managing recoil on Python
I enjoy shooting my Python using .38 Special ammo, but those .357 loads make it really uncomfortable to shoot. I'm thinking that I might want to consider different handgrips to the stock ones. A friend also suggested I might want to get a glove designed for the pistol shooter. Any suggestions on handgrips and gloves would be greatly appreciated. (Incidentally, with the cold weather fast approaching, the gloves should provide full-hand/finger protection, rather than the exposed finger types.)
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get an old fashioned weight lifters glove with those padded palms or a baseball glove.[:D] 0 -
You need to tell us what type grips your gun has; for many years they were wood, but for the last 15 or so years they have been rubber. If yours has wood grips, I suggest that you replace them with rubber (while retaining the wood grips).
Neal0 -
Yes, you can get some Hogue grips for it for about $20. I have them on my King Cobra and like them better than the stock Colt rubber grips. 
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If you reload run off some 38 Spl loads in 357 cases.
I load 2.8 gr of Bullseye under a 148 gr wadcuter for my Combat Magnum.
Shoot them at the range all day.0 -
quote:Originally posted by jazzman111
Any suggestions on handgrips and gloves would be greatly appreciated.
The old wood Python grips look great, but not a very good design for actually shooting the thing.
Several companies make good rubber grips for the Python. You`ll be surprised at the difference in felt recoil. It`s like night and day.0 -
[8D]Get a .22lr otherwise give up CTR fire.[}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][:D]
On your mark-get set- go away!!0 -
well.. if you dont want as much recoil... i suppose you could.. shoot 38 special instead of 357, its as simple as that, otherwise you should think about tradin in your gun for something smaller and mor managable. 0 -
Hi Jazzman,
Check the following link.
http://www.midwayusa.com/midwayusa/applications/esearch.exe/search?TabID=0&category_selector=all_products&search_keywords=glove&Click+to+Begin+Search.x=16&Click+to+Begin+Search.y=10
There is about five pages of gloves for you to look over.
The other advice I would offer is that you try reduced .357 loads with light bullets say in the 110 to 125 grain range or a .357 target load.
Hope this helped.
Regards,
Heavyiron[8D]
"If I don't see you nomore on this world, I'll meet you on the next one, and don't be late!" - Jimi Hendrix0 -
My old 1962 6" has checkered walnut grips. After you shoot it for a while it can chew on the old palm a bit.
I have a pair of cheap smooth wooden grips I use at the range. It's not so much that the checkering bothers me, it's the fact that a like new set of original Colt grips can hit a hundred.
My hand will heal, the scratched old grips won't!!
Mateomasfeo
"I am what I am!" - Popeye0 -
Thanks for the advice, guys. Yep, this is an older 6" in mint condition with those deeply checkered, stock walnut grips. They do tend to chew you up. I'll check on shooters gloves and, in the meantime, have a pair of weight-lifting gloves that I'll try out. 0 -
sell it 0 -
Don't try to manage it, just enjoy the ride...7 Pythons and counting.
PJ
If nobody seen you do it, how could you have done it. NRA Endowment Member, AF&AM, Shriner Life Member, A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois "Chicago Chapter" Founding Member & Board Member0 -
While I love the look of the factory wood on my Pythons, I use Pachmayr Presentations on the 4" that I shoot magnum rounds in. I don't shoot the 6" enough for it to matter.
"One day lad, all this will be yours."
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A set of Hogue or Pachmayr grips will make all the difference in the world. Check them both out and buy the one that fits your hand best.
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