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Ummmm...."competition only"? You mean like extended magwells, beavertail grip safeties, and extended thumb safeties were when THEY first came out? Yes, I remember waaaaay back then!

Merlin, Thanks. I agree. That was my thought process in asking the question. Didn't see your post till after I posted my reply. Nice to hear a voice of reason. Bob

I don't see a big difference between this, and a large magwell equipped 9mm single stack semi-auto, with the magwell cut to fit "in the box". As to it's suitability for concealed carry......it still can tuck in tight against the body, perfectly concealable. The catalog pics are a little deceiving. Could I carry it concealed? Yeah. Would I? Maybe not. Just so you don't think I'm talking out my a$$ here, I do have some concealed carry experience (25 years as an officer with a metropolitan P.D.) But, I won't debate that issue with you, since questioning anything IDPA rule related seems to be verboten. Forget I asked....won't happen again.

Team Amish, Yeah, I have a set of the rubber Hogue X-frames, as well as the rubber Pachmayrs that come on the Nightguard. The X's work pretty well, but I like the extra length of the Big Butts because of the extra purchase it gives my support hand. As you said, the trigger reach is a little close, but I take the trade off in order to be able to get a really high grip on the backstrap. My original question was really not a "What grips should I use", just whether or not there had been any known decision from "on-high" in IDPA as to the use of the Hogue BB. I'll be competing at the CA State Championship Match in October, so I guess I'll bring them, along with a regular set of Hogue's and see what gets said. Worse case scenario, I swap them out prior to the match and just shoot the standard Hogue's. Thanks for the responses. Bob

Greetings all ! Just wanted to check if anyone knows if the Hogue Big Butt grips are IDPA legal in ESR. Per the IDPA rules: "3. Grips to another style or material that is similar to factory configuration (no weighted grips). " Not sure where the line is drawn on "similar". I shoot them on a N-frame 625. I have fairly large paws. The bottom of the grips extend about 1/2 inch below the bottom of my strong hand, and the bottom of my weak hand is flush with the bottom of the grip, so it's not like there's a lot of extra hanging out there. I tried the search function, but couldn't find anything relevant. Thanks in advance for any help. Bob

Hi Warren, I'd like to place an order. I need: 1 green FO, 300x100, Classic 1 green FO, 250x100, Classic Bob