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    Quote Originally Posted by GAP View Post
    Sigh, the more I look into it... looks like the Taurus grip is exactly what I want... I’ll have to pop that logo out and fill it or something.
    I left the Taurus logo on mine. Sort of a slam at S&W because they can't do grips as good as Taurus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GAP View Post
    Sigh, the more I look into it... looks like the Taurus grip is exactly what I want... I’ll have to pop that logo out and fill it or something.
    The other option I forgot. You can get custom grips at Herretts. http://www.herrettstocks.com/
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    Quote Originally Posted by BN View Post
    I left the Taurus logo on mine. Sort of a slam at S&W because they can't do grips as good as Taurus.
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    Quote Originally Posted by deputyG23 View Post
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    These stocks were in a sack of revolver stuff I got from an estate last year. They pocket carry well and increased trigger reach. I took them off and put the UM boots back on after a twenty five round range session with my usual 158 grain practice handload.
    Downright painful and don’t want to change grips between the range and the street.
    I can easily do a fifty round session with the UM rubber boot grips.
    I was able to talk to the original owner of Badger grips a few times. That guy knew so much about grips it was amazing. I think all that knowledge is lost now in the current generation of grip makers even the ones that bought those grip companies. Its a shame really. Id like to think a guy with some time patience and a natural inclination could probably figure a lot out on his own but the days of people wanting that and willing to pay for it are probably to few to make it worth the endeavor.

    I guess thats a long winded way to say I think a properly made pair of grips would go a long way.
    That said I dont understand running that round through a snubby. It seems punishing for no real return. I thought they didnt perform unless you ran them through a 4” barrel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by UNK View Post
    I was able to talk to the original owner of Badger grips a few times. That guy knew so much about grips it was amazing. I think all that knowledge is lost now in the current generation of grip makers even the ones that bought those grip companies. Its a shame really. Id like to think a guy with some time patience and a natural inclination could probably figure a lot out on his own but the days of people wanting that and willing to pay for it are probably to few to make it worth the endeavor.

    I guess thats a long winded way to say I think a properly made pair of grips would go a long way.
    That said I dont understand running that round through a snubby. It seems punishing for no real return. I thought they didnt perform unless you ran them through a 4” barrel.
    The 158 grain SWC practice load hits to the POA in all my .38/.357 revolvers at my usual practice distances of seven yards and closer and good enough to max my work off duty 36 round qual course which still has a twenty five yard stage.
    My carry load is the 130 grain Ranger bonded HP in the 442 pictured and my 3” M64 gets our last revolver duty round, the 158 grain LHP.
    The aforementioned estate buy also yielded a bunch of 125 grain .357 jacketed hollow point bullets for reloading.
    Maybe a load using those might be easier on the hands.

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    I needed the extra reach to the trigger and ended up with the Hogue grips on my 642. The Taurus grips also worked for me but have no speedloader clearance.

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    Since my J-Frame gets pocket carried almost all the time, it gets the Taurus grips as well


    For the longest time, it wore Pachmayr Compacs which I love. If I were carrying it primarily on the belt, I’d put the Pachmayrs back on.



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    I struggled with appropriate trigger reach on my 642. I really though that the cure was a boot grip with a covered backstrap. With the stock S&W stocks, my thumbs would interfere with the end of my trigger finger near full travel.

    I belt-sanded the pinky groove off the bottom of a set of Uncle Mike’s Combat Grips. I tried Pachmayr Compacs. I tried Hogue grips. I did the Taurus grip mod.

    After all that, the best and most consistent performance I got on the timer was with magnas and a BK Grips grip adapter (basically a polymer T-grip). I didn’t need a grip that was bigger, I just needed a grip that forced me higher on the backstrap while providing strong front-rear index points. Seems counterintuitive, but the short and narrow stocks somehow keep my thumbs out of the no-no zone. I get bit occasionally by the cylinder release, but my trigger finger can do what it do.

    Not a fun set-up for shooting anything other than wadcutters or slow LRN loads.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scal View Post
    So, I really do like how my j-frame shoots with the flipper baby grips, but I eventually switched over to hogue tamers with the bottoms chopped down to make it flush with the frame. It works about as well for me as the ergo grips, and it looks wasaaaay less weird. Not sure if it will help much with trigger reach, but the Tamer grips do cover the backstrap.
    Pretty much any grip can be cut flush with the bottom of the frame, unless it's a Hogue that uses a stirrup on the pin to hold it on.

    Quote Originally Posted by UNK View Post
    I think it was @HCM who took a set of wrap arounds and cut them flush with the bottom of the grip.
    I resemble that remark.

    Quote Originally Posted by GAP View Post
    Sigh, the more I look into it... looks like the Taurus grip is exactly what I want... I’ll have to pop that logo out and fill it or something.
    The logo happens to be exactly the same diameter as a .38SPL/.357 case head, so you can just cut it off one of your favorite rounds and glue it in.

    Quote Originally Posted by UNK View Post
    The other option I forgot. You can get custom grips at Herretts. http://www.herrettstocks.com/
    I thought we had a thread a couple months ago about them shutting down.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JRV View Post
    I struggled with appropriate trigger reach on my 642. I really though that the cure was a boot grip with a covered backstrap. With the stock S&W stocks, my thumbs would interfere with the end of my trigger finger near full travel.

    I belt-sanded the pinky groove off the bottom of a set of Uncle Mike’s Combat Grips. I tried Pachmayr Compacs. I tried Hogue grips. I did the Taurus grip mod.

    After all that, the best and most consistent performance I got on the timer was with magnas and a BK Grips grip adapter (basically a polymer T-grip). I didn’t need a grip that was bigger, I just needed a grip that forced me higher on the backstrap while providing strong front-rear index points. Seems counterintuitive, but the short and narrow stocks somehow keep my thumbs out of the no-no zone. I get bit occasionally by the cylinder release, but my trigger finger can do what it do.

    Not a fun set-up for shooting anything other than wadcutters or slow LRN loads.
    I love the way magnas and a tyler feel in my hand. I hate the way they feel when I shoot them.

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