Although I have many semi-autos I like to carry wheel guns for CCW because I like the simplicity, accuracy, and the fact that it goes bang "every" time I pull the trigger. Up until now I have carried either my 2" 8 round S&W N frame .357 mag or a pair of 2.5" Colt Pythons. I know that the 44 Special round is an excellent CCW choice so I decided to spring for a Ruger Alaskan in 44mag.
The rubber Hogue grips are a little grippy on my shirts so I changed out the rubber mono grips for some Hogue Cocobolo Combat Grips. The only down side to these new grips are that they came as square-butts and print pretty badly. I decided to break out the old belt sander and go to work on them. I turned the square-butts into round-butts in an hour or so. I had a $5 grip repair kit from Hogue that consists of abrasive buffing compound and a chunk of Carnuba Wax. After sanding them down to 600 grit I went to work with the abrasive compound and the wax. They now look like they came from the factory this way.
Enjoy,
MadDog
The rubber Hogue grips are a little grippy on my shirts so I changed out the rubber mono grips for some Hogue Cocobolo Combat Grips. The only down side to these new grips are that they came as square-butts and print pretty badly. I decided to break out the old belt sander and go to work on them. I turned the square-butts into round-butts in an hour or so. I had a $5 grip repair kit from Hogue that consists of abrasive buffing compound and a chunk of Carnuba Wax. After sanding them down to 600 grit I went to work with the abrasive compound and the wax. They now look like they came from the factory this way.
Enjoy,
MadDog


