Short grip J-frames....

by Otony, Thursday, June 26, 2014, 17:42 (3745 days ago)

.....I have read about short grip J-frames for many years, and always assumed (uh-oh) that these were on the first of the J-frames, the ones with the round I-frame style trigger guard, and then on only a very few of the early J-frames that had the more oval guard (what is now the standard).

I was also under the impression that my 32-1 Terrier marked the transition to the oval style guard of the later J-frames. So imagine my surprise when today I was examining (ok, ok, fondling) my Terrier and realized it has the "short" grip. I can be slow at times, but it only now struck me how, in my hand at least, this grip feels very comfortable, very comfortable indeed. However, am I wrong in thinking it should have the longer grip of the -1 series?

I am glad it does not, it makes it all that much cooler, but man, the variations that exist in early Js is just mind boggling.

BTW, I have it stoked with Buffalo Bore .38S&W and feel not one whit under gunned!

Otony