Does ANYBODY like rubber?
- Thread starter RogerC
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Yes, I use rubber grips, Uncle Mike's and Pachmayr, but only the older two-panel type of the latter. They feel really good, and do cut felt recoil. Terry Murbach says that rubber grips won't let a gun shoot as well as will wooden grips, but I'm unable to see the difference. That was you, wasn't it, Terry, back when you were writing for, HANDGUNS?
The tool that someone thought might be used for trepanning is, I believe, an Inca sacrificial knife. May be Mochi; I think Inca. They are very distinct from the obsidian-bladed Aztec ceremonial knives.
Lone Star
The tool that someone thought might be used for trepanning is, I believe, an Inca sacrificial knife. May be Mochi; I think Inca. They are very distinct from the obsidian-bladed Aztec ceremonial knives.
Lone Star
All of my most-used harder recoiling guns wear rubber grips. Those oversize 'target stocks' that came on most guns of the 60s and 70s were waaaaay too big for my hands.
Back when I was about 16 or so I bruised my hand trying to master shooting my brand new Python one handed with full-house Mag loads and those stupid big grips. Almost let it fly out of my hand from recoil once, too! It would have been a sin to see that brand new 6" Royal Blue beauty hitting the pavement!
Back in the mid 70s there weren't a lot of grip options. I never shot the gun again. Hmmmmm. I wonder what my father ever did with that gun.
When I got my Dan Wesson .357 years later, it too had those oversize grips. After I replaced then with a set of Pachmayr Grippers, no more problems.
My Taurus snubbie was another problem. The factory stocks were too small and smooth to control it in rapid fire. I still wanted a smallish grip, but one that would enable me to control recoil better. I found a friendly shop that let me try out the various grip panels on the gun (without firing). I tried Hogue, Uncle Mike and Pachmayr in both rubber and wood. I liked the feel of the Pachmayr Compac rubber the best, mostly for the generous palm swell. Maybe if I could have a similar grips in wood it would work, too.
Anyway, they are a joy to shoot the way they are, just not as pretty as they would be with wood grips.
My other revolvers still have factory wood. The Blackhawk and the target .22., although I'd like to get a set of fake ivory or maybe stag for the Blackhawk, just for looks.
My autos are split, wood and rubber. The S&W39 has wood but the 4006 wears rubber instead of the slippery factory plastic.
Back when I was about 16 or so I bruised my hand trying to master shooting my brand new Python one handed with full-house Mag loads and those stupid big grips. Almost let it fly out of my hand from recoil once, too! It would have been a sin to see that brand new 6" Royal Blue beauty hitting the pavement!
Back in the mid 70s there weren't a lot of grip options. I never shot the gun again. Hmmmmm. I wonder what my father ever did with that gun.When I got my Dan Wesson .357 years later, it too had those oversize grips. After I replaced then with a set of Pachmayr Grippers, no more problems.
My Taurus snubbie was another problem. The factory stocks were too small and smooth to control it in rapid fire. I still wanted a smallish grip, but one that would enable me to control recoil better. I found a friendly shop that let me try out the various grip panels on the gun (without firing). I tried Hogue, Uncle Mike and Pachmayr in both rubber and wood. I liked the feel of the Pachmayr Compac rubber the best, mostly for the generous palm swell. Maybe if I could have a similar grips in wood it would work, too.
Anyway, they are a joy to shoot the way they are, just not as pretty as they would be with wood grips.
My other revolvers still have factory wood. The Blackhawk and the target .22., although I'd like to get a set of fake ivory or maybe stag for the Blackhawk, just for looks.
My autos are split, wood and rubber. The S&W39 has wood but the 4006 wears rubber instead of the slippery factory plastic.
Mike Irwin
Staff
I shoot a handgun a LOT better with rubber grips than with wood grips.
Mike Irwin
Staff
Thanks, Roger.
I think this Mavica is about 5 to 6 years old, and the resolution really shows it.
I think this Mavica is about 5 to 6 years old, and the resolution really shows it.
I usually take a dozen or more shots, then cull them down to the best ones.
My camera has different settings for picture quality.
Superfine, fine, normal and economy.
On SF I get about 24 on my memory chip compared to about a 100 at economy level.
My pics at the SF level have to be resized downward otherwise they are too huge for the forum.
My camera has different settings for picture quality.
Superfine, fine, normal and economy.
On SF I get about 24 on my memory chip compared to about a 100 at economy level.
My pics at the SF level have to be resized downward otherwise they are too huge for the forum.
CastleBravo
New member
I like rubber better, too. It just feels alot better, especially with warmer loads.
YEA, VERILY Kentucky Rifle
New member
Tamara...
Sometimes you just crack me up! (You heathen you!
)
My "newer" Smith has harder rubber grips and my Taurus has softer rubber grips. Both work as far as reducing recoil. (I guess.)
My older Smith's with the pinned barrels and the wonderful deep blue finish have those skinny stock wood grips. I hate them, but for some crazy reason, I feel that I have to keep these old fellas just as they came from the factory. The Silverwood on your 731UL and smooth Pau Ferro (right?) on your 625 are truly beautiful though.
KR
Sometimes you just crack me up! (You heathen you!
)My "newer" Smith has harder rubber grips and my Taurus has softer rubber grips. Both work as far as reducing recoil. (I guess.)
My older Smith's with the pinned barrels and the wonderful deep blue finish have those skinny stock wood grips. I hate them, but for some crazy reason, I feel that I have to keep these old fellas just as they came from the factory. The Silverwood on your 731UL and smooth Pau Ferro (right?) on your 625 are truly beautiful though.
KR
Sling Shot
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The only rubber grips that I like are the Hogues. The thing about rubber grips.....they are generic. One size to fit all...kind of like hats. Adjust your hand to fit some ones vision of a perfect grip. That is why I sprung for a set of Herrett's custom shooting masters. They are perfect, for me, for two handed double action shooting. They have a rounded off butt, but they still fill the back of the hand like a square butt grip---ingenious. Sling Shot
Mike Irwin
Staff
Rail gun,
I THINK that you can special order wood grips through S&W, but as far as I know, about the only guns that come from Smith with wood these days are the Performance Center guns.
Which isn't such a bad thing, considering that by far the WORST thing about S&W revolvers has always been their stinking grips.
I THINK that you can special order wood grips through S&W, but as far as I know, about the only guns that come from Smith with wood these days are the Performance Center guns.
Which isn't such a bad thing, considering that by far the WORST thing about S&W revolvers has always been their stinking grips.