Goodbye rubber grips!

[HDCamel]

Hello Walnuts!

Why didn't I do this sooner? They feel so much better and look so much cooler.

 

[browningguy]

Very nice, if you ever get a chance try a pair from Esmerelda, she makes very nice grips for 1911's and BHP's.

 

[PO2Hammer]

Nice walnut. They look right at home on a traditional 1911.
Me like!

 

[Shipwreck]

I have rubber grips on all my berettas, and I had them on all1911s I previously owned. Wooden grips look better - but at the range the rubber grips always work better for me

 

[Cowboybootnut]

I had rubber grips on a lot of my guns, even .32 acps. Now I've replaced them with wood grips.

Maybe it has something to do with getting old.

 

[Coyote3855]

I had rubber grips on a lot of my guns, even .32 acps. Now I've replaced them with wood grips.

Maybe it has something to do with getting old.

Or with being old enough to have money...

 

[wally]

Wooden grips look better - but at the range the rubber grips always work better for me

Ditto, all my range favorites have rubber grips when possible, some guns don't have interchangeable grips.

On a 1911 I really like the Pachmayr Rosewood and rubber combo grips best of both worlds

http://www.pachmayr.com/home/american-legend-grips.php (you can usually get them from discount suppliers like Sportsman's Guide or gun shows for ~$27).

 

[Cocked & Locked]

Wood looks so great...sometimes

 

[mljdeckard]

I love how they look, I just kind of ran out of the desire for pretty guns. I use Hogue wrap-arounds. But I suppose one day I might make a project gun and get some blanks to make my own grips with. We'll see.

 

[bannockburn]

HDCamel

Nice grips! I have always liked the Double Diamond pattern grips on my M1911s. They just look so classy yet in a very understated way.

 

[HDCamel]

Incidentally, my AR is the only gun I own that doesn't have walnut grips...

I've seen ARs with wooden furniture before.
Maybe I ought to look into it.