Grips for S&W K22?

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ghbucky01

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The original factory grips are still on it.

I'm not sure if it is that my hands are big, or if the grips were intended to be used one-handed, but I just cannot find a place for my support hand where I can get a comfortable, relaxed and consistent grip with it.

As a consequence, my double action pull is making the front sight walk all over the place.

Does anyone have any advice on grips that can help out with that?
 
If you have another K frame S&W with grips you like try them on the K-22. If that works find another set of those. Otherwise settle in to a long hunt for the grips you will like. Lots of brands, manufacturers, types, and styles out there in all price ranges. I know not much help in this post but what works for me, in this case the K-22 original grips fit my hands well, don't work for you so all I can offer is find something you like the feel of in your hand wherever you shop and hopefully once on the revolver they will do well for you.
 
Try S&W Target grips,,,

This is a K-frame with normal S&W grips,,,
They are a bit small for some folk with bigger hands.

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This is a K-frame with S&W Grips that are (I believe) called target grips.

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They really are easier to get a two-handed grip on.

I would just handle every K-frame you see,,,
One day you'll find the perfect grips,,,
Find out what they are then,,,
And buy some.

Aarond

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A friend gave me the target grips for my M-17 and I have since put a tyler T grip on the 617. The reason I took the factory grips off the 617 is I dispise plastic grips
 
I'm a big fan of the Tylers T-Grip. Keep the original factory Magna grips, but fills in that gap between the grip and the trigger guard.

Here's one on my 1948 K-22 (lower). I need to get one for the K-38.

 
I'm extremely fond of the Hogue rubber grips with finger grooves, I use them on all my K, L and N frame revolvers. Unless your hands are really huge, you might want to give them a try.
 
My 517 came with some gorgeous factory grips............trouble was the hurt my hands shooting with them and accuracy was lousy?? I switched to Pachmayr decelerator Grips.......allot more comfortable and tighten up the groups. :cool:
Now some twenty-five years later, like them even more, because of having arthritis................they help me hold and grip the gun better!:D
 
Howdy

So what type of grips are on it now?

This is not a K22, it is a Military and Police Target Model from the 1930s. These are the grips that came standard on most K frame Smiths in the 1930s. They are simply known as Service Grips. Clearly not much to grab on to, but this is the way the top of the line target guns came from the factory in the 30s.

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This is the way my Model 17-3 came from the factory in 1975. These are the standard grips that Smith put on most of their revolvers for many years. They are known as Magna grips.

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This Model 19 is wearing what were known as Oversized Target grips. These were standard on many Smiths for many years. These were made from Goncalo Alves.

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Since there's no recoil from the K-22, I like the Jerry Miculek smooth 1-piece grips. It's fairly thin overall, with no finger grooves. This means it can fit a wide variety of hand sizes, always a good thing for a K-22, since that is such a great gun for training new shooters.

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The current grips looks like the target grips that I see in the photos.

This means it can fit a wide variety of hand sizes, always a good thing for a K-22, since that is such a great gun for training new shooters.
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I confess that I had not thought about smaller hands. Shame on me.

I'll look into that grips, thanks.
 
I almost always am shooting my target revolvers single-action-but then, I'm a confirmed Bullseye competitor. For this purpose, I have found the Smith "target" grips (like the ones in the bottom photo submitted by Driftwood Johnson) for their K-framed revolvers sufficient for accurate shooting.
 
I almost always am shooting my target revolvers single-action-but then, I'm a confirmed Bullseye competitor. For this purpose, I have found the Smith "target" grips (like the ones in the bottom photo submitted by Driftwood Johnson) for their K-framed revolvers sufficient for accurate shooting.
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I agree completely. But, I want to start doing club steel matches (a local club has a rimfire revolver class), so I need to get that DA trigger down to be able to have a chance of being competitive.

(Don't ask about speed loading a rimfire cylinder... )
 
I guess its a matter of personal opinion and fit, but I've found the factory target grips to be the best I've used on K frame Smiths. The older ones were much more comfortable, later ones often being squarish feeling and often not fitting well. They can often be worked down to improve the feel dramatically.

I've got way over 200K rounds through my K-22. The good factory targets are my all time favorite grips on DA's. Running small game, airborn targets etc, all are pretty simple after getting some time with the gun.
 
For a K-frame, ANY K-frame, make mine the Skeeter Skelton stocks by BLUEMAGNUM over in Colorado. And a touch on the thin side if you please.
 
I'm a great believer in keeping guns "in character" as much as possible, so all my S&Ws wear S&W grips, usually targets. S&W K-frame Magnas are readily available on the S&W Forum, on eBay, and elsewhere for not too much money (although, like everything else gun-related, they've shot up in price lately). You should get a pair and try them out, you'll always be able to sell them and get your money back out if you don't like them. Just, whatever you do, keep the original factory grips so you can return the gun to its original condition if you sell it, particularly if it's a K-22 (vs. a Model 17).
 
There is a seller on Ebay from Thailand. His name is jaruwan.p He has many different grip profiles for the K frame Smith & Wesson. Here is a pair I got for my 617. They took 18 days to arrive, and were $28. They are excellent

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Uhhh..... Thanks to everyone for their help....

But, we can chalk my initial request up to operator error (stupidity?).

So, I read through the comments and thought maybe I should just spend some more time with the target grips on the gun, since they seem to be well loved.

At the range 2 days ago, after firing 50ish rounds, the cylinder refused to close. I kind of freaked, and ended up calling S&W. A very nice man asked me, very politely, if I could have lead buildup on the forcing cone....

So, after finally cleaning up the pistol (I now realize it has had close to 1000 rounds of bulk .22 ammo since the last time it got a thorough cleaning) the action is smooth as silk, and holding sight picture through a double action pull is no problem at all.

I could probably accurately fire the thing without any grips at all now.

It was a gradual process, so I didn't realize how stiff it had gotten.

I'm an idiot.
 
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