Recently I purchased a Chiappa little badger in .22lr
One thing I planned to do even before purchasing was to design a pistol grip, and as soon as I had the rifle in hand I knew that it would benefit from a grip.
I started by sketching out my design for the grip, and soon after had a hard copy of one side profile.
I live in a small basement suite so as far as wood working space/provisions go I am pretty limited.
I knew the grip would need to be made from hardwood, which is not something in abundance on this wet coast. I took a trip to the hardware store and purchased two oak boards. (would have preferred to cut the tree myself but alas)
I laminated together two pieces of wood cut from the same board. After the glue had dried, I traced my design onto a new piece of paper to preserve my original design. I cut out the trace and attached it to the laminated piece of wood, and cut a rough outline with a coping saw.
I then smoothed out the grip with a belt sander, and cut out the channel for the picatinny rail. I further slimmed the profile of the grip so that it would fit hands a little smaller than mine (I've got larger hands).
(before picatinny cut out)
(fully attached)
Now I do have final plans on how to attach it (not just pressure fitted as it is now) but I wont be revealing the details of my design (if you can figure it out congrats!)
As far as I know I am the first in North America to do this (which is pretty cool)
I will be staining it to a darker colour, but other than that its complete to my satisfaction.
One thing I planned to do even before purchasing was to design a pistol grip, and as soon as I had the rifle in hand I knew that it would benefit from a grip.
I started by sketching out my design for the grip, and soon after had a hard copy of one side profile.
I live in a small basement suite so as far as wood working space/provisions go I am pretty limited.
I knew the grip would need to be made from hardwood, which is not something in abundance on this wet coast. I took a trip to the hardware store and purchased two oak boards. (would have preferred to cut the tree myself but alas)
I laminated together two pieces of wood cut from the same board. After the glue had dried, I traced my design onto a new piece of paper to preserve my original design. I cut out the trace and attached it to the laminated piece of wood, and cut a rough outline with a coping saw.
I then smoothed out the grip with a belt sander, and cut out the channel for the picatinny rail. I further slimmed the profile of the grip so that it would fit hands a little smaller than mine (I've got larger hands).
(before picatinny cut out)
(fully attached)
Now I do have final plans on how to attach it (not just pressure fitted as it is now) but I wont be revealing the details of my design (if you can figure it out congrats!)
As far as I know I am the first in North America to do this (which is pretty cool)
I will be staining it to a darker colour, but other than that its complete to my satisfaction.
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good thing is it still folds all the way, well more since i also modded the bottom rail so it can fold more. 
