SeanPwnery
Member
Good evening everyone, I've been a long-time reader, but new poster and owner.
I went into my revolver purchase head first - like the gentleman at Shooters Station out in Conroe told me prior to purchase, "If you don't get the one you want, you'll never really enjoy what you have - it's a lot like finding a girl that reminds you of an ex - she'll never feel the same to you." He was absolutely right.
I travelled about 300 miles round-trip going to several gun shows and finally making a trek out to his shop late in the evening about two weeks ago. Basically, during the stand-to-stand tango at the gun shows (Collectors and High Caliber), I came to realize what I wanted was basically the "Golden Goose" model S&W - nobody had one, and almost nobody had seen one in the flesh. 2 and a half hours later, I'm at the shop I found through Gunbroker and walked away with this.
Getting my hands on the Competitor proved difficult in my area of the woods - I was scanning Gunbroker for weeks to try to find one locally or as close to locally as possible. It was the one I wanted, and it's the one I finally found and came home with (and I have to say, it feels better than most exes)
Anyway, up to this point, I've owned or fired smaller caliber semi's and a .38 Detective. A few of my friends have shorter barreled .45's and the kick on those used to concern me but this was over 10 years ago. Since then I've gotten a little thicker and figured a weight-compensated 6" barrel will help quell some of the concern I have with firing this.
One thing I can tell right off the bat though is the grip. It came with a Hogue monogrip which for my hands feels a bit too thin. I work with small tools a lot, and had experience as a piano player and guitarist. I have pretty long fingers and a wide palm so I'm finding the grip a little too "small" in my hands. Another revolver I've been interested in is the Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan which comes with the Hogue Tamer grip which absolutely felt good in the hands for me.
I found a thread about folks here running the Tamer from an X-frame .500 S&W as a direct drop on replacement which sounds like it'll fit the bill perfectly. Handfeel is very important to me, and the extra "meat" covering the back-strap is absolutely a plus for me. The problem is... once again, I feel like I'm chasing the golden goose. I've searched just about everywhere and come back to the thread with the pictures of the grip on the 629 next to a .500. Hogue's website doesn't even list the tamer, or just about anything for an X-frame.
Anyone out there have a supplier or a Hogue P/N they can send my way so I can get this?
I went into my revolver purchase head first - like the gentleman at Shooters Station out in Conroe told me prior to purchase, "If you don't get the one you want, you'll never really enjoy what you have - it's a lot like finding a girl that reminds you of an ex - she'll never feel the same to you." He was absolutely right.
I travelled about 300 miles round-trip going to several gun shows and finally making a trek out to his shop late in the evening about two weeks ago. Basically, during the stand-to-stand tango at the gun shows (Collectors and High Caliber), I came to realize what I wanted was basically the "Golden Goose" model S&W - nobody had one, and almost nobody had seen one in the flesh. 2 and a half hours later, I'm at the shop I found through Gunbroker and walked away with this.
Getting my hands on the Competitor proved difficult in my area of the woods - I was scanning Gunbroker for weeks to try to find one locally or as close to locally as possible. It was the one I wanted, and it's the one I finally found and came home with (and I have to say, it feels better than most exes)
Anyway, up to this point, I've owned or fired smaller caliber semi's and a .38 Detective. A few of my friends have shorter barreled .45's and the kick on those used to concern me but this was over 10 years ago. Since then I've gotten a little thicker and figured a weight-compensated 6" barrel will help quell some of the concern I have with firing this.
One thing I can tell right off the bat though is the grip. It came with a Hogue monogrip which for my hands feels a bit too thin. I work with small tools a lot, and had experience as a piano player and guitarist. I have pretty long fingers and a wide palm so I'm finding the grip a little too "small" in my hands. Another revolver I've been interested in is the Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan which comes with the Hogue Tamer grip which absolutely felt good in the hands for me.
I found a thread about folks here running the Tamer from an X-frame .500 S&W as a direct drop on replacement which sounds like it'll fit the bill perfectly. Handfeel is very important to me, and the extra "meat" covering the back-strap is absolutely a plus for me. The problem is... once again, I feel like I'm chasing the golden goose. I've searched just about everywhere and come back to the thread with the pictures of the grip on the 629 next to a .500. Hogue's website doesn't even list the tamer, or just about anything for an X-frame.
Anyone out there have a supplier or a Hogue P/N they can send my way so I can get this?
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