So I decided to bubba my Glock

Great job on the side panel, what does it signify? {joke:)} The first thing I thought with the undercut on the trigger guard was slide bite (I've been bit with my 17/g4 a few times with a high hold and no undercut!?), but the more I think about it, the undercut might actually help with a higher purchase on the gun while leaving the web of your trigger hand out of the way/below the slide. Kinda like a 1911 grip angle (which is way more...natural? To me any way.)
Anyhow, I think just about any Glock shooter would agree that the trigger guard is either molded too thick or too low on the frame and "needs" some relief at that spot (Gen 5 anyone?):p

Great job on the Punisher skull. Love it.
 
Beniw765 said:
My Glock 19 , I repeat MY GLOCK 19 , has become my favourite pistol despite some ergos that I thought were not the greatest. I've been poring through Glock mods all over the forums and love what Salient Arms have been doing to Glocks big time but I'm not willing to drop 800$ in mods on a 700$ pistol. I decided I'd do it myself. So I used a dremel to relief cut the back of the trigger guard to allow a higher purchase on the pistols and took out some of the underside of the trigger guard also to allow a more comfortable support hand grip. I've also stippled the underside of the trigger guard and small patches on the side of the frame to improve grip. Turned out pretty good I think and only took me a couple hours.



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That deserves another bump. Nice undercut!
 
Well thought out and nicely executed - nothing wrong there, I kind of wonder sometimes because some of the jobs appear to be done by an 8 year old with ADHD, but this one is rock solid. Anyone who runs a pistol hard can see the logic behind those mods.
 
Stippling done , I'm happy with the results. Feels great in hand , relief cut makes the grip angle more 1911ish and the stippling provides outstanding grip! I went really light on the stippling with a very fine point so it's not too aggressive but there's no way I'll be losing traction on this puppy.




 
plinker 777 said:
(I've been bit with my 17/g4 a few times with a high hold and no undercut!?), but the more I think about it, the undercut might actually help with a higher purchase on the gun while leaving the web of your trigger hand out of the way/below the slide. Kinda like a 1911 grip angle (which is way more...natural? To me any way.)
Anyhow, I think just about any Glock shooter would agree that the trigger guard is either molded too thick or too low on the frame and "needs" some relief at that spot (Gen 5 anyone?):p

Great job on the Punisher skull. Love it.
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Unless you physically change the angle of the grip ( it can be done with extensive mods) you are stuck with the 'Glock angle'.
More relief on the trigger guard will naturally push the hand further up the grip, making the add on beaver tails a good addition.


Well done on the mods OP. It looks very consistent from start to end - an important aspect I see missing from a lot of stipple jobs.
 
beltfed said:
Unless you physically change the angle of the grip ( it can be done with extensive mods) you are stuck with the 'Glock angle'.
More relief on the trigger guard will naturally push the hand further up the grip, making the add on beaver tails a good addition.


Well done on the mods OP. It looks very consistent from start to end - an important aspect I see missing from a lot of stipple jobs.
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Thanks.
What I mean about the grip angle is that since the web of my hand stays where it always has been on a Glock but now my fingers are able to go up that extra 1/4 inch it does in fact affect the angle at which the pistol does sit when pointing. It does have the affect changing the angle at which it sits but a 1911 it is not. Just more comfortable for me
 
You could quit your day job. :)
Probably one of the nicest stipple jobs I've seen. It's the small details and attention to detail that make all the difference.
How did you lay it out? Or was it freehand?
 
A ransom rest is a bit more rigid then a human hand but check out the flex......
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Can-down said:
You could quit your day job. :)
Probably one of the nicest stipple jobs I've seen. It's the small details and attention to detail that make all the difference.
How did you lay it out? Or was it freehand?
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I drew an outline of where I wanted stippled with a #2 HB pencil for a rough outline and just free handed it.

Those slow mo vids are always really revealing , you should look up the Kriss Vector slow mo vid!
 
I've seen that one too, some of the .50cal stuff show how much the scopes flex as well.
Pencil's easy, some controled hot air(micro torch) would likely bring the gloss back on the sanded area's but totally not necessary.....
great job once again!
 
Well done OP, a pro job.

Aesthetically, I like finer stippling, and I thought it provided an excellent grip on the gun. A course last summer changed my mind about that. It was very hot and humid and my hands were sweating like a card carrying NDP member in a fiscal responsibility discussion. The fine stipple didn't hold up too well after about three hours into an 8 hour day, and the gun started to move around on me more than I would like. All my stipple jobs now have a much coarser stipple with a wider point on my soldering iron. I'm going to have to redo my Glock.

plinker 777 said:
Great job on the side panel, what does it signify? {joke:)} The first thing I thought with the undercut on the trigger guard was slide bite (I've been bit with my 17/g4 a few times with a high hold and no undercut!?), but the more I think about it, the undercut might actually help with a higher purchase on the gun while leaving the web of your trigger hand out of the way/below the slide. Kinda like a 1911 grip angle (which is way more...natural? To me any way.)
Anyhow, I think just about any Glock shooter would agree that the trigger guard is either molded too thick or too low on the frame and "needs" some relief at that spot (Gen 5 anyone?):p

Great job on the Punisher skull. Love it.
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For Gen 3 and older Glocks, a Grip Force adapter will help with Glock bite. Gen 4's come with a beaver tail insert. The GFA also does help with the grip angle issue, and helps the gun point more naturally for me. Here's a pic of my old workhorse with the GFA installed.
 
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Very nice job on the stipple and undercut. I'm assuming you used a dremel type tool to do the undercut, what grit sanding drum did you use?
 
flipincanadian said:
Very nice job on the stipple and undercut. I'm assuming you used a dremel type tool to do the undercut, what grit sanding drum did you use?
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For the removal of the material I used the roughest grit I could find on the dremel and for the polishing I actually used a fine grit stone with polishing pastes. Seemed to really work well. I'm an Ironworker by trade , I'd never tried or worked with polymers before. The polishing compounds worked nicely to my surprised. I had a bunch of really fine grit paper I was gonna use just by hand in case the stone & paste failed
 
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