Lightest J-Frame grips

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Well, I gave up looking for a 342PD today and bought a 340PD instead.

Has anybody weighed any J-frame grips to see what was the lightest? Or maybe a set of magnas plus a Tyler T-grip?

Looking to make up that .6 ounce I compromised for. :D
 
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You can make up for about a half ounce by using 110 gr. bullets instead of 158 grainers. Another half ounce in the speed loader.
Ahrends makes his grips out of different woods. You could check with him to find out which are the lightest. Probably Walnut. If you order them unfinished, you could slim them down some more with 80 grit paper. I do this for a good custom fit, in any case. I don't know how they compare with rubber grips. I find that rubber grips are slower to get settled into my hand for a shot.

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Rick
 
The rubber Hogue Bantam is much lighter than Hogue's wood version of the same grip. I have both in front of me and the difference is readily apparent. It's doubtful you'll find any wood grip lighter than the rubber Bantam.

The absolute lightest grip, however, might be something like the Barami Hip Grip, which are basically magna size/shape and thin hollow plastic. If you could find the non-clip sides of both a right- and left-handed set of Barami Hip Grips to make a matching non-clip set, that would probably be the lightest J-frame grip ever. Find an aluminum, rather than steel, screw and nut to make 'em even lighter. :)

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DeSantis's clip grip is really light. It is a hollowed out shell of some sort of polymer. Works like the old Barami hip-grips but shaped like a boot grip.
 
I appreciate all the response from you guys. Dealer is going to let me swap the new fish grips off this 340 for a bantam off another new j-frame in the case.

Easiest solution and I won't have to wait on an order to show up.

I won't be able to swap until tomorrow. How tacky are the bantams? I pocket carry 99% of the time.
 
The rubber Bantam is somewhat sticky but I've read others have applied a bit of mineral oil (baby oil or even common gun oil) to them, rubbed into the rubber, which supposedly reduces some of the tackiness.
 
I've not used Hogues, but my Pachmayrs and a CT laser grip were all somewhat sticky when brand new. After some daily carry and use at the range the sweat/hand oil/airborne dirt all combined to take most of the stickiness away.
 
I've got Bantams on my 36 and 640. They're not perfect, but they seem to be the best compromise I've found in terms of concealability and performance to date. I don't know if they're the lightest, but they're pretty light. They seem to help absorb some recoil due to the shape and the material they're constructed from.
 
You can buy the Hogue bantams in wood, but they aren't cheap. They come out of pocket really fast.

BUT..... I would pick my grips by how they felt and their size to fit how you carry moreso than by a few ounces difference.
 
I use the bantams on my pocket gun during the Arizona summer - but I don't use them for the weight, I use them because some of my shorts have pockets that aren't very deep, and the bantams disappear nicely and don't print at all, even with thin material. I agree they are lightweight - they must weigh all of 1 oz.
 
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