Ruger Grips = yuck for me

[Steve in PA]

I recently picked up a Super Blackhawk. I shot about 100 rounds or so through it, and while I could have lived with the factory grips, I wanted something that fit my hands a little better.

I tried a set of the Hogue rubber Monogrips, but didn't like the look of the handgun. The black grips on the blued handgun just wasn't doing it for me. So, I went to a set of the Hogue fancy wood Goncalo Alves grips and love was in the air!!

 

[chicharrones]

The cheap solution is to find a set of Pachmyer grips for the gun. They're not pretty, but the ones I had on my Rugers back in the day gave plenty to hold onto.

Yep. Cheap and effective. I've done the same to a Ruger. Although, I'd like something different just because of the rubber.

 

[bergmen]

I switched from a Blackhawk to a Bisley in part because of the grip (both in .45 Colt). I replaced the stock grips with these:

Dan

 

[robhof]

Steve, I've done the same thing to my Single 6 and my ROA and handling is much more comfortable and my accuracy improved, thanks to the better grip.

 

[BCRider]

Bergman, what a lovely looking combo. Classy to the max!

Risky Business, I ran into much the same issue with my Super Blackhawk. The stock grips for me were too small around the neck. As a result I could not get a good enough squeeze on the grips to avoid the gun moving too much in my grip and allowing the trigger guard to smack my middle finger badly enough to leave it black and blue.

My solution was to make a new set of grips. I first tried some with a fatter neck area. If that had not worked I was going to do something similar to the infill Herrets style. But it turned out that the greater support given by the added surface area of the fatter neck style is all I needed. THe grips shown here work great.

Since these were made by me I'm at a loss to suggest anywhere to get something similar. If you do then note that the neck area is just under 1/8 inch thicker than stock. And the heel area is actually a touch thinner to aid in getting a better wrap around with the lower fingers.

With this option the pinky still slips under the butt. However this makes it easier to slip the gun back into place if or when it rotates from the bigger loads. At some point when my wood shop is running after the new home renos I might make up a set which extends deeper and covers the butt strap so the pinky is fully seated. Even then I'll likely have it hooked so it sits back a little and can still aid with resetting the hand position after a big boomer.

 

[Hammerdown77]

Bearpaw Grips makes a grip similar to that. It is flared at the top, and thinner at the bottom. I put a set on my aluminum grip framed 45 Blackhawk to shoot "Ruger only" loads out of and they worked very well at keeping the hammer spur out of my flesh.

http://stores.ebay.com/Bearpaw-Ruger-Grip-Store

 

[Risky buisness]

Thanx for all the great posts and pictures, the suggestions are great too, and I'm sure that I can make my revolver work for me after looking this over, I thought about selling the gun, but it was my Dad's so I really can't, so make it work. Thanx again

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

On a Super Blackhawk, I prefer a different grip that not only reduces the rollback in my hand, but fills in the area behind the square trigger guard so my knuckles aren't barked. I actually had such a grip made to measure by Herrett's, who are still in business. I had no beef with the standard grip on the softer recoiling .45-caliber Blackhawk that I had. I have never shot a .357 Magnum Blackhawk so cannot comment on that.

 

[texagun]

Big John was reputed to have had huge hands, and from these photos from The Shootist and Rooster Cogburn, it appears he has all 3 fingers on the grip.

 

[Old Fuff]

He had a unique revolver - It had started life a a Bisley, and retained the frame and trigger guard, but the back strap was off a Single Action Army. This gave his trigger finger more room, and a slightly larger place for his little finger.

 

[texagun]

All correct. The gun he used in The Shootist was one of a pair of engraved Great Westerns with ivory grips, and the Colt you speak of had custom grips with finger grooves he personally bought in Mexico. All 3 guns are on display at the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. The bottom photo is from an article in The American Rifleman called "100 Years Of John Wayne...The Duke's Colt".

 

[texagun]

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[doubleh]

I get along fine with the Black Hawk grips and even better with the Super Black Hawk grips but best of all are the 1860 Army grips which are just about perfect in my book.

 

[ThomasT]

I have a super BH with the round trigger guard and didn't like the factory grip either. My problem was that the sharp edge at the bottom of the grip felt like it was cutting into my palm even when shooting 44 special loads. I put on a Houge rubber grip and that solved that problem.

Also with the weight of the gun and the short grip it was tiresom to hold out in front of you after a while. The longer Houge grip helped with this too. The rubber grip is ugly and makes the gun look much larger but it does have its place.

In the past I owned a super BH that came with an after market wood finger grove grip (houge or harret) and it was pretty and functional. I may buy another some day and chunk the rubber grip.

I have a single six and two single sixes with adjustable sights in 32 mag and the factory grips are just fine mainly because of the lower weight of the guns.