I see you like Pachmayr grips. I like them, too, for shooting, but not for carrying. They tend to stick to clothing.
I hear that all the time, but I have never once personally experienced that. Hogue's are even more grabby than Pachmayr's and I haven't had a problem with Hogues. My J frame wears a Hogue "boot" style grip and is even pocket carried, never hangs up.
And as time goes on, hand oils smooth out and slick up the surface of the rubber grips, making it less and less of an issue.
Personally, I'll always take a nice custom wood grip over rubber, but I find rubber completely acceptable if I don't have the wood. In the field it's hard to beat the durability of rubber. That's why my S&W 617 still wears the original Hogue rubber grips, because I used to squirrel hunt so much with the 617. And the J frame...the rubber makes it much more pleasant to shoot (not that it's ever pleasant), and they're all but indestructable, so they fit my needs quite well.
But all my other handguns wear either wood, elephant ivory, or CTC Laser grips.
