I have Pachmayr grips on all of my heavy recoiling Blackhawks. I like them better than gloves.
I tried that decades ago and learned (for me) that smooth grips allow the gun to rotate in the palm like a clutch plate. I find that to be true even on the 454 Casull. I wear the gloves to absorb the linear recoil of the trigger guard and softening the blows to my knuckles and support hand fingers behind the trigger guard.
On my T/C contenders, I DO have Pachmayr grips on all of the hard recoiling frames coupled with similar barrels like the 45-70, 411-JDJ, 375-JDJ, and so forth. The recoil movement of the T/C is more linear and directed into the hand towards the wrist - directly rearward.
I read an article about hard recoiling revolvers many years ago where the author advocated for smooth wood grips on hard recoiling revolvers of the SAA variety in shape. Checkered wood grips will eat you alive of course so glove up with those if you have them.
So with smooth wood grips, grip pressure is critical. Too much grip pressure and the gun will beat your hand and wrist to death. Too little pressure and you will have a barrel smack you between the eyes as the gun is ripped from your grasp. Just right with the pressure and the grip will "slip" through you grasp slightly, allowing the gun to recoil and the recoil energy to dissipate within your palm/hand. It works well for me BUT one needs to be familiar with hard kicking revolvers.
I admit that at my age now, I am less tolerant of the real hard kicking revolvers and tend to download them into more acceptable recoil levels where shooting them without the adrenaline rush is much easier and less abusive to my old-man wrists. Jeez.....I tried to open a jar of olives last night and.....
With rifle in hand, I confidently go forth into the darkness.
