06-04-2008, 09:18 PM
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| Thanks, SevenŠ! SevenŠ sent me a set of grips so I could take the rubber off my new sweetie. And they look simply wonderful! Not to mention the gun feels a heck of a lot better now... ya know, like a 1911.  So I had some fears as to what I would find when I removed the grips. One of those fears was confirmed kinda and another jumped in that I hadn't even thought of, but it made the first fear come true. I noticed the grips were awful tough to take off and I ended up prying them off with my screwdriver. It appears someone lock-tighted the grips in place. Now, I've heard of putting lock tight on the grip screws (which they didn't do, btw), but not under the grips themselves. And they got a little happy with the glue. They completely outlined the interior of the grips, including the wrap around area. That left what I thought was rust at first on what is now exposed. I cleaned the whole area down with some gun cleaner and it looks better, but there are two strips of something kinda rust mixed with purple on the front now (won't show up in a photo, I tried). I can tell rust is not actually playing a roll, the gun is just discolored. And double checking the rubber for shiny glue parts confirmed that. But the whole front area that was covered by this wrap around is sort of gritty looking and now has two stripes on it. Oh well. I'm considering sending her in to Springfield for some basic maintenance, I may save my pennies and have her reparkerized while it's there. So here she is with her new look:   I'm lovin' on these grips, man. They're nice and light, smooth, and different than anything I've seen before, which I like. I think she looks good. What do you guys think?
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06-04-2008, 09:22 PM
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| looks great!!
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06-05-2008, 10:07 PM
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 Not meaning to thread jack, SL. But, I got to give a shout out to gungripguys. http://www.gungripguys.com/ They make some nice stuff at affordable prices. And they'll cut for ambi safeties for no extra cost if you e-mail them. Some holly grips (fake ivory) I got from them for $19... 
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06-05-2008, 10:32 PM
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| Good, I can give plugs at work, too.  I got lots of compliments today when I brought her in to show off a bit. Now I can tell people where the grips came from. I had at least two people who wanted a set.
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06-06-2008, 11:10 AM
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| Awesome grips....thanks for the website. Mike
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06-06-2008, 12:33 PM
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| The grips look great, SL.
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06-13-2008, 09:07 PM
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| The new grips are keepers. They're a little slick in the hot range, but not as slick as I was fearing they would be. Even though the range was excessively hot and I was dripping sweat. It slid around a little and knocked off the shot just a touch, but it isn't anything I can't overcome and nothing that won't be beatable in better conditions. If I ever find myself in the desert where it's as hot as that range was today, I'll leave her in the backpack. Otherwise, it was a good shoot and those grips are working out well!
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06-15-2008, 01:21 AM
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| Heres a Pic of my Springfield Armory Mil-Spec 1911 with some curly maple grips that I made myself. I put a coat of Birchwood Casey stock finish on it and the clear coat and it turned out pretty well. I have since made a couple pair out of Brazilian cherry, oak, and cumaru. They turned out pretty well I think. What do you guys think?  Here is a pair I made out of oak. I had to take the dremel to these a little to open the holes a little bit. I think something is a little bit off between the specs of a Kimber and my SA Mil-Spec. They fit nice on my SA, but had to make the hole a tick bigger in a couple places. Owell. But here is a pic after I just put them on tonight, or actually since its 0121, today. 
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06-15-2008, 08:50 PM
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| I think they look real good! Nice work!
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