I'm a big guy, with large hands. Some the new Smiths come with very poor grips, at least for me. The 625 comes with a tiny piece of wood, way too small for a revolver of that weight and caliber. The 640 comes with a crazy small piece of hard plastic! Like something off a kid's toy gun. Too small to handle magnum loads. Obviously replacement grips are the answer for me. Kind of makes me wonder what they are thinking there at the factory? Anyone else?
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Chino74
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Look at Hogue Monogrips, their wood grips are very nice IMO.
Smith & Wesson needs to kick altamont(way out) the door. Their grip designers have apparently never fired a handgun.
F75gunslinger
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I'll second Hogue monogrips. Either the small rubber one for J frame models or the wood version for any model. They fit my hand very well.
I've been doing this for a long time, and ever since I got started people have griped about the standard grips on all revolvers. Colt, Smith and Wesson, and Ruger, it didn't matter. (And before that they were worse.) Which is why there has always been a fairly large and active aftermarket grip industry.
Why? Frankly they put the least expensive thing on they could get by with. If the customer didn't like them, they'd change them. Every gun shop I went into had a box of take-off grips behind the counter. People bought a new gun, a set of grips, and changed them on the way out the door. They were cheap, or even free in some cases.
Which is why we pay so much for original grips from those times.
Why? Frankly they put the least expensive thing on they could get by with. If the customer didn't like them, they'd change them. Every gun shop I went into had a box of take-off grips behind the counter. People bought a new gun, a set of grips, and changed them on the way out the door. They were cheap, or even free in some cases.
Which is why we pay so much for original grips from those times.
notsofast
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Herrets may be a good option. Two sellers on eBay; juarwan, and discovery-me, have a huge selection of aftermarket grips. I bought a set of vintage style large target conversions for my rb 627, they went a long way to help the gun feel balanced sured up my grip
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I've never held a revolver w/stock grips that would work w/my XLG hands. One agency I worked for only permitted grip adapters, no oversize grips. When I changed agencies I always had the S&W combat grips on my issued revolvers.
diecidecimi
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Standard aftermarket grips are NOT very large: I can say the same about Hogue; at the contrary , usually Herrett's grips tend to be too big to most shooters. In particular Jordn Troopers will fit bear pads .
Every thumbrest Target I found are very large, they fit perfectly my big hands.
Believe me, go on these
Every thumbrest Target I found are very large, they fit perfectly my big hands.
Believe me, go on these
diecidecimi
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Here an old thread about them (however I remember a lot of discussion about. )Herrett's Stocks
AManWearingAHat
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I usually have the opposite problem. I have small hands and struggle to find grips that make the N frames tamable. Houge black rubber mono grips are usually the answer!
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Rudi, I just picked up a 625-2 with VZ grips. Check them out, they should have something that will fit and then run around $80 a set. Or if you want something in beautiful wood check out what John Culina can do for you in his targets or combats. They're the best in my opinion but they cost a penny or two more.
VZs on my 625-2
Culina's on my 29
VZs on my 625-2
Culina's on my 29
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