Hogue Monogrip VS. Bantam

[BRL]

I have the Monogrip on my Redhawk and do not like them. They are too narrow and leave a space at my palm. I feel like I'm gripping a deck of cards...not comfy (especially under heavy recoil).

Does anyone have the Bantam grips? If so, how do you like them and can anyone compare them to the Mono? In the pictures at the link below, they look to have more palm swell than the Mono's.

http://www.hoguestore.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=27_66_425

Thanks!!

[watkibe]

I have the Hogue soft Mono-grips. Are your's soft, or hard nylon ("feels like a deck of cards") ?
I bought used Pachmyer Presentation, the Hogue hard nylon ( I was gonna grind 'em down to fit), and was still frustrated, the grip is just too big for me.
And then I noticed some of the new RH's had Bantam grips. I called up and they assured me they are smaller. I bought them right away. When they came, I didn't even have to open the package, the darn things would still have been too big for me. Besides the Bantam's are as ugly as an H&R rifle stock.  (The Hogue Monogrip on my SP 101 is another story: It's the best fitting grip I have ever had !
I thought about Pachmayer Grippers, since I loved them on my Service Six, but I honestly think I would be paying $30-plus shipping for another pair of too-big grips.
I did run across the cardboard yellow box the Redhawk came in, and the original wood stocks are in the box. They are ugly and hard, but I might give them a try some day.

[BRL]

Thanks for the reply.

My Monogrips are the soft ones. Hogue told me that the rubber and nylon are the same dimensions. It feels like a deck of cards meaning that...imagine putting a deck of cards in your hand and holding it as if it were a grip. I feel a solid grip in the first knuckles of my fingers but nothing in the palm of my hand. I'm looking for a grip with more palm swell to fill my hand better. It looked as though the pictures on their site, and in the link, showed the Bantam as being "fatter" than the Mono. But, after an email to them, they said the Bantams were smaller.

I may look into the Pachmayer but I've had other people tell me that they don't fit the frame very well and are not as good a quality as Hogue. I may also look at different wood grips and wear a glove for better grip when I start to sweat in the Florida heat.

Thanks again!!