Grips for my S&W 629 Mountain Gun

[DeafSmith]

Folks, I am looking for a set of original S&W made round butt grips for my S&W 629 Mountain Gun. Right now it has the rubber ones (and I'm wood and steel guy) and I need some. Real original S&W grips.

In fact, for my S&W 625-4 5 inch.45 ACP I'd love to find a set for that to!!!

Any of you guys know where to find 'em?

Thanks!

 

[bigggbbruce]

Sounds like you have the original grips for that gun.

 

[DeafSmith]

I want... WOOD. See these two S&Ws? Both are mine. The one with rubber grips, a Mountain Gun, I want wood ones. Preferable hand waxed round butt combat grips.

 

[gsfxst]

I bought a set of Pachmayr gripers and I bought a set of wood combat S&W grips .the rubber s that came on it are best. but the wood looks great. but with hunting loads the stock rubbers the best. I found the wood ones on eBay.

 

[Alk8944]

The original factory stocks/grips for the 629 Mountain Gun are rubber Hogue Mono-Grips. If by chance your gun is a 1989 "Mountain Revolver", looks just like the 1993 "Mountain Gun" but isn't so marked on the barrel, then the original stocks were Pachmayr "K Gripper" type. Yes, they are K size, but stretch enough to fit the round butt N Frame.


You might put wood stocks on the gun, but the originals were rubber!

 

[bigggbbruce]

I want... WOOD. See these two S&Ws? Both are mine. The one with rubber grips, a Mountain Gun, I want wood ones. Preferable hand waxed round butt combat grips.

No need to be testy.. Original S&W N-Frame Combat Grips...$300 these days.

 

[Abbynormal]

I've been shooting S&W N Frames since the 60's. Owned my first in the 80's. Got a 629-4 Mountain Gun in the mid to late 90's. It was the first round butt N frame I ever experienced.

I didn't like the rubber Hogue Mono-Grips on it. I thought they were too narrow and transferred recoil directly to the palm of my hand and caused numbness after 3 cylinders!

A few years on, I found a S&W Forum post about Culina's Grips. I was flush at the time time and bit on a Round butt to Square butt conversion and installed them on my 629-4 Mountain Gun. Since then, I've bought 2 other N frame Culina's grips and have extremely happy with them.

Search S&W forum for Culina and you'll find them. The felt recoil with the Culina on the Mountain Gun feels to me like the recoil associated with 29-2/3 with factory target grips.

I found them to exactly duplicate the 60's N frame Coke's square butt feel.

Culina also offers their grips with S&W medallions. that makes them "almost" direct copies, but they feel "real good".

 

[DeafSmith]

No need to be testy.. Original S&W N-Frame Combat Grips...$300 these days.

Where do I find them?

 

[DeafSmith]

The original factory stocks/grips for the 629 Mountain Gun are rubber Hogue Mono-Grips. If by chance your gun is a 1989 "Mountain Revolver", looks just like the 1993 "Mountain Gun" but isn't so marked on the barrel, then the original stocks were Pachmayr "K Gripper" type. Yes, they are K size, but stretch enough to fit the round butt N Frame.


You might put wood stocks on the gun, but the originals were rubber!

I have two MGs.. one an early one with the older style rear sight.

The second one has the new rounded front sight, flash chrome hammer and trigger, and no lock!

The old one does have original wood 'combat' grips. I want those kind of grips on the other one (and maybe on my 3 inch 625 .45 ACP. revolver... and my 5 inch 625-4 wheelgun!)

Cost me some? No doubt but it's time to 'upgrade' them. Especially the 3 inch 625... pictured here. Notice my older MG .44!

 

[tarsam]

Original Mountain Gun grips a bit weak in my opinion. Get some Culinas and never look back.

 

[bigggbbruce]

Where do I find them?

From time to time they show up for sale here, but you need to be quick, they usually don't last long if priced right.

eBay is another place, once in a while you catch someone sleeping and grab a good deal.

Even Gunbroker has a pair now and again.

Recently there was a thread about buying a gun for the grips. I traded for a 629-5 MG it had the RB Combats on it. I'm one that doesn't like them other than what they sell for. So I traded for the gun and sold the combats and put the Hogue Rubber that belonged on it. Made for a nicely priced Mountain Gun..