WHOA... grip style change warrents new muscle memory...

Magnum Wheel Man · July 21, 2014, 02:32 PM

I'm almost too embarrassed to write this, but I just switched grip styles on my 45 Colt Ruger Montados, to the Colt Lightning style grips... just put a couple cylinders through at "race pace" on my home range yesterday...

only averaged 2 out of 5 hits

guess I got a little muscle memory to work on... if I slowed down I could hit 5 of 5, but if I went "race pace" where I used to hit at least 18-20 of 20... I was down to the 8 out of 20...

hmmm... wonder how many rounds it'll take to get back in the groove ???

swathdiver · July 22, 2014, 12:35 PM

How many rounds or just six screws?

Magnum Wheel Man · July 22, 2014, 01:12 PM

^^^ Now... that is a very good point... I was of course looking for something out of the ordinary, & in brass color, to match my brass & stainless lever action... ( not that the additional practice couldn't hurt too

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BTW... my Montados are the early version with the non SASS legal grooved grip frames from the factory... none of the local guys has ever given me grief, as I'm pretty average at best... but I always worry about shooting regionals, or state shoots, with the factory grip frames... so they were something I wanted to change anyway

**4V50 Gary** · July 22, 2014, 09:42 PM

Go back to the original grips.

July 21, 2014, 02:32 PM	#1
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 9,333	WHOA... grip style change warrents new muscle memory... I'm almost too embarrassed to write this, but I just switched grip styles on my 45 Colt Ruger Montados, to the Colt Lightning style grips... just put a couple cylinders through at "race pace" on my home range yesterday... only averaged 2 out of 5 hits guess I got a little muscle memory to work on... if I slowed down I could hit 5 of 5, but if I went "race pace" where I used to hit at least 18-20 of 20... I was down to the 8 out of 20... hmmm... wonder how many rounds it'll take to get back in the groove ??? __________________ In life you either make dust or eat dust...

July 22, 2014, 12:35 PM	#2
swathdiver Senior Member Join Date: December 19, 2012 Location: Treasure Coast, Florida Posts: 335	How many rounds or just six screws? __________________ “Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.” - Job 38:3

July 22, 2014, 01:12 PM	#3
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 9,333	^^^ Now... that is a very good point... I was of course looking for something out of the ordinary, & in brass color, to match my brass & stainless lever action... ( not that the additional practice couldn't hurt too ) BTW... my Montados are the early version with the non SASS legal grooved grip frames from the factory... none of the local guys has ever given me grief, as I'm pretty average at best... but I always worry about shooting regionals, or state shoots, with the factory grip frames... so they were something I wanted to change anyway __________________ In life you either make dust or eat dust...

July 22, 2014, 09:42 PM	#4
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,832	Go back to the original grips. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*