Thread: My new 1911 grips

Originally Posted by Library Guy

Pewter grips? Looks heavy and slippery to me.

The 1911A1 has a safety? Gee, just think of all those holes in floor and ceiling I could have avoided. Maybe now my wife will give me more than one cartridge...

Be safe,

LG Roy

You would think...but I have had custom aluma smooth grips (no checkering) on my carry weapon for years and put god knows how many thousands of rounds through it constantly drawing and re holstering and the smooth aluma grips are great.

These will either go on that gun and if they effect my grip they will go one one of my "for play" 1911's...thats the beauty of the 1911 interchangeability!


Of course this pair will be re-sold cause of the ambi safety issue and I will have to have Adams make me a new set....GRRR lol

Nice looking grips. Too bad about the safety issue; I'm a lefty too. I have a govt. model and a Les Baer Premier that I used to use in IDPA. I bought the Les Baer in mid 90's and it was so awesome out of the box, I never picked up my home modified govy again. Nicely checkered Cocobolo grips; never had a problem with those babies; draws sweetly out of a blade-tech holoster. I also really like the Wilson extended mag release, for left handed shooting, but I doubt you would like it for carry purposes.

Originally Posted by JLStorm

These are like fine scales for a gun...check these puppies out solid pewter by John Adams...they will go on a stainless steel 1911 government model. I'll post pics once I receive them and replace my old grips.

best set of grips I`ve seen in a long time,I still think that the old 1911 design is the best and safest that there is ,I know I`ll open a can of worms But I cant stand glocks Our police force was issued with them a while back and that many shot them selves in the foot it wasn`t funny,safty on the trigger ,how dumb is that
You can all yell at me now
Kind regards Peter
PS with the correct training it may make a difference but firearms training 1 or 2 times a year ,it isn`t enough

You can all yell at me now

I doubt anyone that contributed to this thread will yell at you over that assertion.

Originally Posted by bg42

best set of grips I`ve seen in a long time,I still think that the old 1911 design is the best and safest that there is ,I know I`ll open a can of worms But I cant stand glocks Our police force was issued with them a while back and that many shot them selves in the foot it wasn`t funny,safty on the trigger ,how dumb is that
You can all yell at me now
Kind regards Peter
PS with the correct training it may make a difference but firearms training 1 or 2 times a year ,it isn`t enough

Glocks are a love it or hate it thing. I wont carry one ever again because I worried to much, but at the same time. I cant remember a single jam or problem and field stripping the thing is very simple. Its a very simple setup and generally whenever you pull the trigger they go bang, which again was part of my issue. I carry my 1911 cocked and locked, for speed reasons, and I HATED the thought of doing that with a glock, especially for IWB carry.

I have heard from a number of LEOs that they hate their glocks but its their department standard issue so they cant do anything about it.

Anyway its 1911 for me unless there is so little clothing involved that I carry my S&W 340PD HVIZ Great little gun...a ton of recoil though 12oz .357 lol, but great hammerless design for snagless pocket carry.

Originally Posted by JLStorm

Anyway its 1911 for me unless there is so little clothing involved that I carry my S&W 340PD HVIZ Great little gun...a ton of recoil though 12oz .357 lol, but great hammerless design for snagless pocket carry.

There is something to be said about getting 5 shots sure. You know damn well that little "j" will empty for you. Hitting anything is a different story. Ah, the classics.

I had a 40mm glock that kept jamming on me, so I traded it in for one of those S&W 8-shot 357 magnums. It's a bedside gun, and I figure if that doesn't solve the problem then it's time to whip out the sword.

For carry purposes, I carry a little S&W 38spl airweight bodyguard, or a steel 357 bodyguard, depending on where I'm going. They're surprisingly accurate once you get used to the trigger, from comparing single-action groups to double-action groups it's pretty obvious that the trigger is the problem, I can shoot 5" groups at 25yds offhand single action, but they open up to nearly a foot double action.

I've got a Wilson CQB that I shoot for fun, and a progressive press to keep it fed. A well-tuned 1911 is a thing of beauty and a joy forever.

If you dont mind I would like to ask ,are you guys in the police or services or carry for personal protection
Kind regards Peter

Originally Posted by mparker762

I've got a Wilson CQB that I shoot for fun, and a progressive press to keep it fed. A well-tuned 1911 is a thing of beauty and a joy forever.

Great gun I know a number of people who swear by it.