Jumbopanda
Bearcat
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2015
- Messages
- 9
I got some Hogue wood grips for my .454 Alaskan because I felt that the rubber grips were a bit too sticky, and difficult to adjust in the hand if you don't get your positioning right when drawing or picking up the gun. I felt that I would be able to handle the recoil even with a non-cushioned grip...but boy was I wrong! I headed to the range with some 240gr bullet loads on top of 30gr of Alliant 2400 and some with 25gr of Blue Dot. These are max (book) loads but I can shoot them all day with the rubber grips. With the wood grips, not so much! I fired 93 rounds, and today the web of my hand, near the thumb knuckle, is quite swollen.
Does anyone here regularly shoot .454 loads with wood grips? How do you manage it?
Does anyone here regularly shoot .454 loads with wood grips? How do you manage it?