Quoted: They make slightly bigger grips for those that mitigate recoil for the pussies.
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I could tolerate the recoil although it is a little much for the whopping 220 FPE you get in return. My wife, on the other hand, fired one round and was done with it. That was all I needed to get rid of it. One can not easily build skills and confidence with a weapon when one is dreading every pull of the trigger.
I looked at the Hogue and Pachmyar grips that cover the backstrap, but they add too much length to the butt of the gun to work well with pocket carry.
I sold the 642 and ordered the Kahr PM9. The Kahr is the same weight and smaller in every dimension-almost a half inch thinner than the J-frame. It also has better sights, better trigger, FAR less recoil, but still fires a more powerful cartridge. All those factors in a more shootable package that is about 80 times faster to reload. What's not to love?