What kind of grips are these?

$89.00 is a lot?? You have a $2500 gun so I don't think $89 is a lot. It's a business, they have cost too. Machine and set up and everything else has to get paid AND it's not like there are 20,000 guns out there that all need grips, lol. At least not yet. Machines also mean that the grips are made perfect and no opps let me cover that up thing.

Remember, CNC is cheap when you make things by the zillions, but it is relatively expensive if your quantities are low. A lot of programming time goes into the front end, and then you add in the cost of materials, and skilled labor to run the machine. I don't think there has been a huge stampede of people rushing out to buy these things, so it will likely take a very long time (years) to amortize the investment. I don't know anything about that business, but it's almost certain that the AM grips are a money-losing proposition, paid for by the profits generated from selling mass-market grips to other people, in quantity. 

Pantera Mike wrote: FWIW I fired the 357 Auto Mag with the Grips4U grips for the first time today, and was surprised at how much better it felt than my other Auto Mag which still wears its original El Monte grips.  The stock ones make the gun have a relatively square, or rather rectangular profile, akin to holding a 1x2 block in your hand. By contrast, these wood grips give the gun a more oval grip profile. Close examination reveals that both the forward and aft edges of the wood grips are much more tapered than the original grips. The overall size of the grip is probably reduced very slightly too.  Perhaps because of this, the recoil impulse felt smaller, even though this gun is marginally lighter than my other one when it is fitted with the 8.5-inch 357 barrel.  I’m seriously considering getting another set for my first Auto Mag now. It would definitely be $89 well-spent.

BEEMER1 wrote: I think part of what you are saying is the difference between shooting a 357 AMP and the 44 AMP. I have always found the 357 to be much more pleasant to shoot. I would expect the wood grips to crack fairly quick on either gun, especially the 44, good luck.

Last week I fired my El Monte gun (with both 44 and 357 barrels, and original grips) and it was pretty brutal. I have been so spoiled by how much better my High Standard 357 feels with Grips4U.com grips, and the difference in controllability is quite noticeable, even when firing 357 in both guns.