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 Put Altamont grips on two of my Revolvers. 
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Decided to put Altamont combat grips on my model 586 and model 66.

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Mon May 16, 2016 11:02 am
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Beauties! Now I'm going to have to go spend more money on my wheel gun!


Mon May 16, 2016 11:11 am
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I'm a leetle steamed at Altamont right now. They sent the wrong grips and replacement grips seem to be slow boating here.

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Mon May 16, 2016 11:14 am
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Pablo wrote:
I'm a leetle steamed at Altamont right now. They sent the wrong grips and replacement grips seem to be slow boating here.


Do they have the replacement in stock? If not then could be the reason for the delay. I order a holster from cowboy needs and they did not have in stock so they have to make it making me wait an extra three weeks.


Mon May 16, 2016 11:16 am
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Those look good. I found the square butt Altamonts to be way too large for my hands, but the round butts look about right.

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Mon May 16, 2016 11:19 am
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They seem pretty goofy and are generally nice. First they said they would have to make them then they said they have then nothing. Not sure of status now.

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Mon May 16, 2016 11:20 am
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hkcavalier wrote:
Those look good. I found the square butt Altamonts to be way too large for my hands, but the round butts look about right.

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The round butts feel nice and comfy in my hands and I'm 5'9.


Mon May 16, 2016 11:22 am
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Pablo wrote:
They seem pretty goofy and are generally nice. First they said they would have to make them then they said they have then nothing. Not sure of status now.


Weird. I had really good customer service from them.


Mon May 16, 2016 11:23 am
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I selected Bonded White fleur-de-lis and they sent a different pattern.
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Mon May 16, 2016 11:28 am
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Pablo wrote:
I selected Bonded White fleur-de-lis and they sent a different pattern.
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Well I hope you get that sorted out.


Mon May 16, 2016 11:40 am
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Your grips look awesome.

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Mon May 16, 2016 11:49 am
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Thank you.


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picjusbro wrote:
The round butts feel nice and comfy in my hands and I'm 5'9.


To be fair, I'm using a really high hold for a .44 Magnum. Shooting this way would hurt. A lot. I'm 6' with average hands. There aren't many guns that are too big or too small. Everything from a Colt .25 to a LAR Grizzly or Deagle are A-OK.

Another thing I learned from the Altamonts: aggressive checkering and magnums don't mix well. Go smooth or light texture.

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hkcavalier wrote:
picjusbro wrote:
The round butts feel nice and comfy in my hands and I'm 5'9.


To be fair, I'm using a really high hold for a .44 Magnum. Shooting this way would hurt. A lot. I'm 6' with average hands. There aren't many guns that are too big or too small. Everything from a Colt .25 to a LAR Grizzly or Deagle are A-OK.

Another thing I learned from the Altamonts: aggressive checkering and magnums don't mix well. Go smooth or light texture.


I mainly shoot .38 spl and +p out of them since I use that mainly for defense. When I do shoot magnum out them the recoil is light of them so I'm not worried about the checkered design but thanks for the warning. I will keep that in mind if I get wood for my .44 mag.


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Beautiful grips! Rosewood?

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