good grips for big hands

[mr mauser]

looking for a good after market grip for my single six ruger vaqero 44 mag
not sure who or if one is even in production but those little grips sure tenderize my big hands.
i'll hit fine for thefirst couple of wheels but after that i'am down to 50/50.the little finger allways wondering under the grip. I like the cowboy look but it just does not work for me. I'am leaning to houge does anyone have one on a vaqero.

 

[pdubois64]

Check out Hogue grips. I have them on all of my guns and I have big hands. They came stock on my S&W 629.

 

[richardoldfield]

Herrett Grips gets my nod. Regards, Richard

 

[KyleM]

+1 for Hogue.

I don't even buy a pistol without putting hogues on them. Sometimes I need to even put a Handall sleeve over the grip too if it's a small frame pistol. You'd think I own shares in the company, but in reality, I just have freak monster hands.

http://www.hogueinc.com/getgrip/merchant.ihtml?id=101&step=2

 

[Johnn Peterson]

Herrett Grips gets my nod. Regards, Richard

X2.

 

[chemo]

I like the look of the SAA classic grip but for me it just wasn't confortable. My little finger was wondering wether it wanted to go under the gun or be squeezed along the other fingers. Also when shooting powerfull loads of 357 I found the serations on the grip annoying on the palm following a shot, and I tried to fix this with grip pressure but too little grip tension gives you inconsistant results and so does too much grip tension

so I went with hogue... Comfortable material and the grip is actually longuer than the frame so theres place for my little finger, yay!

EDIT:with the internal lock, installation of Hogue grips are a little tricky, PM if you'd like more info

 

[Wendell]

Herrett's is the obvious choice here.
http://www.herrett-stocks.com/

Herrett's wants an outline of your hand before making your grip; they make it to fit you.

 

[Wendell]

(Double-tap)

There are a lot of special rules when ordering a revolver stock. So please read carefully the instructions on the revolver page.

http://www.herrett-stocks.com/revlvrin.htm

 

[pdubois64]

I guess it really depends if he wants rubber or wood. Personally I can't stand wood grips.

 

[mtbore]

I have big hands and I liked the idea of the larger and more ergo Hogue grips. Bought them. After using them for a while, I decided I didn't like where Hogue wanted me to put my fingers. With a grooved grip, you have no choice. Suppose I could file those ridges down easy enough, but I actually went back to original Ruger grips and while my hands are stil too "big" on the grips, I believe I shoot better with the original, smaller grips.

 

[Johnn Peterson]

I guess it really depends if he wants rubber or wood. Personally I can't stand wood grips.

I don't mind wood, especially if it's nicely figured. Probably my favorite is the S&W factory ivory magna grips on my model 29. Next to that, the Ruger factory stag horn on my 44 Ruger flat top. On my 500 S&W it has, correction, had the Hogue grips it came with but I've since changed them out for an altered set of wood, Jordon Trooper stocks, made by Herrett. The Hogue grips were real thin at the hump area and with the heaviest loads, a little painful. The Trooper stocks has tamed the effects of recoil down noticeably. Now, it's bearable.

 

[pdubois64]

I don't mind wood, especially if it's nicely figured. Probably my favorite is the S&W factory ivory magna grips on my model 29. Next to that, the Ruger factory stag horn on my 44 Ruger flat top. On my 500 S&W it has, correction, had the Hogue grips it came with but I've since changed them out for an altered set of wood, Jordon Trooper stocks, made by Herrett. The Hogue grips were real thin at the hump area and with the heaviest loads, a little painful. The Trooper stocks has tamed the effects of recoil down noticeably. Now, it's bearable.

To be honest, I have never fired my 629 with wood grips. My hand goes a little numb with the rubber, so I assumed it would be unbearable with wood.

I find the rubber to be a little "stickier" to the hand for a better grip. Maybe I'll have to pick up a set of wood someday and see how it goes, but on my 1911 I prefer the rubber over the wood that came with it.

 

[Johnn Peterson]

To be honest, I have never fired my 629 with wood grips. My hand goes a little numb with the rubber, so I assumed it would be unbearable with wood.

I find the rubber to be a little "stickier" to the hand for a better grip. Maybe I'll have to pick up a set of wood someday and see how it goes, but on my 1911 I prefer the rubber over the wood that came with it.

With the 500, I wasn't sure the Trooper grips would help but where the hump is on the frame, the rubber of the hogue grips in that area was really thin. It was that hump area where it contacts the hand/palm where the most 'discomfort' was experienced. With the bigger wood grips, perhaps it just spread the pain over a bigger aera.Anyway, it's still a 'handful' but a little easier to live with now.Looks better as well

 

[jpcbird]

I guess it really depends if he wants rubber or wood. Personally I can't stand wood grips.

I'm the other way around. I tried the Hogue, not a big fan of rubber grips on a wheel gun.
I built mine thicker than the wood ones and they fill my hand.
A couple pc of elk horn, About 3 hrs work.
Wear a mask when grinding any horn!

Blackhawk 357

 

[Johnn Peterson]

I'm the other way around. I tried the Hogue, not a big fan of rubber grips on a wheel gun.
I built mine thicker than the wood ones and they fill my hand.
A couple pc of elk horn, About 3 hrs work.
Wear a mask when grinding any horn!

Blackhawk 357

Looks good guy. Especially on a single action, there's not much around that looks better than stag horn. I mentioned earlier I have a 44 Ruger 'Flat top' with a set of Ruger factory stag horn. I'd post a picture of it but my posting skills.........................