Stippling on your rifle?

Ive done it on wood stocks, never did it on synthetics as they usually have some form of texture molded in. No pictures anymore, but basically i just layed out a similar pattern to the checkering on some of my other stocks. Cut the border with a single blade checkering tool, then went to town with a stippling tool. I had to recut the border at the end, but it wasnt too bad

i just use grip tape seems to be easy to apply and works about the same with out all that work stippling
note on my canik 9mm and back strap area of my Norinco 213 here, i dont like guns slipping out of my paws

Been considering it on a rem700. I don't like the factory stock but it is functionally decent so stipling might make it more tolerable. Would certainly make the rifle more useful in wet conditions.

If you do a wood stock and are going to do a border cut that first. The stippling actually hardens the area worked. Coupled with the uneven jagged edge of the pattern it makes it difficult to cut a clean even border.

Cleaning up the border when your done is kinda annoying for the same reason, but much easier than trying to cut one after stippling.

i stipple a hunting knife handle with a soldering iron does that count i was really board i guess

saiga308 said:

i stipple a hunting knife handle with a soldering iron does that count i was really board i guess

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Ive seen some very nice soldering iron stippling jobs on synthetics pistol grips.

I've done some soldering iron stippling on the over hang on a couple of my mags. And it really helps your little finger to ''grab'' onto the bottom of the magazine, like on the Ruger LCP.

I've done some pistol grips and a couple of rifles with a dremel and a tiny ball end cutter. As stated, you want to do the border lines first. I used checkering cutter and touch up files for that. It certainly improves one's grip.

I also tried an electric dremel engraving tool using it as a punch. I had no success with that approach but I now have a nice engraving tool if I want to mark tools and such.

doubleh said:

I've done some pistol grips and a couple of rifles with a dremel and a tiny ball end cutter.

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I've done this on a wooden stock with satisfactory results, but did you actually do this on synthetic? I would think that the high speed of the Dremel cutter would melt the plastic and quickly gum up the bit.

ccoyle said:

I've done this on a wooden stock with satisfactory results, but did you actually do this on synthetic? I would think that the high speed of the Dremel cutter would melt the plastic and quickly gum up the bit.

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Yes, on two. I own four different dremels and one air driven pencil grinder. Every one of them is variable speed. I run them pretty slow as I have better control over the cutter. I've seen recommendations on the internet to use high speed for better control but with lower speeds I do much better. I also clean the cutter frequently using an old suede brush. I don't use the air pencil much. It's an air hog and requires a lot of compressor to keep it going which makes it an expensive and noisy proposition to run compared to the dremels. It is capable of 50,000 rpm but I have very little use for it.

LoonWulf said:

Ive seen some very nice soldering iron stippling jobs on synthetics pistol grips.

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it takes a steady hand i hand one when i was a younging now i am a old shaky

heres that hunting knife handle i use a solding iron too not for looks for grip and my Eaa witness 45 cal close by with grip tape