New 586 grips

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Loving my 586, about to start shooting it in competition, love the square butt wood grip as far as aesthetics are concerned. But. The grips are chewing up my thumb. I shoot a nice high grip, very repeatable, quick recovery, but dang its hurting my thumb. Sooo, I have a couple choices, shave the wood grips, which I like except for the one spot that chews on my thumb, or replace em with something else.

When I shoot its usually a minimum of 100 rounds in a short spell of time. Its also usually a strong 38 load, sometime a nice 357 load. But either way, her comes the blister.

So, would it be sacrilege to shave he wood grips? Or should I get some Houges? Or Pacmeyers, come to think of it I'm not so sure I like pacmeyers hard rubber. What would you do?
 
It depends on what grips you have now. If they're original walnut grips, they're too valuable to alter. Get whatever K of L frame grips work for you and fire away. Personally Houges don't work for me but we're all different. I like magnas with a Tyler T.

If they're those terrible Altamonts S&W is using now, alter away. Altamonts are plywood junk anyway; who cares.
 
Loving my 586, about to start shooting it in competition
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What type of competition shooting? Are you shooting double action only. How is your hand size for that particular trigger reach on the target grips. More information is needed to determine the best type of grip for your intended use.

Do the current wood grips wrap around the backstrap, is it a square butt 586?
 
Hmm. Good questions high valley

Idpa namely, though others may also fall in occasionally.
Namely double action as speed and S.D. are the name of the game.
My hand is definitely large on this gun, as she sits I find my N frame to be of better ergonomics/trigger reach, this one is a bit short, I find my first knuckle to be at the trigger face instead of the pad of my finger.
Current grips do NOT wrap around the back strap (square butt).
 
"...sacrilege to shave the wood grips..." Nope, but 'L' frame grips are not hard to come by. Nor particularly expensive depending on the material.
As mentioned, just changing the grips may not help. Pachmayrs are not hard rubber. You really need to try 'em in a shop to see if they fit your hand. Too small can usually be fixed by changing grips. Too large may or may not. Sometimes the frame is just too big. Had a 4" Smith 19 I never did get to fit my hand regardless of what grip I tried.
 
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