Swapping grips improving shooting accuracy/form?

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Poodleshooter

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Has anyone found a certain set of grips that drastically improves your shooting accuracy?
I've recently been shooting quite bit with very compact Uncle Mike's grips on a Taurus M94, and found that they drastically reduced my tendency to affect my shot by squeezing all of my fingers. This bad form seems to be most pronounced on larger or harder grips, and less pronounced on smaller or softer rubber grips.
Anyone else found grips that reduce "thumbing" or "squeezing" problems?
 
The right grips or stocks can make an enormous difference; unfortunately, since no two hands are alike, there's nothing even remotely like a universal best. Years ago, I shot better with Pachmayr black rubber grips, which seemed to absorb some of the recoil--I liked hot loads more in those days than today--and stay steady in my hand. These many years later, (not to mention arthritis and computer wrist,) I shoot better with wooden stocks. When I really want to hit my targets, I use Randall Fung stocks: http://jnb.com/~funggrip/index.html but they're a bit off the beaten path. I like Hogue wooden stocks because they have enough wood at the top so I can cock my thum up instead of hooking it down.
 
Yes--very much so. The ability to fit grips to the shooter's hand is, in fact, one of the biggest advantages of revolvers versus semiautos. With a semiauto what you see is just about what you get, whereas with revolvers you have SAs and DAs--the latter with three frame sizes in S&W persuasion. A good gun with poor grips becomes a lousy gun that never feels right.

I learned that in spades once when I acquired a Ruger Service Six with the stock small grips, and flat could not hit decently with it. Craig Spegel ('Boot Grips', et al) worked with me to develop a sort of Walter Roper variant grip for it which turned night into day. I still use that same grip style on the Rugers and K frames today, and nothing else comes close. I prefer good wood, NO finger grips, and smooth, round surfaces. Mikulek's grips as illustrated in Dillon's catalogue are similar.

A good grip for you should feel like a good handshake, and the knuckles of the last three fingers should just about line up with the front strap of the gun. There is some room for variety here, but if they are too far off the grip (or the gun) is too big for you. In my case, nothing I do makes an N frame S&W work for me.

Rubber grips are usually a mistake unless recoil reduction is paramount.
 
I'm sure their are some really bad grips out there that could seriously affect shooting, but frankly I've never bought anything except ammo that really improved my shooting (and I've bought a lot of stuff ;) )
 
I tried various grips on my Model 10 duty gun. The best for me is the standard wood with a Tyler T adapter. When I was an instructor we found the Tyler worked best for many of the recruits.

Many standard revolver grips are designed upside down. They taper at the top rather than the bottom. It was pretty common when drawing the weapon to have to re adjust the grip on the gun. Not good if you had to get the gun into action quickly. Since a CCW holder usually doesn`t have the luxury ;) of walking around a crime scene with the gun in the hand, how the gun is drawn is usually what you got.

With my Colt DS I use the smaller Cobra wood grips. These are a good compromise for concealability.
 
Oh yeh, do they ever.

I have three examples:

I wanted to "shrink" the size of my Taurus Mod 85 Ultralite in my pocket so took off the larger rubber boot grips and installed Taurus' own rosewood boot grips instead. Wow, a lot smaller and slicker out of the pocket with no loss of handling control.

I bought a Taurus model 605 .357 mag and took off the long-handled rubber grips and installed the shorter mod 85 boot grips that I had laying around. That also made a smaller, slicker gun and even firing full-power rounds did not seem to affect handling.

I also just ordered and installed the oversized rubber grips for my NAA Mini revolver in .22mag. My hands/fingers were just too large to safely and accurately handle the little stock rosewood grips. I haven't had a chance to try them out but I can simply tell that my accuracy with this little gun is about to take a quantum leap.

best wishes.............
 
Grips can make a huge difference in how a gun shoots. Grips that are uncomfortable will lead to poor shooting technique.
 
Grips make a huge difference. Example: I put Hogue monogrips on my SP-101: it feels like the entire gun was custom made for my hand. Another example: I used to have Pachmayr wrap-around grips on my Series 70 govt. model. When I replaced them with Ahrends smooth grips, I couldn't believe the difference.
 
Anything that makes a person more comfortable with his/her handgun should improve his/her performance with it.
 
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