Grips by Recover Tactical for 1911

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Hello all, here to answer any questions you may have. Thank you M2 for the support, much appreciated. I hope you don't mind, but we used a couple of your photos - http://www.recovertactical.com/customer-testimonials
The best form of advertisement is the testimonials from our customers, those that have actually purchased the CC3. So far their response has been 99% positive. Hope you guys don't feel like we are intruding, one forum didn't like us being there.
 
I like the idea for a Model on the Beretta 92!

So do we, since there is only one variation (not including the Taurus) it is proving much easier to design for. We already have the modeling done, will be going to 3d print shortly and will release it at the IWA Exhibition in Nuremberg next month. The design is pretty radical, I will leave it at that.
 
Hope you guys don't feel like we are intruding, one forum didn't like us being there.
I'm impressed.
I wish all companies took the time to answer questions/problems personally like this.
 
A Stoegar/Beretta Cougar model would be a good one as well. There are next to no after market grips for those guns.
 
Keep in mind that each mold and design costs $50,000+, so we need to make sure it will make money before going to production. No offense, but the market for the Stoegar Cougar is a little too niche for us right now.
 
Nice way to dress your 1911 up to look and feel like a Glock. No thanks.
 
So do we, since there is only one variation (not including the Taurus) it is proving much easier to design for. We already have the modeling done, will be going to 3d print shortly and will release it at the IWA Exhibition in Nuremberg next month. The design is pretty radical, I will leave it at that.

As I have wanted a railed 92 for a while but it would be my fourth Beretta 92 I will likely be your first order!

Also, if I could humbly offer my opinion on the 1911 model. It might be really nice if you could make the grips look more traditionally like a 1911 and perhaps incorporate a rounded trigger guard for the 1911 purists.

Of course I say this with no experience as to how much altering an existing mold would cost.
 
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As I have wanted a railed 92 for a while but it would be my fourth Beretta 92 I will likely be your first order!

Also, if I could humbly offer my opinion on the 1911 model. It might be really nice if you could make the grips look more traditionally like a 1911 and perhaps incorporate a rounded trigger guard for the 1911 purists.

Of course I say this with no experience as to how much altering an existing mold would cost.

Re the plunger support - we spoke to some manufacturers and gun smiths and we felt that the plunger support is a feature that is not required if your plunger is properly staked (which it should be at all times). One manufacturer went so far as to say "if you are relying on the grip to support your plunger, you have bigger problems to worry about". We know it is controversial when dealing with 1911 owners and their plungers :), and we did our best to address the issue with offering support from the bottom, but we wanted to keep it as slim and universal as possible, and that was not possible by adding another lip.
 
We know it is controversial when dealing with 1911 owners and their plungers :)

That line made me laugh. I was a purist and it took a lot for me to even buy a 1911 with an external extractor and now I have three of those, a railed 1911, and an LDA trigger para 1911 :what:

I am probably going to get one of your 1911 grips as well but I WILL be buying a 92 grip.

Also, I think that you posting and responding to customers is great customer relations and I highly respect your doing so. I hope your new endeavour thrives.
 
Re the plunger support - we spoke to some manufacturers and gun smiths and we felt that the plunger support is a feature that is not required if your plunger is properly staked (which it should be at all times). One manufacturer went so far as to say "if you are relying on the grip to support your plunger, you have bigger problems to worry about". We know it is controversial when dealing with 1911 owners and their plungers ,

Wouldnt be controversial if some manufactures didnt glue them on!
 
Huh, might have been neat to discover this before I spent the $$ on a Kimber Warrior. Nah, I love my Warrior.

At first glance they look hideous and sacrilegious... then as I look at them more I think, well, maybe they look kinda cool. I might pick one up in the next bit.
 
Anyone that says "buy a 1911 with a rail if you want a rail" is not too sharp. For one, I have a Colt Delta Elite and a Ruger 1911. Neither of those is available with a rail. What am I supposed to do? Buy a Taurus? For $50 I think its great.
 
