They aren't wood, but they aren't rubber either

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All this makes me come to a conclusion i had noticed. That shooting with wood grips, 45 or 357 mag loads on a N frame, around 150+ rounds at a time, hurts the hand pretty bad. Hogue rubber grips are the best. Ive wanted to try those g10s but the fiberglass laminate doesn't seem like they'll soak up much recoil. My 625 came with 2? Wood grips. The smooth jm wood grip was better than the smaller wooden grip but they both turn the webbing between thumb and index finger pink after 100 rounds. Strawberry pink after 150 rounds. I recently traded some stock rubber grips from a 627 i had to try (both N frames) and oh what a difference! I even stopped flinching as i was pulling the trigger (to anticipate for the pain......)
Those vz grips look nice, but ill stick to ugly tire rubber!

Certainly. As I previously mentioned, I wouldn't recommend them on a gun with significant recoil. But I sure do like them on my L frame 686-4+ 2.5" and 696 3". The L frame tames the .357 pretty well and the .44 Special in the 696 is a kitten anyway, even with the 190 grain Buffalo Bore soft-cast load. The VZ's also don't stick to clothing like rubber can. At least we have some choices out there to suit our personal tastes.