Speaking of "knuckle knocking," the Gated Remington, even though it is an Uberti, still beat up my knuckle of my middle finger. At the local match, shooting 25 rounds from it, it wasn't too bad. At the annual match where I fired about 100 rounds from the Remington, my knuckle was bruised and sore. It was so bad that the last day, I double wrapped it in two bandages for padding.... Hrumph. The only two shots I dropped at the match were on the last stage with the Remington because I was flinching so bad. A week later and it is still sore... You would not think that the 1860 grip would be that much different, but it is.