Boot grip on 629

[test drive]

a few weeks ago I picked up a nice S&W 629 3 inch. Gun came with nice rubber grips
I decided it needed the short wood boot grip from Midway and they look sweet. However the recoil is HORRENDOUS . But I knew that going into the .44 mag game. anyway grips are a perfect fit no trimming and no gaps. If you don’t mind the recoil they sure are purrrrrdy

 

[Dan-O]

Not sure what rubbers you have on it, but the Hogues with the sorbothane inserts cover the backstrap and are quite pleasant

 

[dbluefish]

a few weeks ago I picked up a nice S&W 629 3 inch. Gun came with nice rubber grips
I decided it needed the short wood boot grip from Midway and they look sweet. However the recoil is HORRENDOUS . But I knew that going into the .44 mag game. anyway grips are a perfect fit no trimming and no gaps. If you don’t mind the recoil they sure are purrrrrdy

No pictures, no grips, lol!

 

[Crazy Horse]

I have a 629 with the same barrel. Cannot imagine shooting it without rubber grips...... Maybe a softer reload.... But critical Defense full loads...... No Sir. Not for me. Love the gun though. It feels so solid......

 

[Riomouse911]

That’s my all-too-familiar trade-off when switching from synthetic grips to wooden ones... especially on my hard-kickers.

Wooden grips look fantastic, I’ve never seen a synthetic rubber grip that can hold a candle to them. I’ve even taken to buying a couple of sets of custom wood inserts for my Ruger DA revolvers because they dress up the rubber SP/GP style grips so much.

But, unless they’re custom fit to my hands they often beat the bejezus out of my palms. The fat-butt “target” grips like the older S&W and Dan Wesson grips are pretty bad, the “splinter” grips like the stock ones on J frames or my Model 13 are downright miserable with heavy loads. (All of my smaller revolvers wear synthetic grips like Pachmayr compacs or the Hogue versions.)

Post a picture of your .44, we’d love to see how the boot grips look on it.

Stay safe.

 

[Col. Harrumph]

Test Drive, with the absence of pics, how can I believe you?

That aside, every revolver I actually shoot wears butt-ooglie Hogues or Pachmayrs, depending on which is cheaper.

The lookers wear wood. I look at them occasionally.

 

[CaptHank]

I wised up, real fast shooting my 629 4". The wood grips look real sharp, but the pain of shooting 23.5 GR. of H-110, made it painful. So back to the factory Hogue grips.

 

[Aim1]

I wised up, real fast shooting my 629 4". The wood grips look real sharp, but the pain of shooting 23.5 GR. of H-110, made it painful. So back to the factory Hogue grips.

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Those Hogue grips are the exact ones I put on my older SW 629 and 686.

 

[Pat Riot]

Boot grips on a .44 Magnum? Wow! That’s gotta be invigorating to say the least.

 

[sparkyv]

invigorating