gasmitty
Member
I picked up a 617-6 a couple of years ago and started using it in my club's monthly rimfire steel matches. The action has been lightly worked over and it's a great shooter, but the factory finger-groove grips are just too short (front-to-back) for me. If I get the web of my hand high on the backstrap of the gun, my trigger finger is too far forward for a comfortable position which allows me to work the trigger quickly.
In a revolver-specific training I took a while back, the instructor commented that I needed a larger grip on my M64 to get my hand higher on the backstrap. I got a set of Pachmayr Presentation grips which were perfect - except they didn't offer enough clearance for speedloaders on the port side. Not good for a defensive handgun, so I reverted back to the factory grips.
Not being tuned into square vs round frame specifics, I tried the Pachmayrs on the 617. As both the 617 and 64 are K-frames, the grip was just what I needed size-wise, but alas, the Presentation grips are only intended for square frame guns. Although they physically fit, they are not clamped tightly in place and swim around a bit unless I hold the gun with a death grip. So, close but no cigar.
Comparing the Presentation with the 617's factory Hogue grips, the major dimensional difference is that the Presentations cover the gun's backstrap while the Hogues do not. The difference amounts to maybe a little less than a quarter of an inch, but it's significant in terms of feel. None of the aftermarket Hogue K-frame grips cover the backstrap, and Pachmayr does not offer the Presentation grips for round-frame models.
I'm not a fan of finger grooves, either, but that's a compromise I'd be willing to try if I could find a grip with some material over the backstrap.
Any suggestions?
In a revolver-specific training I took a while back, the instructor commented that I needed a larger grip on my M64 to get my hand higher on the backstrap. I got a set of Pachmayr Presentation grips which were perfect - except they didn't offer enough clearance for speedloaders on the port side. Not good for a defensive handgun, so I reverted back to the factory grips.
Not being tuned into square vs round frame specifics, I tried the Pachmayrs on the 617. As both the 617 and 64 are K-frames, the grip was just what I needed size-wise, but alas, the Presentation grips are only intended for square frame guns. Although they physically fit, they are not clamped tightly in place and swim around a bit unless I hold the gun with a death grip. So, close but no cigar.
Comparing the Presentation with the 617's factory Hogue grips, the major dimensional difference is that the Presentations cover the gun's backstrap while the Hogues do not. The difference amounts to maybe a little less than a quarter of an inch, but it's significant in terms of feel. None of the aftermarket Hogue K-frame grips cover the backstrap, and Pachmayr does not offer the Presentation grips for round-frame models.
I'm not a fan of finger grooves, either, but that's a compromise I'd be willing to try if I could find a grip with some material over the backstrap.
Any suggestions?
