This has been in the back of my mind for a while

[EricR]

N-frame magna's work for me. I tried targets on both a 6" and 4" Highway Patrolman and they were just too big. Specifically, the base is too large. Now, on my 29-2 and my 25-2 I just can't bring myself to take the original target stocks off.

My hands aren't that big and a boxer's fracture on my shooting hand has left my pinky finger a tad short. So that doesn't help matters. But I won't hesitate to put a BK adapter on a magna, either N or K frame. And I do like K targets on my 14-4 and my K22.

 

[rockquarry]

Hand sizes and individual tastes vary considerably. For the last fifty years, Magnas have looked better and felt more comfortable to me, regardless of frame size or barrel length.

 

[rubiranch]

How do you change grips on that, or you don't right?. Yep, when you get a piece of hard Peccarino Romano, and you need to grate some on your Prince Spaghetti, you got the right tool for the job, strapped on your hip

I was thinking bench grinder.

 

[wood714]

I like stainless over blue, and not much of a N frame fan.

BUT...I'd love to have a 3 1/2" 27-2!

 

[hemiram]

I generally prefer Targets. My hands are not all that big either.
I shoot my M58 quite well with the Magnas that came on it.
They are unique to the M58 and M520.

I really don't care for aftermarket grips except for a set Pachmayr I have for my M28-2 that I used for hunting and a set of Hogue Monogrips that came on my brother's M66-1 service revolver . I don't mind switching grips around on my guns as long as they are not numbered to the gun.



My new M&P 45 Shield M2.0 arrived yesterday. It has cheese grader grips from he!! on it.

I've shot a friend's M&P and the grip texture isn't nearly as "graterish" as the old ones they were putting on K & L frames about 40 years or so ago. The M&P grips are, IMHO, a little over the top, but not horrible. Worst one I can remember is a Glock that someone had gone crazy with a soldering iron on. Just ridiculous. The guy who owned and did the grips seemed shocked that a friend and I both thought he basically trashed the gun.

 

[Narragansett]

I've shot a friend's M&P and the grip texture isn't nearly as "graterish" as the old ones they were putting on K & L frames about 40 years or so ago. The M&P grips are, IMHO, a little over the top, but not horrible. Worst one I can remember is a Glock that someone had gone crazy with a soldering iron on. Just ridiculous. The guy who owned and did the grips seemed shocked that a friend and I both thought he basically trashed the gun.

What do you do to a gun with a soldering iron? I know one thing, it does not sound good

 

[Kurusu]

What do you do to a gun with a soldering iron? I know one thing, it does not sound good

Bubba's alive ant well, I gather.

 

[rubiranch]

I've shot a friend's M&P and the grip texture isn't nearly as "graterish" as the old ones they were putting on K & L frames about 40 years or so ago. The M&P grips are, IMHO, a little over the top, but not horrible. Worst one I can remember is a Glock that someone had gone crazy with a soldering iron on. Just ridiculous. The guy who owned and did the grips seemed shocked that a friend and I both thought he basically trashed the gun.

I carry it on a OWB holster and the grip rubs on my skin. It feels like coarse sandpaper.

I think they are fine when it comes to shooting it. I will leave them be.

Its a REALLY NICE little .45.

 

[Capt. F.]

Found the same with my 24-3 and custom built .44 Special.
Magna's on the 3 1/2" are more comfortable for gripping and for shooting. I pretty much stick with moderate loads in the short barrel.
The 24-3, on occasion get hotter loads and the uncheckered targets smooth out the ride.

 

[Kurusu]

I carry it on a OWB holster and the grip rubs on my skin. It feels like coarse sandpaper.

I think they are fine when it comes to shooting it. I will leave them be.

Its a REALLY NICE little .45.

I will have to admit that all the .45 semi autos I own are of the 1911 pattern.

Only one of them a "true" 1911 though, and even that one is a 1911A1.

They are not carry guns. 2 of them are used in competition. The other one, even if registered in the "sporting permit" is not used in competition anymore.

So we have an STI Spartan; a series 80 Gold Cup as backup and a battered. mixed parts USGI.

 

[rubiranch]

This is the only 1911 I'v ever owned. A Colt MK IV Government Series 80. I sold it unfired.

My brother carried a 1911 Colt 45 Commander for years when he was a LEO.
One of my close friends EDC is a Ed Brown 1911.



These are the only two semi-autos that I own today. Both are .45s.

 

[Kurusu]

This is the only 1911 I'v ever owned. A Colt MK IV Government Series 80. I sold it unfired.

Big mistake. At least in my book.

 

[Kurusu]

About the big mistake thing.

Because they are just so fun to shoot.

Here firing the Ithaca/Remington in a 20 second timed fire practice.

[ame="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2nl9OOybndQ"]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2nl9OOybndQ[/ame]

 

[rubiranch]

Big mistake. At least in my book.

I've made bigger mistakes. LOL

 

[Kurusu]

I've made bigger mistakes. LOL

Errare humanun est.

He who never did it, to cast the first stone.

 

[ancient-one]

IMHO changing grips was the proper thing to do. My 28-2 6 in. came with Magna's. I had new Targets on hand and I liked them much better

 

[hemiram]

What do you do to a gun with a soldering iron? I know one thing, it does not sound good

They, IMHO, idiots, "stipple" their guns with them. I've only seen a couple in real life, but both of them looked very amateurish, to put it mildly. One of them had about 100 little conical impressions on each side, and I thought when I held it, "What is the point of this? The stock grip (It was an M&P)is rough enough."

Here you can watch a guy ruin his gun. Just my opinion, he seems happy with it. I just don't get the obsession some people have with an almost crazy fear of "losing my grip" on a gun.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJUfvHrhsOM[/ame]

 

[Kurusu]

I just don't get the obsession some people have with an almost crazy fear of "losing my grip"

If you ever had to you use a handgun with smooth grips with blood soaked hands you might give them a pass.

And... It can happen.

 

[rubiranch]

They, IMHO, idiots, "stipple" their guns with them. I've only seen a couple in real life, but both of them looked very amateurish, to put it mildly. One of them had about 100 little conical impressions on each side, and I thought when I held it, "What is the point of this? The stock grip (It was an M&P)is rough enough."

Here you can watch a guy ruin his gun. Just my opinion, he seems happy with it. I just don't get the obsession some people have with an almost crazy fear of "losing my grip" on a gun.

YouTube

It was just a Glock so he didn't ruin anything.