Show me your 1911 grips

[SourMash]

I'm wanting to install some G10 grips on my pistol. It's a Custom II, just your basic blued pistol. I would like to see some pictures of different colored grips to get an idea of what I would like for my own taste. I have looked in some magazines and they don't bother showing them with a gun, so it's kinda hard to see what they would look like. Thanks

Andy

 

[Huevos]

I don't have a lot of blued guns but here's a few shots of some grips...

VZ Gatorbacks


Elephant Ivory


Alumagrips


Lazza 4X4's


Some more VZ Gatorbacks


Lazza 4X4 Warthogs

 

[Kingofthehill]

6" STI 9mm Trojan sporting Coyote Brown VZ grips and the Fusion 4" .45 is wearing VZ 1* grips

 

[Mad Magyar]

You want some color, how about these...

 

[SourMash]

Thanks Alot! Anyone else?

 

[WC145]

This is a crummy pic of some very nice stag grips on my Springfield Loaded-



These are water buffalo horn inlaid w/mother of pearl on a Colt .38 Super-



Red cocobolo grips on my Fusion CCO-

 

[rellascout]

Hakan Pek

 

[G27RR]

Davidson Wyrm grips - black


Wyrm Black and tan


Davidson Horned Lizard Grips




Esmeralda grips cocobolo

 

[bigfatdave]

Slimline Alumagrips mounted on a basic Citadel Officer's size.

All those other grips are pretty, but the Alumagrips are tough and don't snag ... I actually carry this gun and it is as comfortable as a single-stack poly-frame pistol except for a bit of extra weight.

 

[G27RR]

G10 grips are very durable and great for carry. All the Davidson grips I showed I would carry without hesitation. Very good grip texture, no probems with snagging, and they don't get as hot or cold feeling against your skin like aluminum grips sometimes do.


Here's a pair of factory G10 grips on my Shadow, after over 2K rounds and over a year of carry.

 

[_JD_]

I love my VZ's.

VZ G10 320's in Black Cherry


VZ G10 ETCs in Black Dessert Sand


VZ G10 Operators in Black Desert Sand


VZ G10 ETC's in Black & Green



I think these were from Larry Davidson's Monkey Grips.

 

[SourMash]

You guys have some very nice guns!!! Thanks for sharing

 

[Walkalong]

 

[Winkman822]

Fully checkered/bordered cocobolo grips from Esmeralda on my WIlson Combat CQB Compact:



The Standard fully checkered G10 Wilson Combat grips on my CQB Compact:



My Kimber Desert Warrior with Strider Gunners:


My Springfield TRP with myrtle burl grips by Tom Waggoner:


My Springfield TRP with French walnut grips by Tom Waggoner:


My Springfield TRP with fully checkered cocobolo grips, don't know who by, though:

 

[Shmackey]

Black walnut burl (shot by me):

White cocobolo (shot by Fusion):

 

[Olympus]

 

[BCCL]

RAASCO Cocobolo Dymondwood. Cheap, but look great.

 

[QUICK_DRAW_McGRAW]

simple cocobolo double diamonds

 

[coiler666]

Of the many fine grip makers out there, such as Sarge at the finer grain, Wicked grips, Esmeralda,etc, the choices are many.But i have been looking at Mr Olympus(brownscustom) and i gotta say his are also world class....such beauty from a piece of wood.I salute you all for you skills...best regards, Mike.

 

[Olympus]

I appreciate the compliment Mike! We try to make grips as unique as possible and still try to keep prices affordable.

 

[zero_chances]

Carbon fiber grips



And they really pop in bright light

 

[Giterboosted]

Zero where did you get those, I've been looking for a set like that for my ultra carry, so that size should fit mine also!

 

[JTQ]

_JD_,

I see you have the least aggressive VZ's (320's) on the pistol with the least aggressive front strap (Ed Brown Special Forces?).

Is it still grippy enough, considering your other pistols have checkering and more aggressive grips?

 

[_JD_]

I see you have the least aggressive VZ's (320's) on the pistol with the least aggressive front strap (Ed Brown Special Forces?).

Is it still grippy enough, considering your other pistols have checkering and more aggressive grips?

It's actually a Nighthawk Talon Recon w/ bobtail. I find it's grippy enough, I'll be taking it to TDI for their Pistol III class this spring and will have a better feel for it in warmer months @ speed but so far in IDPA it's proven well. I took my Baer with ETCs to a two day class last fall and between the checkering, even at 30LPI and the ETCs being less aggressive than the Operators that my hands were starting to get a little raw by the 2nd day.

 

[JTQ]

Thanks for the input. And, oops, the correction on your pistol.

I've heard checkered G10 is very sharp and was thinking even with the relatively smooth surface of the 320 they would most likely have enough grip.