Hogue's feel horrible to me, like I grabbed a handful of playdough and it squished between my fingers.
What if many didn't like the old grips? If we're going to change them to suit anyway, what difference does it make? Just about every custom grip design does a better job (than the old grips) of protecting the middle finger from the kicking trigger guard, without really lowering the overall grip.
Shouldn't a short barreled GP100, logically best suited for concealed carry, really have a grip that doesn't catch clothing like rubber does? Maybe they should make some exception for the short barrels and have a nice looking, compact wooden design with a logo.
Ironically, it is the short barreled models, to which one better hold on tight and maybe get some help from a special grip, even with finger grooves and long enough for complete engagement of all the fingers, that most need a soft grip and full length, kinda like what they supply now
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Hogue's feel horrible to me, like I grabbed a handful of playdough and it squished between my fingers.
What if many didn't like the old grips?
Lots of opinions being passed off as facts or real statistics here (factoids).
I have 2 Gp-100's, both 3 inchers, and have had numerous 4"er's in the past. I am in complete agreement with those preferring the original grips to the current Hogues. The Hogues are tolerable on the 4" or longer barreled guns but they are one of the dumbest ideas I've ever seen on a 3" that actually makes a really nice carry revolver with the original compacts. They are impossible (or close to it) to conceal due to their length and overall size, unless you are wearing a large jacket. Plus, aesthetically, they make a very elegant looking gun look very WRONG with the huge Hogues. Just my opinion of course.
I've read this several times recently, and this makes me puzzled - how could Ruger have put out the 3" GP100 Wiley Clapp variant with the old style grips if their molds were unusable? Sorry, but I'm in the 'Hogues are probably pennies per gun cheaper for Ruger to use and that's why they use them' camp.Ruger switched to the Houge grips because the manufacturer of the old style closed down.
Lots of opinions being passed off as facts or real statistics here (factoids).
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