S&W 500 LASER GRIPS

[grit]

Currently no manufacturers make laser grips for the 500.

I think that it would be nice to have them available. Crimson Trace has discussed the possibility of producing them if there is enough interest...in fact, the owner of CT has a 500 and would be behind the project.

If you would like to see laser grips for the 500 please go to...

Request New Laser Sight Models | Crimson Trace Laser Grips

...and make a request. It takes literally 30 seconds.

I was advised by Crimson Trace that this is something that they really look at...every vote counts.

Regards.

 

[DonD]

I'm not trying to be a snot here but CT grips are usually for defensive weapons and I think the number of people who are or will use a .500 Mag in a dedicated defensive role are miniscule.

Sounds more like a range toy and the downside is that if I'm not mistaken, CT grips are hard and will be less than pleasant to use with a .500. Don

 

[ErnieDeBord]

I live in the "wilderness", Beleive it or not, I have a 500 on my bedside table, If I am threated to the "graveist extreme'', I think the 500 would stop the inturder- wall, fridge,bookcase etc not withstanding.

 

[murphydog]

Since the 500 has a K sized round butt grip frame, I gather there is some other compatibility issue such that you can't use the existing K RB CT grips?

 

[grit]

I'm not trying to be a snot here but CT grips are usually for defensive weapons and I think the number of people who are or will use a .500 Mag in a dedicated defensive role are miniscule.

Sounds more like a range toy and the downside is that if I'm not mistaken, CT grips are hard and will be less than pleasant to use with a .500. Don

All good points Don...I just thought I'd throw it out there in case anyone was interested.

Since the 500 has a K sized round butt grip frame, I gather there is some other compatibility issue such that you can't use the existing K RB CT grips?

Correct. Even though the differences are minimal, K-frame CT grips won't quite work on the X-frames. Per Crimson Trace...If you look on the right side of the gun with the grips off, the arc at the top of the cutout in the gun frame is smaller on the right than the left. This is a key registration feature and prevents any of our K frame grips from fitting...

 

[DonD]

All good points Don...I just thought I'd throw it out there in case anyone was interested.

I guess what might have been a better response is that a CT might BE fun as a range toy although like some other ideas that bring pleasure to people, I suspect that CT won't see enough sales potential to make it profitable to tool up for one.

Sometimes my crankiness makes me overlook things that are fun for others. Senior moment? Don

 

[44R]

500ES

I guess what might have been a better response is that a CT might BE fun as a range toy although like some other ideas that bring pleasure to people, I suspect that CT won't see enough sales potential to make it profitable to tool up for one.
Don

I carry a 500ES (2.75") in a fanny pack as a defensive firearm when walking my dog in the evening or when I'm in the office late. A Crimson Trace would make the weapon more effective. I think people with the 4-inch models might be in the same situation. A lot of people keep the 500's in their cars too. True, CT grips would not be useful hunting with one of the long-barreled models.

Kevin

 

[PA Reb]

I'm not trying to be a snot here but CT grips are usually for defensive weapons and I think the number of people who are or will use a .500 Mag in a dedicated defensive role are miniscule.

Sounds more like a range toy and the downside is that if I'm not mistaken, CT grips are hard and will be less than pleasant to use with a .500. Don

They can be and are used for hunting also.

 

[mo84]

It would be cool too if you were useing two different kinds of bullets such as weak range loads and full house loads. If the two loads had different POI then you could set your hard sites for your full house hunting load, and adjust the laser for the weaker range loads.

 

[450mar]

I think they would be handy for nighttime bear visits while out in the brush. Also would have helped me hit the coyote that was trying to steal my deer off my meat pole....

I would buy a set......

 

[S.B.]

They can be and are used for hunting also.

Not in Illinois, we can't have anything on our hunting gun that projects a light onto the game.
Steve

 

[Nemo288]

I would think they could be useful shooting pigs at dusk or at night.
Correct me if I am wrong, but the newer CT grips are softer than
the old polymer ones (which I have on a Bulldog). Not nearly as
soft as the 500 grips though (which I use on a Mountain Revolver).

---
Nemo

 

[cbr600f3]

I would purchase a set of ct grips for my .500. Dont much care about needing it for defence...i mean really how many people with ct grips on thier guns will actualy need it to defend themself...honestly if someone is in my home i wont need any sights for the distance i would be shooting anyway.

 

[Ldishman]

What about a rail mounted one on top...like the Sightmark duo with laser and red dot/holograph?
Think it would stand up to the recoil?

 

[44R]

Modification of K-Frame Grips Possible

Correct. Even though the differences are minimal, K-frame CT grips won't quite work on the X-frames. Per Crimson Trace...If you look on the right side of the gun with the grips off, the arc at the top of the cutout in the gun frame is smaller on the right than the left. This is a key registration feature and prevents any of our K frame grips from fitting...

First, apologies for restarting this old thread but I did not find a new one in my search.

When you say the cut out right cut out being smaller than the left is a "key registration feature", do you mean product registration or something about the laser registering? I ask because I'm wondering whether the CT K-Frame grips cannot be altered to fit.

I have owned and sold lasers because they tended to interfere with my point of aim on a 38 or 45, but I think one would be useful on the 500ES snub nose. It's a pretty hard gun to shoot - gives me a flinch - even with reduced loads. It might be easier to point shoot.

 

[rusty belly]

Personally I would buy a grip laser for my 500 for several reasons. To each his own but I do not care for the looks of scoped revolvers and doing so would make my $225 chest holster unusable. Also since LASIK surgery I can either view my target with a very fuzzy sight picture or put on reading glasses and have a very fuzzy target picture. Not exactly optimal either way. I really think a grip laser would be the ticket at least for me.

 

[Officerblue]

I'm pretty sure the cylinders are too fat? But if you'd like you can mount a laser on your scope mount. After a few rounds you have to readjust your laser. But I had good luck with a red dot. Leupold lco carbine optic red dot...