of delete guns. Those of us fortunate enough to own them, however, have learned to carry them sans grips, especially when flying, because grips show up on X Rays.

I had assumed that all of us old timers on this Forum knew that, even though we don't often bring up the subject.

RAMS, I just have to ask: (please take this in the humorous spirit in which it is offered) Were you ever registered here as TwoGunsStanding?

 

[Meeteetse]

Does anyone else think this is all BS or perhaps someone who has been reading too many Raymond Chandler or Ian Fleming novels?

And. . . .I can't believe that anyone thinks grips show up more on x-ray than the gun itself.

This is all a joke. . . right?

 

[rdrancher]

KKG, I don't blame you for being incredulous about the unbelievably light felt recoil of delete guns. Those of us fortunate enough to own them, however, have learned to carry them sans grips, especially when flying, because grips show up on X Rays.

Would you care to expound on this?

rd

 

[Stranglehold]

Originally posted by RAMS:
KKG, I don't blame you for being incredulous about the unbelievably light felt recoil of delete guns. Those of us fortunate enough to own them, however, have learned to carry them sans grips, especially when flying, because grips show up on X Rays.

I had assumed that all of us old timers on this Forum knew that, even though we don't often bring up the subject.

You don't need to remove the grips when flying.
Just wrap them in tinfoil (take a little from your hat) and they will be invisible to beta, gama and X ray!

Roe

 

[patentmike]

Originally posted by RAMS:
KKG, I don't blame you for being incredulous about the unbelievably light felt recoil of delete guns. Those of us fortunate enough to own them, however, have learned to carry them sans grips, especially when flying, because grips show up on X Rays.

I had assumed that all of us old timers on this Forum knew that, even though we don't often bring up the subject.

Excellent points. I used to do the same. Now I have gone to the other extreme. I just carry a set of Hogue camo-lamo finger groove j-frame grips.