Your local gunsmith can add a rail to your gun, "if you don't feel like you want to do it yourself", "I fully understand", But there are kits on the market that look almost factory. Instead of all that plastic. For many, the steel or alloy frame, is the best part of a 1911.
A couple of holes in the dustcover and in goes your rail, Here is a surefire, but there are much less expensive ones. http://www.surefire.com/mr07-mounting-rail.html. don't defile a delta with that water gun rail please.
It's your gun, in the end, but 1911's are beautiful objects, making them look like that is just painful to watch.
 
Anyone that says "buy a 1911 with a rail if you want a rail" is not too sharp. For one, I have a Colt Delta Elite and a Ruger 1911. Neither of those is available with a rail. What am I supposed to do? Buy a Taurus? For $50 I think its great.

Thanks for understanding. We are not going after the new gun market, there are countless millions on the market and that is our market.
 
For the beretta, the ticks rail is better. I love mine. Rock solid and a breeze to take off and on
 

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I was a purist and it took a lot for me to even buy a 1911 with an external extractor and now I have three of those, a railed 1911, and an LDA trigger para 1911

That is not rain you are feeling, those are Colonel Cooper's tears, falling from heaven...

(Yes, I've ordered my M-1911 grip-n-rail, too. Forgive me, Colonel Cooper!)
 
For me, it just doesn't work. The lines of the 1911 make for a good looking weapon. Added bolt on bulk does nothing for it's appearance, and I certainly doubt it improves the feel in your hand.
 
For me, it just doesn't work. The lines of the 1911 make for a good looking weapon. Added bolt on bulk does nothing for it's appearance,

I bought my first Remington GI 1911 from our Government (when it was still our government) in 1961.
Brand new, including a extra magazine, the gun cost $17, delivered to my door by the Postman.
I still have it.

From my first days, in 1956, carrying the 1911 in the USMC I've thought the 1911 was one of the coolest guns ever made.
I still do.


But, if the gun can be "temporally" changed in such a way so as to improve it's usefulness, there isn't a thing wrong with doing it.
Especially if the "modification" is such that there is no changes or harm done to the gun.

Personally, I think pistol rails are nothing short of butt ugly. I wouldn't buy a 1911 with a pistol rail. Although I have many other pistols that have rails (and they are all ugly :) )
But installing the RT grips on the 1911 to increase it's (low light) usefulness is a whole different ballgame.

IMO, this grip is no different than installing such as a laser or light on a gun that already has a rail.

Actually better because you can remove the ugly rail from your good looking gun if/when you want to.



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Several years ago I started a post, "we don't need no stinking rails", that was quite controversial, "it was good for a week or two of fun commentary. That was at the peak of the rail mania, everything had a rail on it, Derringers had rails with all sorts of fishing equipment hanging off of them, "just kidding".
Today I have 1 gun with a rail, and a light that slips on at night. But still believe in a separate Tac light. Even with a railed handgun, a flashlight is needed at night. But the rail mania did die down quite a bit. I can see them more for a laser than a light, "unless you really train with a gun that has a light on it".
That is a controversial subject in itself, as everyone who has a light on their gun, assumes they are using it properly.
unfortunately you don't ever want to use your gun as a flashlight. "good way to get shot, by either team" aside from being dangerous to point your weapon at a family member or LEO. So that is where the separate light comes in. In my opinion, "means nothing", if you are going to have a separate light anyway, then other than for a laser, what purpose would your rail be for, since they make many lights and lasers for specific guns?
If it's multiple guns using, one, say viridian unit, you would have to reset it each time, you used the laser on a different weapon.
A hand held light IMO gives you more options, like a good Surefire with strobe.
 
Gym, I agree that its nice to have a separate light, but there is a definite advantage in having the pistol and light both accessible on the same hand. It frees your other hand for tasks such as opening doors, dialling 911, or turning the dial on your long gun safe to get to that shotgun or rifle.
 
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