Cocked&Locked
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Good thread OP! Some nice stippling jobs out there too! Thanks for sharing, all you who took the time to post picks.
what does "stippling" do?
- Thread starter nastybubba
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I would agree with this. I have a Gen.4 G19 and it gets slippery with sweaty hands, stippling would be a big improvement but I am loathe to trash the resale value at the moment. Never tried with it covered in blood and I hope to avoid that completely...
Mark
My observations as well, but I'll add that some of the final finishes on the plastic guns REALLY don't agree with the glue on grip tape. I could not get grip tape to stick to the important areas of my M&P. At all. Talon Grips might be better. Even then, you're changing the dimensions of the gripping surface, which is not always desired.
If you spend thousands of dollars on ammunition yearly, one or perhaps two hundred "spent" on lost resale value (one-time cost) is pretty insignificant. ESPECIALLY considering the improved function.
Even still, as a used gun buyer, I would pay extra for a stippling job that was done well.
Two reasons at the moment. I haven't been shooting much at all the last 8 months, so it hasn't become a major annoyance for me and it's the "done well" part that concerns me if I take a soldering iron to it. If I get that keen on the idea I will buy a couple of Pmags to practice on before touching the G19.
Mark
In your case, fair enough. I just like to point out the limits of the "resale value" argument since it always comes up. Once I knew that I was going to be shooting my current primary pistol for at least a season, it was a no-brainer to improve its feel by stippling it. Could not be happier since I decided to do so. I expect to lose $100 tops on resale value if I ever decide to sell it, and that's a small fraction of my annual ammunition budget.
No reason not to practice on the PMAGs like you say, but it's easy to re-do the stippling if you don't care for how it turns out. It's honestly much less risk than many (who haven't tried it) seem to think.
