Posted: 6/9/2006 6:48:57 PM EDT
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I am seriously considering a new TRP, and today at the local gun show I was checking one out, and noticed that the checkering is really sharp. It seems like it would make hamburger out of your fingers if you shoot enough. Does anyone have any feelings or comments on this, or can someone give some guidance on whether my hunch is true? Thanks |
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Yup, it's very sharp. Unlike most, I love extremely sharp 20 lpi checkering. I have very rough hands, but this makes for a gun that does not move during shooting. For most, a day of shooting a few hundred rounds will indeed be uncomfortable. I don't know about drawing blood, but I guess that's possible if you have soft hands. It's easy enough for a smith to dull the diamonds (I've done this on a couple Springfields before), but refinishing will be in order. If it's stainless, then it's very easy to bead blast the checkering afterwards. A blued gun needs to be reblued. You could dull the checkering by lightly hitting the points with a fine cut file or emery board, and then cold bluing it, but that's kind of backyard hack stuff. It's would not be fitting cosmetically on such a nice weapon, but it would certainly be functional. I'm sure Springfield Armory will do this for you too, if you want to spend the money and send it to them. |
| After a winter of laziness my hands were baby butt soft, and I noticed a little sensitivity in my fingers after the first few times shooting. I have progressively felt it less and less with small callouses forming on the rubbed spots. If your hands are work hardened at all, I doubt you will feel a thing. I definately would not let the sharp checkering disuede you from buying a trp. I love mine. Dare I say it, but it could be more reliable than my glock. Which amazes me after reading so much about people having reliability problems with 1911s. |
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I wear Wiley-X gloves whenever I shoot so I don't notice it on my TRP OP. If I need a gun in the middle of the night for a SHTF situation, I use my XD-357 Service model with Streamlight TL1 so it is not an issue and for CCW I use a SA Champion so again it is not an issue. Guess I am the wrong one to ask, MadDog  
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I've had mine for only a few months; after only ( ) three trips to the range have fired ~ 300 rounds. I found the checkering sharp, though not too uncomfortable. After a class I attended last spring, shooting my older SA 1911, then having a chance to use the instructors TRP, I can appreciate the advantage of the checkering....especially when my hands get sweaty. Flight gloves may be an option to try before having any work done on your TRP. |