Smith and Wesson 645

[Arik]

You'll wanna go BACK to the factory straight-back grip ASAP, though. Back in the day, I put that same (style) Hogue grip on my 1006... for about 5 minutes. Then I went back to the factory grip!

Nope. I tossed all the factory straight back grips in favor of the palm swell hogue rubber grips.

The originals were too thin and too straight up and down. I need something better fills my hand and give them more of an angle. The plastic palm swell grips I can deal with but the rubber ones are optimal

[mlazarus5388]

Strong preference for the rubber Hogue grips. Better purchase on the gun, better shape for my girly hands.

[556BlackRifle]

10-4 on the rubber grips. Massive improvement over stock IMO.

[MountainRaven]

I prefer the arched OEM grips to the flat-backed ones.

Never tried the rubber Hogues, but I did try the wood ones and they didn't quite fit the pistol and were super bulky.

[Firefly]

heh....I think everyone got the rubber hogue grips even though the factory grips were more 1911ish. It felt good in the hand.

[JDH1]

Arched OEM for me also.

[The_War_Wagon]

I think you can make out in my pic that I wore the Hogue grip down to smooth after a few years of constant carry...

I used and liked the finger groove and panel ones on my carry 92Fs as well.

Maybe I'm just a sucker for rubber...

Dennis.

I LIKE Hogue grips! Got some on my pocket rocket Taurus 605, and on my Kimber UC II. I just didn't like THOSE 2nd/3rd gen full-size S&W grips. The rubber was wrapped around some rigid polymer underneath, and it felt like I was trying to grip a 2x4.

S&W sent a rounded grip, as a recall replacement for the straight back (which, under CERTAIN circumstances, could fire when dropped on a solid surface, they discovered ca.1991), which placed my trigger finger further AWAY from the trigger, so I ditched that too. The factory straight-back was the best grip I ever tried on my 1006.