Prince of Wales (POW) Grip

[Milton C Starr]

Thats interesting ! I wonder if the one who requested a POW style grip perhaps owned English guns beforehand and wanted to carry over the POW grip to their Parkers ? Either way its neat to see .

[edgarspencer]

In my opinion, which Dean will, no doubt disagree with, ALL ball grips, pistol grips (not capped), and half-pistol grips, without regard to the hair-splitting nuances of shape, differ from Prince Of Wales grips ONLY in terminology. The English called them POW Grips, we called everything but.

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

In my opinion, which Dean will, no doubt disagree with, ALL ball grips, pistol grips (not capped), and half-pistol grips, without regard to the hair-splitting nuances of shape, differ from Prince Of Wales grips ONLY in terminology. The English called them POW Grips, we called everything but.

From the pictures ive been looking at the American half grips , the grip area is longer than the POWs but they do similar . Maybe Americans just have bigger hands than our English cousins ?

I dont have a preference or bias towards or against either , I think the stubby POW looks better on some guns and the American half grip looks more fitting on others .