Posted: 9/23/2009 6:07:22 PM EDT
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so, i finally got the balls to redo the grip on my G23. i sat down this evening and practiced for a few minutes on an old synthetic stock before going to town on my Glock. it took about 2 hours from start to finish. i want to do a few more areas but it seems much better already. hopefully the pics aren't too shitty. the only camera i have with me is my blackberry.
this first shot is of my G23 in a holster that my dad's neighbor made to copy a galco that i have for my Sig P228. the Glock is a B23 with a 3.5# connector, $0.25 trigger job, trijicon night sights, grip job, and federal HST's. the knife is a CRKT M-16, the flashlight is a gerber LED. 
left side... 
right side... 
trigger guard... 
backstrap... 
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thanks, it's feels like it grips a lot better. my only real gripe with Glock is the lack of a good grip on their pistols. usually when i'm doing a lot of range time at work i will wear a pair of flight gloves to give me some extra grip.
the job was done with a soldering iron/wood burning tool. i used the smallest tip possible (it still made rather large indentations, but it works well). i started at the far end of the trigger guard and worked my way back to the grip and started to do circles around the grip, being careful not to burn the rear pin hole, the mag catch (i did make a small mark on the mag catch, but whatever) or any of the logos. the hardest parts to do were the parts between the finger grooves that are checkered (you have to go really slow and let the hot tip sink slowly through the checkering) and the grooved backstrap. if you're thinking about doing it for yourself, go grab an old plastic stock like i did or find some other piece of really tough, dense plastic and practice for a few minutes. it's really not as hard as i thought it would be. |
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thanks, it's feels like it grips a lot better. my only real gripe with Glock is the lack of a good grip on their pistols. usually when i'm doing a lot of range time at work i will wear a pair of flight gloves to give me some extra grip. the job was done with a soldering iron/wood burning tool. i used the smallest tip possible (it still made rather large indentations, but it works well). i started at the far end of the trigger guard and worked my way back to the grip and started to do circles around the grip, being careful not to burn the rear pin hole, the mag catch (i did make a small mark on the mag catch, but whatever) or any of the logos. the hardest parts to do were the parts between the finger grooves that are checkered (you have to go really slow and let the hot tip sink slowly through the checkering) and the grooved backstrap. if you're thinking about doing it for yourself, go grab an old plastic stock like i did or find some other piece of really tough, dense plastic and practice for a few minutes. it's really not as hard as i thought it would be. That looks like a nice job. My G22 was done a while ago and the grip is fantastic. The only problem is wearing it concealed near your flesh. After a day of walking it will sand down your side. Just wondering, why did you go around the trigger guard? -Brian |
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thanks, it's feels like it grips a lot better. my only real gripe with Glock is the lack of a good grip on their pistols. usually when i'm doing a lot of range time at work i will wear a pair of flight gloves to give me some extra grip. the job was done with a soldering iron/wood burning tool. i used the smallest tip possible (it still made rather large indentations, but it works well). i started at the far end of the trigger guard and worked my way back to the grip and started to do circles around the grip, being careful not to burn the rear pin hole, the mag catch (i did make a small mark on the mag catch, but whatever) or any of the logos. the hardest parts to do were the parts between the finger grooves that are checkered (you have to go really slow and let the hot tip sink slowly through the checkering) and the grooved backstrap. if you're thinking about doing it for yourself, go grab an old plastic stock like i did or find some other piece of really tough, dense plastic and practice for a few minutes. it's really not as hard as i thought it would be. That looks like a nice job. My G22 was done a while ago and the grip is fantastic. The only problem is wearing it concealed near your flesh. After a day of walking it will sand down your side. Just wondering, why did you go around the trigger guard? -Brian i always wear a t-shirt so i don't have the gun rubbing up against my side. i don't know why i did the trigger guard. just seemed like a good place to start. i added stippling in a few more places. i'll have to post more pics. i'm gonna need to shoot it and see how it feels but i might have to sand down the stippling on the back part of the trigger guard where your middle finger rests. |