$%!!@ Finger grooves

[gnappi]

I get fashion, fads, preferences, and new trends but a grip company focusing 100% of their marketing to one type and offering only finger groove grips is puzzling. Sure offering two styles of grips and keeping inventory costs money, but lost revenue from a no sale is costly also.

Finger grooves to me are like shoes, not all feet (or hands) are the same and finger grooves especially one that makes my pinkie stick out like I'm drinking tea out of a bone china cup at a tea party are a no buy.

I've even "destroyed" some pretty nice wood grips with the trusty Dremel tool and paid silly dollars for classic / vintage grips.

Not to start a groove vs. no groove debate, but specifically does anyone else prefer a smooth front strap grip and wish more were available?

 

[StrawHat]

As anyone who has read my posts knows, I am a big believer in Magna stocks with a grip adapter, of any make. Now, the Tyler T grip does have a projection that positions my middle finger but it is not something I notice.

I have taken a rasp to target and presentation stocks to remove the excess wood so it would fit in my hand. Funny thing, when I am done, they resemble my preferred stock combination.

Kevin

 

[Well Armed]

It depends on the grip some grips with finger grooves fit me just fine and others do not.

 

[stansdds]

Finger groove stocks are great, but only if they fit the hand. When they don't fit well, finger grooves are horrible.

 

[raljr1]

Large hands, no like finger grooves.

 

[twodog max]

I have small hands and find finger grooves rarely fit. So I avoid them. For those that like them go for it. I get what they are for but just not for me.

 

[AJ]

Some feel good and some don't. So I do not buy the ones that don't. I tell folks to buy the gun they like the best, as we can always change the grips if they do not like the feel of them. Beside it gives me something to sell here.

 

[Rodan]

Sometimes they fit, sometimes they don't. I prefer non-finger groove stocks for that reason, though I do have a few with. Stocks can vary, even from the same maker. Here are two Hogue grips, same exact grip except for the checkering, and you can see the difference in the radius of the top groove...

 

[CH4]

Yeah, grips with finger grooves look cool, but some don’t fit my hand, particularly Badger Grips. Seems they’re made for those with sausage fingers.

 

[madmikeb]

Smooth Hogues with fingergrooves fit my small hands like a glove and all my revolvers wear them. First thing I do when I get a new Smith is put Hogues on. I've even got 3 or 4 extra sets lying around so I can put them on right away!

 

[glenwolde]

I can take'em or leave'em. I'm not wild about the "look" of finger grooves but after using both I can't really say there's much of a difference, results wise.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Only ones that work for me are Spegel's Boot and Extended Boot grips.


I've got some hogue but generally too long for concealed carry... except the Bantam grips

 

[AJ]

These are the ones that work for me.

1.) S&W Model 30-1 with Hogue Monogrips

2.) S&W K Frame PPC with S&W Combats

 

[mikerjf]

On J frames I really like the Pach (Presentation/Compac?) that has no finger grooves but has a relief for the little finger at the bottom. I've even seen a steel N frame butt contoured that way.

 

[wproct]

Generally for me Hogue finger groove grips fit me fine, but I can go with either finger groove or plain. The only grips with finger grooves that did not fit me at all was a pair of Thailand made grips and I had to fix them by sanding them down to fit.

 

[Sgt. Buzzard]

Only one I've found that works for me is, S&W two finger synthetic J frame grips.

 

[sophie]

I only have one pair of S&W K-Frame finger groove round butt combat grips on my Model 19 with 2 1/2” barrel. All the rest of my guns either have S&W Target style or Magna grips. I had several pair of S&W finger groove combats but sold them all except the pair I mentioned. I have several Tyler T grip adapters but I really don’t care for them.

 

[bananaman]

Very few finger grooves feel good to me! Do have a just a few that do. 1 such set on my 17-2, made in Germany.
Hogue checkered no finger grooves, and Herrett stocks work well for me. We are all different though. Bob

 

[Shrek Of The Arctic]

Finger grooves are a bit of a conundrum to me. I've heard a lot of expert opinions indicate that finger grooves on popular grips don't fit 80-90 percent of people, but yet they remain the predictable norm on most revolvers. I reckon I could snarkily reply that "I reckon them experts know how a gun fits my hand better than I do" but I'm gunna speculate that there is a legit list of goals to be achieved with a grip that the common man just don't consistently recognize-Bearing to mind that most revolver owners aren't geeking out on this stuff along side us...

The one name that comes easily to mind in all this is Grant Cunningham. He has elucidated that finger grooves tend to "lock in" a grip, thereby making it harder to make "micro adjustments" to rapidly acquire a sight picture and fire an accurate shot.

the flip side is that in training with non-functioning guns I've found that in weapons retention and disarms, a Hogue rubberized, finger groove grip offers far improved grip retention over the traditional Target or Magna style grips.

Me personally...I usually tend to still avoid finger grooves. On most of my modern guns I tend to run VZ Operator II grips that don't have grooves, but do have very aggressive checkering. My woods gun has a Pachmayr Presentation grip which is rubber, but lacks finger grooves. I do have a couple revolvers with grooves that I like real well. If they've slowed me down or caused me any difficulty at all, I ain't noticed yet. Maybe it's just cuz I don't know any better myself?

 

[CajunBass]

I don't think about it to much to tell the truth. I tend to just use whatever came on the gun. Maybe that's why I don't shoot any better than I do.