Pictures of Jordan Grips

[Alex Johnson]

I would like to build a set of grips for a model 19-2 and am looking for pictures of this style. I keep running into Pachmayr Jordan grips, but how close did these follow the original design? I remember somewhere seeing a photograph of Jordan's 19 with fancy walnut grips, but cannot seem to find it now. Any photos and discussion of this style would be a big help. Thanks.

 

[sigp220.45]

Herrett made a nice version. They closed up shop, but you may be able to find some on eBay.

 

[Vtgw938]

Jordon's

Attached are images of a beautiful set of the Herrett's Jordon grips for a Colt. These had exceptional walnut wood. If they were for a Smith I would have kept them but as I did not have a Colt I passed them on to a Forum member for their enjoyment. Good luck.

 

[Alex Johnson]

That helps, beautiful grips in those photos. Thank you for sharing them.

 

[Bullet Bob]

"Herrett made a nice version. They closed up shop..."

Herrett's is still open and rockin'. And they can still make you a beautiful set of those grips.

The stocks you want are at the bottom right of their website:


Products

 

[WCCPHD]

Herrett made a nice version. They closed up shop, but you may be able to find some on eBay.

Not closed, just moved.

Herrett's Stocks

 

[Alex Johnson]

Thanks, I want to make them myself, but was looking for some examples to get a better idea about the contours. Doesn't look to be any palm swell or flare at the bottom. If I can get a pair of the Herrett's I will use those as a model.

 

[H Richard]

Generic Jordan grips are usually "large", and unless made to your hand drawing may be not a good fit if you have smaller hands. Bill Jordan's hands were VERY large.

 

[John Adams]

A couple of Herretts Jordans

Please let us know if you need more photos.Pictured is a 10 mm 610 below a .45 Colt 625. Exhibition grade walnut on both revolvers.

 

[Alex Johnson]

Beautiful grips, always enjoy seeing more pictures. I am bidding on a couple Jordan style grips now, m they should work well for models and along with the photographs I should be able to make something work. Thanks

 

[crazyphil]

Here is my model 19 with Jordan Patrolman stocks made by Herrett's.
You send them a drawing of the outline of your hand and they make the
stocks to fit your hand just right.

 

[tndrfttom]

The Pachmayr-made Jordan style grips I had (many years ago) were a disappointment from a quality standpoint. They were mostly hollow, hard plastic, with some internal reinforcing ribs. The shape was good and filled my hand nicely; they had Jordan's signature on the right grip in small script if I recall correctly. I put them on a model 25 but after one or two trips to the range the locating pin holes cracked and allowed the grips to move on the frame wearing a spot in the blue. The gold colored plastic Pachmayr emblem was plastic and glued in place. One of them fell out after a few dozen rounds.

If you are looking for the shape and feel of Jordan grips these were OK but for a shooter I'd get something in wood like the Herretts.

 

[SG-688]

Variations on the Herrett Trooper, including the Jordan Trooper, from an old catalog. Plus a comparison of old and new Shooting Stars.

 

[mh51]

Here is my model 19 with Jordan Patrolman stocks made by Herrett's.
You send them a drawing of the outline of your hand and they make the
stocks to fit your hand just right.

I still have a set of Herrett's Jordan Trooper model. At that time, you sent them a tracing of the butt of your revolver, and the tracing of your hand. The stocks fit the gun and me perfectly when I got them!!

 

[sceva]

Here is a set I used to own. Hope it helps

 

[Alex Johnson]

I appreciate all of the help and the great photos that were provided. I was able to get an old set of Pachmayr Jordan grips that will work well enough to use as a model. I feel along with the photographs that were provided I can make something work. My hands are nowhere near as big as Jordan's hands supposedly were so I will have to slim the grips down to fit. I will post some photos when I get them started. Thanks again.

 

[Green Frog]

Unless you have hands like a NBA basketball player, trying to hold the original Jordan grips would be like little David picking up Goliath's sword. His hands were legendary in size. OTOH, he designed them to be comfortable for DA shooting, and if Alex uses the shape and scales them to his hands, it should be a worthwhile project and he'll have the additional pride of having made them himself. I'll be interested to see how this project works out for him.

Froggie

 

[sodacan]

Here is a set of Jordan Trooper ("N" frame, square butt) stocks. They are executed in a beautiful figured walnut. I used them on my model 29, and they proved to be excellent for recoil absorption. I believe they were made in 1972. I have a bunch of revolvers that they fit, but I generally shoot them with their original stocks. I'm also a big fan of their ubiquitous "Shooting Star" stocks. The company is still in business.

 

[BRush]

Here are a pair I ordered from Herrett's more than 40 years ago.

 

[sceva]

Unless you have hands like a NBA basketball player, trying to hold the original Jordan grips would be like little David picking up Goliath's sword.

A lot of people think this but Herrett's could fit some pretty average sized hand with the Jordan Trooper. Where you need to be careful is buying them second hand. I bought two over the years.
The N-Frame ones shown in my earlier post which fit my average hands better than any other grip I ever tried; I only let them go after my last N-frame left the stable. And a K-frame set that I was sorry to find were actually larger all around than the older N-Frame ones. Luckily, after speaking to someone at Herrett's for a reasonable fee I sent the grips, a hand sketch and the N-Frame ones in and a very nice lady re-worked the K-frame ones to a smaller size and re-finished them.

So; Herrett Jordan Troopers CAN be made to fit a standard hand. They are one fine grip and work well on heavy recoiling revolvers.