The best grips for N-frame?

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The grip on my 625 is a Hogue Monogrip. They are great feel and the finger grooves give great grip during the fast draw and shoot'n. My L frame 686 has Pachmayr Decelerators... Again can't fault those grips either. Best advise, find somone with non-factory grips a give it a hand check, or go to your local store and ask to try some on your gun while at the shop.

I still like the looks of the wood on the guns better... Enjoy.:rolleyes:
 
I have large hands, and I don't really like the feel of most of the rubber grips available for N frames - not enough meat to them and they hang down too far, too long.

Last week I bought a '70s vintage Model 29-2 that had some Hogue Monogrips (I think) on it. Fortunately, at the same show a major handgun grip dealer was set up, as well. I made a bee line for him and found a set of original wood grips for the gun, the ones that would have come on the gun.


These original Model 29 grips have become expensive if you can find them, but if I find a set that are in bad shape, I may buy them and round them off. The original factory grips are not perfect either.

I did handle a new Mountain Gun in a gun shop recently. It had some nice wooden grips that fit my hand really well. Don't know if you've seen these yet.
 
All my N-frames have the original wood grips. I'd try the finger-groove wood ones, but my motivation to purchase a set is fairly weak, considering I've got higher priorities on other guns.

The 'stock' grips work fine for me, and look better than rubber.

I'd add that I don't have a short barreled N-frame, either. If I did, my priorities might change. All mine are 6" barrels, and I don't carry concealed (see my state?:banghead: ). If CCW were to pass here, I definitely would have to re-evaluate my selection of guns/grips.:D
 
I doubt that there is a best grip for any gun. Do you prefer wood or rubber, smooth or checkered, with or without finger grooves, do you have large or small hands, is it a SB or RB, will it be used as a concealed weapon or for target shooting, are you right or left handed, do you always shoot dominant hand or do you want grips that can be used with either hand?
 
Tamara:

PC 627 with 5" barrel. Not sure about the butt, looks square to me...

This exact one with these exact grips:
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For whatever reason I can't shoot a DA rev with wood grips without getting the web of my hand beat black and blue. So I tried several several different rubber and some aftermarket wood grips. I settled on Pachmayr Grippers. They work great with speed loaders, are fairly comfortable to shoot with and the finger grooves are "right" for my hand. I use them on a Mdl 28, and a Mdl 25-5. I've also used them on K frames and had good results there too.
 
I only have one N-frame, a Model 28-2 Highway Patrolman. I did not like the original grips. Hogue monogrips are good, very good, for me but I wanted some nice wooden grips that were not over large. I tried Eagle Secret Service grips. They looked great on the gun but were too small and too thin. Now I have a pair of Miculek grips from Clark Custom Guns. They are same that S&W is now putting on many of their PC guns but are designed for a square butt gun. They are terrific but not cheap at about 65 bucks plus shipping. Worth it though since my hands are not over large. They look great too.
 
I did not like the look or feel of the rubber Hogues my 629PP came with. I put rosewood Hogue conversion monogrips on my 629PP. The gun looked and felt great.
.44 specials were no problem, but 300 gr. magnums were too much. It felt like someone hit me in the hand with a baseball bat. I put the rubber back on and have learned to appreciate the synthetic look and especially, the feel.
 
Being a gal, I chose Roper style stocks for my 4 inch Mod 27. Herretts crafted them to fit my hand and they do - perfectly. I can even shoot blazing hot handloads (occasionally) without pain. Regular 357 mags don't bother at all. Mostly you just gotta have the stocks fit your hand.

Carla
 
Rival,
The gun pictured is a Round-butt using a Hogue Round to Square butt conversion grip. This limits your choices of larger, handfilling grips somewhat since many manufacturers don't make such a conversion grip. If you wanted to go smaller this could work to your advantage.
 
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