Revolver grips/grip technique question

[Protocall_Design]

My Other Half, Tracy, has small hands and has a hard time reaching the trigger on S&W revolvers. On her guns I make a "Tracy Trigger" by cutting the trigger almost through from back to front at the corner where the trigger lever and main body meet. With only a thin amount of metal left in the front, I bend the trigger back until it almost touches the trigger guard when the trigger releases the hammer. Then tig weld the cut back shut in the new position. That puts the trigger about an 1/8" further back to start with, and makes the trigger guard double as a trigger stop.

It works out really well for her, and she's a pretty good shot with that modification. If we ever want to go back to original, it's a simple matter to drop in (or fit) another trigger.

 

[Baltimoreed11754]

My problem is different as the knuckle on my middle finger that arthur has enlarged gets whacked by the trigger guard. Ouch. I have large hands with long fingers. I shoot my cas Ruger Vaqueros [old model] duelist but also shoot my DA N frame Smith, Colt NSs and .455 Webleys duelist. They all have their original grips on them. At last months cas shoot I wrapped my knuckle in a large bandage that helped. I have seen a two piece s&w gismo that fit under the grips and filled the space behind the guard not a Tyler adapter. I’ve tried a few Tylers but I’ve only gotten one to work for me on my Webley Government revolver.

 

[PeteC]

There was someone in this forum who used to make grip adapters out of some kind of resin. Not sure those are still available new, but they do show up in the classifieds now and then. "BK grip" adapters. I assume one could modify those to fit fairly easily, and keep the original grips on a gun?

 

[oldbrownhat]

The grip adaptor on my Model 10-5 is actually marked "Pachmayr". It may pre-date the gun itself, which I think is c.1972, although the front sight was the old 1/10", which I think was changed to 1/8" on the 10-5.

 

[mikerjf]

OP, I confirmed at the range today... shot some 357 loads with both Pachmayr Compacs and the cheap thin ebay rubber grips. Recoil with the ebay grips was clearly easier on my thumb. Punch in the web seemed about the same.