Stock grips on M25. Sacrilege or improvement?

[Lavan]

Just for fun I got some stock grips for my M25.

I like them better than the target grips.

More "classic-er"

Whatcha think?

I kept the target ones too.

Just in case.

For some reason I can't get TWO attachments to work.

So here:

[tallball]

It looks good! I keep the rubber grips on mine because they fit my XL hands better, but the wood sure looks better.

[UncleEd]

The magna stocks are preferred by many
including myself.

Often the Tyler T Grip Adaptor or a version of
it is added.

For many hands, the so-called target stocks are
just too large, even clunky though they look good.

[HighValleyRanch]

Here you go:

[RickB]

I have the stock grips and Tyler adapter on my HEII, and it works OK, but prefer the Eagle Heritage coke bottles on my Model 22.
I didn't like the factory magnas even with a Tyler.

[USSR]

Often the Tyler T Grip Adaptor or a version of
it is added.

+1. Unless you have incredibly small hands.

Don

[lamarw]

What engineering change version is your Model 25? I prefer S&W wood stocks, but that set does not seem to fit the display box.

Beautiful set of stocks High Valley Ranch.

[Hal]

Whatcha think?

I kept the target ones too.

Your gun - you do what you want...

I prefer the oversize target grips that came with your M25.
IMO - you did do the right thing though to hang onto them. Good job.

[HighValleyRanch]

Beautiful set of stocks High Valley Ranch.

Not my stocks. I just helped the OP load the photo attachment

[Bob Wright]

The target style grips were factory original on the Model 25:




Bob Wright

[Lavan]

HighValley, thanks.

I did get the attachment in the OP but it's not very noticeable.
I have a pair of rubber Pachmayrs also but they don't fit me well.

I have smaller hands.

Part of the change is for "tradition." I just like the classic looks of the smaller ones and NO they don't fit the box.

But I can arrange for a good fit whenever I want with a screwdriver.

[Lavan]

Actually, I've seen them come originally with both types of grips.

I might have retained the "target" ones if they had been the checkered instead of smooth.

But I shoot both ways just fine.

[Ibmikey]

As mentioned above try a Tyler T Grip with your standard stocks as it makes all the difference in shooting comfort. The T is a bit pricey today but still available.

[rodfac]

A Tyler T Grip with your standard stocks as it makes all the difference in shooting comfort.

I'd agree with this in spades. The smaller magna type with a grip adapter fit my hands to a T. Far better than any of the oversize S&W target grips supplied for the past 30 years or so. The earlier version "Coke Bottle" target grips fit me far better but still not as well as the magnas with a grip adapter.

Btw I buy size "L" gloves for what it is worth. Without the grip adapter, the magnas leave a large space behind the trigger guard that make maintaining a consistent grip all but impossible for me. YMMV, Rod

[CajunBass]

I always thought Magna's look a little small on N-frames, but if you like them, no reason not to use them. I admit they don't feel bad at all. With Magna's I do like a grip adapter, in either N or K frame.

My favorite grip is the Smith & Wesson Presentation grip. The look of the target grip, but thinner and slightly longer.

On a Model 18-4

The T is a bit pricey today but still available.

There is also the "BK" grip adapter available. About $30.00 or so. About the same thing as a T-grip, but made from a rosin that work just fine. You can do a search for "BK grip" and find them.

Best thing about them is you can order them online, and have them in hand in a day or two.

[UncleEd]

Ditto on the
BK adaptors.

I have them as
well and get them
in a day or two.

Tyler T takes weeks
and months some
times.

[Lavan]

Bob Wright, are those M25's in your post?
The cylinders look too long for 45 ACP. They look like M29 44 mags.



I didn't know Tyler made an adapter for the N frame. Will think about that.
I wouldn't use the small grips on most N frames but the 45 ACP recoil is so negligible that it seems to work fine for me.

I did put Tylers on my Colt Detective Special.



What an ordeal. Missed emails and months for delivery.
No good. '

Hadn't heard of BK grips. May try that black one for the N frame.

Then again...it's only a maybe.

[muzzleblast...]

OP, since your M-25 has a target trigger and target hammer; target grips seem like the natural match. But, if you prefer the Magnas, go with it.

[Lavan]

yup.

[Lavan]

Another consideration is that the smaller grips don't poke so far out of your pocket when you carry it unobtrusively in your Levis.

[Hal]

The cylinders look too long for 45 ACP. They look like M29 44 mags.

The S&W M25 came in .45 Long Colt - or .45 Colt if you prefer, in addition to .45 acp.
I forget the dash number of the .45LC.

[Lavan]

yup, you're right.

For some reason I never think of the M25 in 45 Colt.

[USSR]

The 25-2 is .45 ACP, and the 25-5 is .45 Colt. I've got both of them.

Don

[Lavan]

I came this -||- close to getting the Jerry Miculek when I was questing for the Target 1955 Model.

It was worth the wait. It is the MOST accurate ACP I've ever shot.

Factory ammo:


My handloads 3.6gr Bullseye and 185 gr lead HBSWC bullets.



Goot nuff fer a old geezer.

[Bob Wright]

As has already been noted, my Model 25s were .45 Colt. Model 25-5, as I recall.

Bob Wright