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Some like it, some don't...my ex wife didn't like it ( "eek, feels like velcro ), I did my first (well...second, the real first were old mags) project on my ISSC M22 and loved the positive grip so much that I decided to run that by my Glock 21 SF too, and I kept the finger grooves as they fit my hand perfect.
That's before the show started. A -33 Celsius day, alone in the prairies is perfect for that.
Shown with all tools needed...

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The following one is when the dremeling was done, including trigger guard undercut.

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And after 3 hours mindless micro stippling... That's how she turned out. Maybe not pretty ( but a Glock never was to begin with), but functional.
What do you guys think? (...flame suit at hand )

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I've only had Gen4's and a RTF2 Gen3, so I've never had the need for stippling. Looks like you did a good job on it though and I do LOVE a .45 *Droooooolll*
 
rkm456 said:
I've only had Gen4's and a RTF2 Gen3, so I've never had the need for stippling. Looks like you did a good job on it though and I do LOVE a .45 *Droooooolll*
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Thanks. I had her out today,since it was a +2 afternoon in the prairies...shot as usual, in the way I hold it to shoot. Positive difference showed up in fast follow up shots. I love the .45's too,so much that I sold every other pistol caliber, except the .22's

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Looks pretty good to me...not a stipple guy myself though. I bought a stippled G35 and thought I'd be okay with it grip wise but I wasn't. Looks wise I didn't care cause like you said it's a Glock LOL. But I really like the undercut on the trigger guard idea. I may have to get the Dremel out. What bit did you use if I may ask?
 
rayzorloo said:
Looks pretty good to me...not a stipple guy myself though. I bought a stippled G35 and thought I'd be okay with it grip wise but I wasn't. Looks wise I didn't care cause like you said it's a Glock LOL. But I really like the undercut on the trigger guard idea. I may have to get the Dremel out. What bit did you use if I may ask?
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The one shown in the first pic... about 1/2" dia and 80 grit, slowest speed possible ( 9000 rpm in my case) ...you don't want to melt the plastic. And then go over with a 600 grit wet sand paper, wet. ( to restore the original finish kind of look)

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wow. that's pretty awesome, and a job well done! I'm sure it'll be "fun" to clean once it gets all dirty... but it's a glock so a dip in the tank of castrol superclean will fix that right up, eh?
 
_Tom said:
wow. that's pretty awesome, and a job well done! I'm sure it'll be "fun" to clean once it gets all dirty... but it's a glock so a dip in the tank of castrol superclean will fix that right up, eh?
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...I should look that up, sounds promising. As for now, brake clean and 120psi of air get rid of the DNA accumulations pretty good.
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Travis Bickle said:
Why do people do this? Were the handguns just flying out of peoples hands before or something? Like trying to shoot a wet bar of soap? lol
It looks like it went through a fire.
Not for me.
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At one point in my shooting days I tried some really aggressive G10 grips on a 1911 just to see if there was any improvement over the standard checkered wood.
There was little to no difference in the first few mags, where it got interesting was after 500 hundred rounds my hands were hamburger.
So now I see little point to any of this stippling or aggressive grip stuff... especially if you shoot high volume. I like a smooth grip on my pistols. Someone should at least try skateboard tape first if they need a better grip, at least it is not permanent and looks better then a destroyed bubba frame.
 
I bought a stippled piece because the price was right and the job was well done. I would not have done it to the gun if I had bought it new...

I recently purchased a 1911, the grips are smooth as glass and slick as oil and I thought that I'd have to replace them pronto. However the checkering on the front and rear of the frame is machined on the forged frame at 24 lpi. I quickly discovered that the grips have nothing to do with a grippy pistol, they simply create the ergos of the gun, the palm swell I guess. That 1911 will be grippy forever an as Hitzy points out likely make hamburger of my hands on a big shoot range day. Compromise. I'll take the hamburger.

Perhaps the moral of my story is to try grip tape fore and aft on your frame as a first try. Acknowledging that it's your gun, your rules of course!
 
Hitzy said:
At one point in my shooting days I tried some really aggressive G10 grips on a 1911 just to see if there was any improvement over the standard checkered wood.
There was little to no difference in the first few mags, where it got interesting was after 500 hundred rounds my hands were hamburger.
So now I see little point to any of this stippling or aggressive grip stuff... especially if you shoot high volume. I like a smooth grip on my pistols. Someone should at least try skateboard tape first if they need a better grip, at least it is not permanent and looks better then a destroyed bubba frame.
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For plinking or slow fire target shooting stippling you gun (or any aggressive grip) makes no difference.

But if you are in competition an aggressive grip is critical to reducing the movement or shifting of the pistol under recoil. An aggressive grip will aid in increasing accurate and rapid follow-up shots - particularly with sweaty hands.

When I go to the range I am amazed with the number of shooters who adjust their grip after *every* shot.

The only reason I don’t use stippling is that most of my pistols are used in competition... For certain types of competition, permenant modifications to your pistol are forbidden. (So I use very aggressive grip tape to get the same end result). otherwise I would consider stippling.

And yes, your hands will need a certain amount of time to acclimate to the aggressive grip. I found it works best if you shoot at least once a week to maintain the calluses.
 
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