Wood grips or Rubber

Wood grips or Rubber grips

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wood can get slippery when wet out in the woods hunting. And rubber feels better imo. But, then my buddy likes his wood ones when he hunts. However he bitches from time to time about the grip getting slippery when it gets muddy.
 
I have weapons dating back to 1908- so it's just naturally my interest to keep them puppies original.
 
Depends on gun and calibur for me, some of mine have wood and some have rubber. If it kicks hard I like rubber but then sometimes a grip just feels better and I switch to rubber anyway.

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Grip material depends on carry

I prefer wood grips for the way they feel, they way they conceal and the 'personal' touch they give to the owners handgun.

I also prefer to have some of my handguns wear a synthetic grip (Pachmayr, Hogue) when the handgun is worn openly due to the possiblity of the grip area bouncing off of furniture or car doors.
 
Grips

The Ruger GP-100 comes with wood inserts which make the gun look real good. The Ruger SP-101 comes with rubber inserts. I don't like the looks of that one so much.
 
Wood conceales better for me, due to the rubber occasionaly bunching the fabric of outer clothing,but rubber if it is conformed well can improve handeling, especialy in adverse conditions.
 
In handgun accuracy... the grip is very critical...

Wood works for my 1911's

Pachmeyer (Rubber) works for my revolvers.
 
Wood grips are beautiful, but rubber grips are usually far more functional. I have gorgeous wood grips on some of my "shoot once in a while" autos and revolvers, but all of the weapons I CCW have the rubber variety, usually Pachmayr. "Pretty" isn't much help in a confrontation, but controlability is.
 
Well I like the rubber better. Usually the rubber grips give you something better to hold on to. Thanks for all the votes.
 
donkee- "Putting rubber grips on a blued revolver is like putting spinners on a Rolls Royce..."

And your point is...? My Bentley has Yosemite Sam mud flaps. Well, it might if I actually had a Bentley (all 550 HP!). You're right, of course. Wood and blue are just one of the perfect pairs in nature.

Chuck
 
WOOD looks best to me but I voted RUBBER.
Rubber feels better and is weather proof. I love wood and have it for all my guns but when I go to the range I put on the Goodyear's!
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Rubber grips represent the gun industry's first attempt at BS'ing a gun buyer/owner on a cheaper product thru advertising. They succeeded beyond all expectations.
 
"Rubber for CCW and shooting; Wood for looks~!"

Thats the same way I feel. I think that rubber gives you something better to hold on to. Ultraman nice set of revolvers. Are they all Smith and Wessons? Could I please have the models of the two smallest?
 
Tryed Smith & Wesson cocobolo laminated wood grips on my ss Simth snubbie . Looked great , conceled even better (didn't "grab" cloth) , but you could only get 2 fingers on them.
Went back to the factory rubber bananna looking grips. They are plain ole ugly (fell out the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down) , but that extra finger arround the grip made a huge difference when firing with full house .357 loads.
 
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