P93DC Grip?

[41magsnub]

Hi All,

New poster here. I recently inherited a P93DC in extremely good condition. It has exactly 79 rounds through it (I know this because Dad saved all the brass and original boxes). It has lived in the factory plastic case its entire 17+ year life in a sock drawer. As you would expect there is no wear on it that I can find at all. The only flaw is because it was bought during the AWB it only has 2 10rd magazines. If I end up liking it I'll buy some 15rd ones and a holster.

I think I was the last person to fire it in the mid 90's before I went in the Army.

Finally getting to my question...

I'm here holding it next to my M&P 40 which I'm not going to try to compare it to since they are pretty different designs. However, I do like the factory grips on the M&P much better. In searching here everyone seems to have the hogue rubber wraparound grips on the P9x pistols. Is that a must have accessory?

Also, do they narrow the grip at all? One thing I can do on the M&P that I cannot on the P93 is release the slide with my shooting hand without shifting my grip. My thumb does not quite reach on the Ruger. I'm not expecting this since the M&P slide release is much farther back than the Ruger.

Thanks!

 

[mrmike7189]

the hogue wrap around grips are very very thin rubber...so you will not notice a difference in thickness of the grip. What you will find is that the factory plastic grips are slippery and with a heavy p series pistol ,you don;t want to drop it on your toe, so , YES the hogues are much better.
If on the other hand you want a thicker grip, then buy the hogue slip on grip sleeves which go on over the factory plastic ones. can't go wrong with either ones.
BTW ruger .com sells hogue grips with the ruger eagle design molded into the grips instead of the hogue design..they look really cool .

 

[gatorhugger]

I disagree with Mrmike.
A couple of my 93's came with Hogues installed, and I didn't like them. Made the grip fatter and made the gun feel clunkier.
So I put stock grips on all mine.
But this is all personal opinion stuff, try the hogues and see if you like them. I have small hands and the factory Ruger plastics work best for me.