revolvers: what is your favorite grip?

I prefer smooth wooden grips over rubber. I like the exposed backstrap and slight palm swell of the " Skeeter SKelton" or Roper grips. I don't like finger grooves. Second choice is the standard S&W wooden grip ( not the oversized target style ) with a Tyler T-Grip adapter.
 
NAA said:
Carried a S&W Model 10 for around 15 years... The Hogue grip will eventually fail after "X" amount of draws from a holster. Seen lots of them fail... :(
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I have never in all my years of sport shooting, training or instructing have I seen a hogue mono grip fail. Not that I am saying that it can't happen but it does come as surprise. I have had to shelve a M10 and move my grips to another M10.

I also looked after the M10's at the various ACC's that I worked for and never seen a breakdown. Even casuals that swore by them brought them into work and put them on their M10's each and every shift. Thats a lot of off/on over ten or so years and they never failed.

My experience says that a Hogue Monogrip is not only extremely durable but well liked in the industry and by police officers before they switched to semi's. I have no issues now or ever in putting Hogue on my firearms.
 
MLRS said:
My experience says that a Hogue Monogrip is not only extremely durable but well liked in the industry and by police officers before they switched to semi's. I have no issues now or ever in putting Hogue on my firearms.
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I agree.

For the past 17 years, I've used Hogues on my duty weapons: Model 10, Beretta and now my Sig. Holstering and unholstering to load and reload each day at work adds up a lot of mileage in terms of pulling on these grips and so far, no issues.
 
MLRS said:
I have never in all my years of sport shooting, training or instructing have I seen a hogue mono grip fail. Not that I am saying that it can't happen but it does come as surprise. I have had to shelve a M10 and move my grips to another M10.

I also looked after the M10's at the various ACC's that I worked for and never seen a breakdown. Even casuals that swore by them brought them into work and put them on their M10's each and every shift. Thats a lot of off/on over ten or so years and they never failed.

My experience says that a Hogue Monogrip is not only extremely durable but well liked in the industry and by police officers before they switched to semi's. I have no issues now or ever in putting Hogue on my firearms.
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Interesting observation... but in the 15 years I carried a wheelgun I personally saw several of them fail. In fact the other firearms trainers/instructors recommended that members stop putting Hoques on their Model 10's. The issue is the attachment system. As you know it is a singular piece thru the center of the butt that attaches with one screw. If the attachment pieces fails the grip becomes detached from the gun's butt on draw. Sure you can still shoot your wheelgun but without the grips. I will say that the issue seemed to be with the 'hard' Hogues as opposed to the 'soft' ones that seem to be prevalent today. To me it's a weak design - the cross pin type of attachment as in the Pachmayr [and the S&W stock factory grips for that matter] is a much better & secure design.

And naturally the 'issue' took care of itself when the agency switched from Model 10 wheelguns to .40 cal semis... ;)
 
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victor16 said:
I agree.

For the past 17 years, I've used Hogues on my duty weapons: Model 10, Beretta and now my Sig. Holstering and unholstering to load and reload each day at work adds up a lot of mileage in terms of pulling on these grips and so far, no issues.
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The Hogue attachment system for wheelguns is what I am refering too.... My experience with Hogues is over the past 27 years... However, I had 'soft' Hogue grips on my S&W 1066 and loved 'em. The attachment on that was much more secure than on S&W wheelguns. I also currently have 'soft' Hogue panels on my Norc NP-29 and also love 'em. But they also secure with the stock screws... again very secure... ;)

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Switched to Pachmayr Grippers on 3 of my revolvers. A few more to go....I haven't seen a Hogue fail but I sure hated their mounting system. You had to hammer out the pin at the base of the butt to use a Hogue grip and for revolvers that came with Hogues, it was a pain to have to buy the pin to put on Pachmayr's......:rolleyes: ;)
 
I will admit that the attachment system with the hogues are kinda wierd. But they have served me well over the years and never a break down. I have been using the soft grips as I like them better than the hard ones that used to be available. Keep in mind that if a pachmayer fails and the pin is missing the grip will shift just as much as a hogue. It really comes down to preference or your force switching to semi's :)
 
I have Pachmyer grippers on my model 66, they do the job, however I actually prefer the S&W target grips, but they don't work with speed loaders.
 
My S&W M29 came with Hogues and I liked them a lot. My M19 was bought with home made wood grips and and were quickly switched to the first grip I could get, Pachmayr. I eventually found a set of Hogues for the k frame and when I put them on I realized that the Pachmayr were more comfortable. Go figure.

So now its Pachmayr for the.357 and Hogue for the .44.
 
All my revolvers, have Hogue Rubber Mono-Grips with finger grips. Previously I prefered the nylon stippled ones, but getting older, like 76+ yrs of age, I shifted to the rubber. Still on my 45s I prefer best of walnut wood though both 45s are well checkered front & back thanks to Joseph Dlask & his work---fact is he built my two 45s for me.
 
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Still allow me to point out that the Hogue Monogrips of the past few yrs you do NOT have to force out the pin at the heel of he grip position to hang the stirrup over he bottom part of the grip position. NOW & for several yrs you just hang he stirrup on the bottom pin.

I noted this when I shifted from Hogue Nylon Stippled to the Hogue rubberized Monogrips---so I had to look around for pins to go in the bottom, of the ones I removed way back in mid-50s.
 
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