Come Into Bawanna's Famous Grip Emporium

[BirdsThaWord]

In the pics at least, the stones show as silver”ish”, pulling off the hammer and barrel hood. Then the dark graining in the grips pulls off of the frame & slide. Can’t “come together” much better than that IMHO.
I read into what you said about a lil trimming. I’d MUUUUCH rather that than one’s that come up short this way or that way. Sounds like you scored the perfect set. The Grip Master strikes again! Happy for you dao! I know that having the grips just right makes such a difference when I’m dressing mine. Congrats my friend!

[dao]

You done good! Expect something from me in the mail this coming week Colonel.

Thanks Bird. Something about a red grip on a black frame that brings out the best in both. The jewels are OK but the grips are where he hit the homerun. I have to say that I still like the red stones he used in his better. But he used what I asked him to, and I like them just fine. They feel great in hand too.

[Bawanna]

I think the stone is basically clear. There's like a foil or something shiny on the back which is what shows up. They are like plastic or glass. I put one in that was flawed and they fit the hole so well I couldn't get it out, so I took a tapered awl and just tapped it a bit. It shattered and came out easily so I could put another one in.

The ones on mine were actually Blue. I caught hell for getting a red wheelchair when working at the PD. They wanted to know why I got Fire Dept red.....So lean towards blue these days.

I can easily pop those silver ones out and put in another color. I don't know what the wife has around. Thats where the blue came from. I don't think she had red that I recall but could probably get some.

Glad you had a disc sander to remove some wood at the mag well, I left quite a lot and that's usually a tough area to fit, I use a file and going across the grain can be difficult. I have belt sanders but when I'm going for the perfect fit, I try to avoid the power tools. I've found they make it faster and easier to screw up all the hours one has into them.

[dao]

No, I don't want to change these. I was thinking you had red stones, forgot that you had blue. Regardless I like these just fine. But thanks for the offer!
I barely touched the bottoms to the disc sander, and went back in my workroom to check the fit. Took me three times to get the left one, and twice for the right one, because I took so little off each time. I touched up the sanded area with FP-10 which is what I use on my guns for cleaning and lubricating. I really like the wood you used too! Thanks for doing these, they are very classy and make the DW look great.

[kenemoore]

Currently sporting WC Starbursts standard thickness, thinking Ironwood, would look nice. As you can see the bluing is all gone. Had this pistol for almost 30 years now. My wife almost divorced me when I bought it. (I could not upload photo's from my PC via PM, not an option, URL's only)


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[BirdsThaWord]

Very nice Ken! I love the tone it has taken with some of the blue gone. I'd be proud to have that one! Is that an R1 Enhanced?

[dao]

I too like the looks of it now. Good honest wear always looks nice imo.

[kenemoore]

It is a cira 1990's , don't remember the exact date, Ed Brown Executive Elite(I don't think they offer them anymore, luckily the serial number is blurred a bit, but it only has 4 digits.). Still, the most accurate 1911 I own. I had to replace the slide stop, and barrel bushing once, otherwise all original.
I used to carry it on the weekends, still do on occasion. I'm mostly wanting to go with slim grips, and was going to give the Colonel a chance to shine.

[Bawanna]

That's a beautiful gun. I'm breaking out the polish to work on some shine.

[Bawanna]

Never one to leave well enough alone and being as yesterday and today were wet and windy hence man cave days. I went back and revisited the 3rd or 4th set of MRI grips with the Armor of God pins.
Decided to checker them after all. Couldn't completely decide so I did regular 20LPI on top and Skip lined the bottom half. These are uber thin and I think they will live on it for some time. Still haven't got around to shooting it yet but it's time will come.