sorry, none of them. butt no pun intended grips i think are a real personal choice. i use badger or altamont grips on mine dark rosewood for stainless and nickel and light walnut for blued or black finishes to each his own

I have always had a passion for stag grips myself, and the ones offered by Grashorns Gunworks I think are the best. These here are "no bark" on my Smith 27-2.

Jeeze, this is an old, resurrected thread. Don, have you made your decision yet?

According to my antique art-school training, you have to contrast some quality of the color or texture or polish of the gun to the similar quality or qualities of the grips.
So you've got a shiny, silvery-colored gun. The gun is a cold color (chrome? nickle?) that seems to have greenish overtones.
Well, ivory is smooth and warm-colored, so, to my eyes, ivory jangles against the smooth and cold-colored gun.
The same would be true of stag without "bark." But with the rough-textured "bark," stag would look better than ivory, against the smooth, cold-colored gun. Still, it would be a warm color against a cold one, and, at least to me, that's not exactly right.
So I'll have to vote for black rubber. Modern black is also made from greenish material. It's rough-textured and a dark almost-neutral color, against the smooth, bright, cold-colored gun. But I absolutely hate the massively oversize, finger-grooved lump of most of the Pachmayers and Hogues. Instead, get a smaller, form-fitting rubber grip set from Pachmayer. It'll have a middle-finger filler, so it'll be comfortable in use.

Does that help?

Wow - you're right this is an old thread.

I finally put the Black back on - I liked the ivory - but I didn't like the feel when I shot a lot.

So Black are on there now.

I guess it all depends on whether you're just using it for target only or as your daily carry piece.

If you're just target shooting then I would go with the rubber grips. At that point it's not about looks as much as comfort. Shooting a few hundred rounds with either the ivory or stag will definately wear on your hand, making your experience an unpleasurable one unless you're into pain.

If you're carrying it, then I would go with the stag (and a Tyler T-Grip * http://t-grips.com/TGrips.html) but I would get them fitted better from what I can see from the pictures. I like the stags as they give you that touch of class but give you a textured grip to give you that positive bond between hand and gun (IMO). I don't like rubber grips for my pistols cause I do carry them from time to time and I don't like how the rubber grabs my clothing, thus telling everyone that I have a gun on my hip! The stag would let your outter garment to slide across the gun's grip lowering the gun's signature.

Black rubber seems to fit and look better....JJ

I have the old hard rubber Pachmayrs on my 66-2. They aren't as pretty as either the factory wood grips or the fancy wood finger grips that I have had on it. But I shoot better with them, and besides, it stays in the safe when I'm not shooting it, so I leave them on it.

I'd like the stags if they fit better.

I just can't get away from wood.
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