P226 factory VS Houge grips

[IM_Lugger]

I’ve handled NP-22 with a Houge grips and it felt larger than Sig w/ plastic factory grips. I’m assuming the frames are identical.

So does the Houge grip make the Sig’s grip fatter?

 

[Kampfhamster]

They really seem to be bigger, thats why I'm still using the original ones.

 

[Martian]

Try Uncle Mike's grips.

 

[Winz]

Found them to make the grip fatter and rounder. Due to the fatter humps, you are also less likely to touch the slide release if you have a traditional high forward thumbs grip. This was not part of the design of the grips though. Just because it is quite fatter, you are less likely to stop the slide from lock back on last shot.

I found the finger groove Hogue grip also splayed my fingers preventing a true snug under the trigger guard grip. This has to do with finger width. If you have more slender fingers, this may be an issue. If you have chubby fingers, it should not. Ironically, this situation does not arise with necessarily all Hogue finger groove grips...even for the Rugers.

The fatter, round grip profile not only affected my positioning in my hand but affected trigger reach for me.

The originals work fine.

 

[cybershooters]

I wouldn't bother, I had Pachmayrs once and they were a waste of time.

 

[lookout]

the originals with a little creative use of grip tape is very functional.

 

[SLANTO]

I think it might be the palm swell of the hogue grip that makes it feel wider. I had uncle mikes grips on my 226 before I switched to the hogue and found that the hogue worked much better for me(big boy hands). I thought that the newer SIG 226's had a hogue grip on them from the factory; I recall seeing hogue grips with 226 written on them. They seemed less rounded than the model with the finger grooves but I am not sure.