I have a set of Hogues on my SBH that look a lot like the grips we are talking about except they are bigger. They feel great in your hands and recoil isn't an issue. But, the are so freakin big that it is a pain to carry. I have two full flap holsters for my blackhawks. Obviously I am not going to carry these concealed or try to fast draw them, so I got a holster that gives max. protection to the gun. On my SBH, the grip sticks clear out of the holster, so everytime I sit down, the grip is scraping on a rock or something. You get the idea. These grips we are talking about feel and look very similar only make the package more practical for use off the range.
By the way, I loaded some ammo for my .30 Carbine the other day. I only had about 140 brass. I loaded 50 85 grain Sierra softpoints which I am hoping will give me over 2000 fps. They are listed in the manual at almost 2500 out of a rifle. Then I loaded 50 Hornady 100 grain semi-jacketed bullets. These are unusual bullets. The bottom of the bullet is jacketed, but the top half of the bullet is very soft lead. It would be like having a gas check that covers the whole bottom half of the bullet. These should go about 1500 fps. Finally I loaded the other 40 brass with Sierra 110 grain Varmiteer hollow points. These look like regular spitzer rifle bullets only it looks like the top 1/4 of the jacket is empty. The tech support guy from Sierra says that these will expand at handgun velocities. I used one of Paco Kelley's loads from sixgunner.com which he says will give me around 1800 fps. Friday I ordered 500 new brass, a die to trim .30 Carbine cases and some more bullets. All I need is the gun back.
Bill Ruger; if you are reading this, send me my gun back so I can shoot.