WebHobbit
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I've bought two new guns in the last couple of weeks & I've had some HORRIBLE luck buying grips for them!
1) bought a beautiful Acusport Ruger Bisley .44 Magnum. I thought a set of Hogue Ebony wood groups would like nice on the stainless gun. So I ordered some.
50.00 bucks straight down the drain.
Nobody (including the Hogue web-site) bothered to tell me that the grips would have to be "fitted".
So I TRIED following the included instructions. Ofcourse I managed to take a bit too much wood off of one side's pin hole and now that side will NOT TIGHTEN up properly. :banghead: So I ruined these beautiful grips.
So I put the originals back on....all the while my wife is snickering behind me about how she likes the factory stocks way better anyway!
2) Bought a new Ruger SP101. Though the factory grips FEEL good in the hand they don't work for me when shooting as they leave OPEN the spot just behind the trigger gaurd. I HAVE to have that part covered.
So I ordered a set of Uncle Mike (Butler Creek) rubber Boot Grips. They came in today and they are 100% WORTHLESS as for some STRANGE reason they do NOT follow CRaig Speigel's design and they leave the back of the trigger gaurd OPEN just like the factory grips!
WHY??????????
I have used rubber Boot Grips on several J-Frames a K-Frame and two L-Frames and they ALL cover the spot directly behind the trigger gaurd.
Ah well that makes about 70 bucks THROWN away on grips I can't use all together.
Tomorrow I'll go and buy a set of Hogue rubber grips for the SP101. I KNOW they cover the back of the trigger gaurd although they are a tad bigger than ideal for CCW.
1) bought a beautiful Acusport Ruger Bisley .44 Magnum. I thought a set of Hogue Ebony wood groups would like nice on the stainless gun. So I ordered some.
50.00 bucks straight down the drain.
Nobody (including the Hogue web-site) bothered to tell me that the grips would have to be "fitted".
So I TRIED following the included instructions. Ofcourse I managed to take a bit too much wood off of one side's pin hole and now that side will NOT TIGHTEN up properly. :banghead: So I ruined these beautiful grips.
So I put the originals back on....all the while my wife is snickering behind me about how she likes the factory stocks way better anyway!
2) Bought a new Ruger SP101. Though the factory grips FEEL good in the hand they don't work for me when shooting as they leave OPEN the spot just behind the trigger gaurd. I HAVE to have that part covered.
So I ordered a set of Uncle Mike (Butler Creek) rubber Boot Grips. They came in today and they are 100% WORTHLESS as for some STRANGE reason they do NOT follow CRaig Speigel's design and they leave the back of the trigger gaurd OPEN just like the factory grips!
WHY??????????
I have used rubber Boot Grips on several J-Frames a K-Frame and two L-Frames and they ALL cover the spot directly behind the trigger gaurd.
Ah well that makes about 70 bucks THROWN away on grips I can't use all together.
Tomorrow I'll go and buy a set of Hogue rubber grips for the SP101. I KNOW they cover the back of the trigger gaurd although they are a tad bigger than ideal for CCW.