Shameful confession of a wood-and-steel snob

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Marko Kloos

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As much as I have advocated wood grips on carry guns in the past (to the point of deriding rubber grips as "Goodyears"), I have to admit that my carry wheelguns are now wearing rubber grips.

I have finally found a grip that fits my hand perfectly, thinner than the stock grips, not as sticky as the Hogues, and checkered sharp enough to keep the gun from slipping. It's the Pachmayr Compac Professional, the kind with the open backstrap, and I like it so much that I tracked down a few sets on eBay for use with future K frame purchases.

Yes, yes, they aren't much in the looks department, but they conceal better than even the stock grips with Tylers, and they fit my hand just right.

Now you can all make fun of me for using plebeian rubber grips on fine S&W steel...

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Better to have something that fits your hand perfectly when defending yourself, than something that just looks pretty. If that hideous, butt-ugly, sacrilegious monstrosity works for you, then it's all good.

I'll keep my stocks and Tyler's.

:D
 
Like most, I love the look of fine wood grips but when it comes to shooting big bores with heavy loads you can't beat the feel of rubber. On some of my snubbys, wood actually stings when shooting while the rubber feels fine. Now if someone could only make a really good looking synthetic we would have the best of both worlds.
 
BRING THE TORCHES AND PITCHFORKS! BLASPHEMY! RUBBER ON A BLUED GUN! HOW DARE...wait why am I yellin' at myself?
 
Snubbyman, I agree about the Compac Professionals. I've got a set on my Round Butt K-frame. Does anyone know of a similar sized grip for a Square Butt?
 
No No No you got it all wrong. You are suppose to use the wood from the tree. Not the sap you get out of it. :D
 
Hello. Given my druthers, I'd go with wood as it just plain looks better to me, but when it comes down to it, I go with what fits me best and that I do my best shooting with.

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These "high dollar" stocks are of nylon and cost about $18.00 at Brownells.

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My Model 64 wears the same rubber grips yours does and I've found them the best so far...for me.

Best and good shooting.
 
I find that I like "Goodyear" grips better than the wood. But I do like the wood grips that come on guns like the mod 10. The grips that come on a mod 29 or like grips! You have them :D . I hate those grips! They look nice but I would just as soon use the wood grip for fire wood :eek:

I took the stock rubber grips of off my mod 646 and planted them on my 13. Nice looking mod 13 Marko. My mod 13 lays on my night stand every night :)
 
A mod 10 heavy barrel? I looks just like my mod 13! My 10-7 has a 4 inch pencil barrel. Smith made so many different guns I guess that they mad two different models that look the same. I still have the wood grips on my mod 10. They look good and fell good so I think they are going to stay.

My mod 27-2 still has the big wood grips. I put the first round throught the gun. Yah it was unfired when I got the gun. The gun is a good looking piece. "it's eye candy" :) . The wood grips are staying on that gun as well. I picked up a 4 inch stainless Python about a month ago. It has the rubber grips. I really think the gun would look much better with the wood grips.
 
Welcome to that club....

yeh that wood looks pretty but as I got older I got more practical....most of my guns get swapped out to rubber :D
 
Marko I went out and bought a camera. Oh happy me :D I took some pics of some of my blue Smiths Top left mod 27-2. Top right. 586 with no - ?. Bottom left is a 10-7 and bottom right is a mod 13-4.
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. After thinking about the mod 10 and 13. I realized there is a difference. The mod 10 only shoots 38 special. :)
 
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