Wood or rubber grips shooting magnums

[UDR2]

I know that some of you rarely, if ever, shoot magnum loads from your magnum rated guns, but I am only interested in hearing from the guys and gals who regularly fire off dozens of magnum loads from your revolvers. Do you shoot them with wood, or with rubber grips?

 

[arjay]

I use both.Wood is fine if it fits your hand properly,but rubber gets the nod if I'm shooting a lot of hot rounds.

 

[jimmyj]

Hi:
Sissy Guy Jimmy uses Pachmayr Grips (The type/model that covers the backstrap) when shooting magnum ammo.
Jimmy (former whimp, current sissy)

 

[Stu Honea]

I rarely shoot real magnums anymore,since there are good performing .38 loads available.If I do I may throw on a set of rubbers with a covered backstrap,but it's rare.
On my K frame snubs,my favorites are the Uncle Mikes rubber.The short ones with the two finger grooves and open backstrap. Woods are great and look beautiful,but my K's get carried and are shooters,so these work best for me for my own use.

 

[folkenheath]

Are you talking .357 Magnum or .44 Magnum? I prefer the rubber backstrap with the .44 Magnum. With the .357 Mag wood is just fine because it looks better and its comfortable to shoot anyway.

 

[kenjen]

if i am shooting my 357 i use a good set of wood stocks that fit my hand, for my 44 i like the rubber pachmayr stocks

 

[M2MikeGolf]

I shoot magnums all the time out of my 619, don't mind the recoil at all. I took those ugly goodyears off right away and slipped a nice set of Ahrend's on and never looked back. Those Ahrend's make such a snug fit there just isn't an issue, but some are more recoil sensitive than others it seems.

 

[team sidewinder]

44mags and rubber grips with the backstrap covered.

 

[snowman]

I have .357s equipped with both, and it doesn't matter to me. I've never felt that the recoil was an issue.

Both my .44s have wood, and the recoil doesn't bother me with those either. I hope I don't sound arrogant -I'm merely stating a fact. Maybe when I get older things will change, but I'm 53 now -we'll see.

Andy

 

[TNFrank]

Rubber grips always wore a blister into my palm, especially with single action handguns. I like wood or hard nylon.

 

[Texas1941]

Most of the time, rubber gets the nod. It's not so much a question of recoil, but of control. If I'm shooting two handed, rubber or wood seem to work equally well. Shooting one handed or weak handed, rubber seems to work better. Also, if I testing loads and not using the machine rest, rubber with an enclosed backstrap doesn't beat me up quite so bad.

Rubber of any sort is ugly. Nothing looks better than good wood. And yes, for most of this crowd, including me, looks count.

 

[427mach1]

My 44 and both of my 41's wear rubber Hogue grips and I shoot "magnum loads".

 

[johnsonl]

Rubber tames the recoil, but...

WOOD LOOKS GOOD!

 

[StatesRightist]

Anything above .357 needs rubber grips for extended shooting IMO. The S&W 500's and Tamers are both great.

 

[deanodog]

If it recoils hard it wears rubber grips for an old man like me.

 

[310Pilot]

Wood grips on my 357s and 44s, but my 500s wear their original rubbers.

 

[TAROMAN]

Wood. Especially after I discovered Ahrends stocks.
The only rubbers I ever cared for are the NLA Uncle Mikes. And AFAIK, these were never made for the N-Frames.
As for the rest of 'em, its junkbox time:

 

[kbm6893]

Wood looks nice, but the factory Magnas or Targets both suck for me as for as shooting. I leave the wood on them until I go to the range, then rubber pachmayr's get put on. Can't deal with Hogue's.

 

[Pote]

wood...personally I don't think 357 magnum is all that when it comes to recoil - especially with a N frame. Its pure fun and a pleasure to shoot for long sessions...but the wood must fit the hand. IMO, shooting 38 spcl. +p out of a airweight jframe is way less enjoyable no matter what grips...so again, magnums out of a heavy frame like a N is a pleasure with wood.

 

[505Gibbs]

I have wood on everything from 357 to the 460[oversized Nill model].
S&W target or Hogue's on all but the 460 as noted.