Guillermo
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BTW "cloth electrical tape" is known as "friction tape"
In addition to not taking fingerprints, it used to be popular for wrapping smooth wooden grips for its grippiness.
Friction tape is made by impregnating the cloth with a sticky rubber adhesive. This made the grip very tacky (One might argue for either definition of the word).
Like a lot of the old methods, it still works.
I have very fond memories of shooting an old pitted Colt Cobra which had had the barrel cut down from 4 inches. If memory serves it it had a brazilian police department stamp on the backtrap.
In addition to saying "bra" on the barrel I thought the friction taped grips were "gangster" (which is not to be confused with the modern "gangsta"). As a 13 year old I thought that was the coolest gun in the world. Now that I think about it, it is still cool.
In addition to not taking fingerprints, it used to be popular for wrapping smooth wooden grips for its grippiness.
Friction tape is made by impregnating the cloth with a sticky rubber adhesive. This made the grip very tacky (One might argue for either definition of the word).
Like a lot of the old methods, it still works.
I have very fond memories of shooting an old pitted Colt Cobra which had had the barrel cut down from 4 inches. If memory serves it it had a brazilian police department stamp on the backtrap.
In addition to saying "bra" on the barrel I thought the friction taped grips were "gangster" (which is not to be confused with the modern "gangsta"). As a 13 year old I thought that was the coolest gun in the world. Now that I think about it, it is still cool.