Ebony 1911 grips, pics included.

You are correct in regards to the top screw, my fault lol. Good idea on peening it back down. I had two thoughts, one was to blue it after. The other was to polish it or try and replace it with a plated or stainless Allen head screw if I could find some in the right threading, which I still don't know yet. The barrel/chamber end that's visible in the ejection port of the slide is in the bright and I thought some bright screws might set things off in a small way.
 
Very nice work looks great. When are you putting it on the "EE"?? That's what a lot of folks do spend countless hours making something only to sell it and move on to something else in stainless and plastic. !!
 
mrgoat said:
Very nice work looks great. When are you putting it on the "EE"?? That's what a lot of folks do spend countless hours making something only to sell it and move on to something else in stainless and plastic. !!
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Haha, I don't sell my guns lol. They're all shooters, I don't believe in safe queens. The grips were a make work project till the registration showed up.
 
Butcherbill said:
Haha, I don't sell my guns lol. They're all shooters, I don't believe in safe queens. The grips were a make work project till the registration showed up.
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Your like me then, you appreciate your own efforts and the time it took, and not afraid to use it. If it gets damaged or scratched you fix it up and go again. Enjoy your nice grips.
 
Thanks mrgoat, I aim to enjoy it on one of my days off this week. I could've bought a set of rose wood grips but there's something satisfying in making my own and putting a bit of sweat equity into my own gun. Can't wait to work on the TT-33 grips I started.

I wrapped things up today with some new screws, Girsan grip screws are 3x0.50mm threads and not the standard 1911 threaded screws. A quick trip to Dlask yesterday established that, didn't get any stainless Allen heads but I picked up a couple extra mags from the helpful folk there.

I did however pull out the drill press and tap & dies, with a file I turned the threads down on some brass 8/32 screws Chucked in a drill press, then cut new 3x0.50mm threads. Once cut to length and rounded I managed to get the screw slots timed with out over tightening or stripping a thread. Very happy with the brass accents, the black screws were just too much black.




 
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Hmm...a bridge too far I think. Nice Allen or Torx would complement the ebony better I think. Slot-head screws, in general, are throwbacks to the 1800s.
 
BigUglyMan said:
Hmm...a bridge too far I think. Nice Allen or Torx would complement the ebony better I think. Slot-head screws, in general, are throwbacks to the 1800s.
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Can't say I agree with that one, you see just as many slot head screws as Allen heads. In fact most of the old service 1911's I see all have slots, so I'd say the slot head is more correct than an Allen head on a 1911.

I do like the Allen heads, but finding a 3mm Allen head win a big head dia isn't easy let alone in brass. These I had alread and could make easily.
 
If you're talking about "correctness" for a 1911 ... an OLD 1911 didn't have rails on it ... AND brass for grip screws? GOOD LUCK CHARLIE BROWN! What will happen when one or more of these "custom" brass gripscrews loosen during recoil and bugger the threads ... replacements????

Obviously this gun isn't designed to be a SHOOTER, (especially a competition gun ) with its shiny smooth NICE LOOKING grips... The ORIGINAL 1911 came with checkered grips for a very good and practical reason.

Go as crazy as you want on YOUR "bar-b-q gun, but please don't give the wrong impression about "correctness" to new 1911 shooters...
 
supertard said:
If you're talking about "correctness" for a 1911 ... an OLD 1911 didn't have rails on it ... AND brass for grip screws? GOOD LUCK CHARLIE BROWN! What will happen when one or more of these "custom" brass gripscrews loosen during recoil and bugger the threads ... replacements????

Obviously this gun isn't designed to be a SHOOTER, (especially a competition gun ) with its shiny smooth NICE LOOKING grips... The ORIGINAL 1911 came with checkered grips for a very good and practical reason.

Go as crazy as you want on YOUR "bar-b-q gun, but please don't give the wrong impression about "correctness" to new 1911 shooters...
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Hahaha, sorry my brass screws got you all worked up. Man, I hope you get all that sand out of your ######...
 
Oooops sorry ... me bad! I didn't first notice where your "genuine colt" was made! Now I understand why you got your "feathers so ruffled".... sorry for all the sand ....!
 
I like the brass screws. Neatly done!

Now to finish pimping it out you need to look at getting the slide lock and thumb safety gold plated.... :D

Are you considering getting the tools and getting into some checkering? If so these nice plain curved one way only grips would be nice to try once you learn the basics on some scraps.
 
BCRider said:
I like the brass screws. Neatly done!

Now to finish pimping it out you need to look at getting the slide lock and thumb safety gold plated.... :D

Are you considering getting the tools and getting into some checkering? If so these nice plain curved one way only grips would be nice to try once you learn the basics on some scraps.
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Yeah, I would like to try my hand at checkering. I'm keeping an eye out for more hardwood scrap to play around with. I think I'll try some inlays maybe once I get my hands on materials.

Mmmm, gold plated. I like that lol, that would pop with the bar-b-que paint hahaha. I thought a trigger in the bright might look nice as well. Was in at Dlask this week picking up some mags and saw some in their display.
 
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