Rubber innertube grips

[acmax95]

I have seen several pics on the internet of people who use rubber innertube on their grips for better purchase.

Here is my stupid question: what type of innertube is it and where do you get it? I was in Lowes's this morning and did not see anything but I wasn't really sure where to look.

 

[General Geoff]

bicycle inner tube.

 

[mgmorden]

bicycle inner tube.

Yep - just head over to Wal-mart's bike section and grab one. $4 will get you enough tube to do 15-20 grips if you have a mind to .

 

[acmax95]

Thanks guys.

 

[General Geoff]

I'd recommend a 26" mountain bike tube, they're significantly larger diameter than the skinny road bike tubes, and will not need to be stretched as much to slip over most pistol grips.

 

[charliehustle10]

walmart

 

[Notoast]

You can also use skateboard tape to improve your purchase on the gun.

 

[357 Terms]

2 inch dia. fits my XD great. Wash them good, turns your hand black if you dont.

 

[Bigdog57]

Go to Tractor Supply and get a can of "Anti-Monkey Butt Powder" - works great for mounting tubes in motorcycle tires - should help on tight-fitting handgun grips too.

Also has 'other uses'.....

 

[ColtPythonElite]

Dish soap works great to slid grips like the Hogue on. The soap dries and leaves the grip tight.

 

[jimk0512]

what type of innertube is it and where do you get it?

Near where I live, there is a bicycle shop that does repairs. I asked the man doing the repairs and he gave me an innertube with a hole in it that he was throwing away.

 

[smallbore]

I've been using skaters tape on pistol grips. Never thought about using an inner tube.

 

[ChefJeff1]

cool idea, I'll save my mtb bike tubes. would be a good idea to slide one over a wood grip for shooting and keep the wood grip for looking.

 

[acmax95]

I use skateboard tape as well on some of my handguns. I really like it on my 1911.

I bought a new AR-15 and did not like the way the pistol grip was checkered. I put some innertube on it today and it is much better, IMO. Saved me about $30 on a new grip, that's almost a hundred rounds of Russian .223.

 

[lemaymiami]

Back in the Stone Age.... there was a trick to carrying a sidearm without a holster up under a tucked in shirt. All that was needed was one or two thick rubber bands around the grips, the gun was then slid into place in a cross draw position inside the waist band under the tucked in shirt. That method was considered "old school" when I first heard about it in the early seventies... and it worked surprisingly well. The rubber bands kept the handgun from sliding down once it was in place.