Hi, does anyone know of anyone who makes hardwood grips for various pistols? I am looking to get some for a crosman Mark 1. I have the original grips of course so they could be used to reference the wood ones.
Thx!
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Custom hardwood grip sourcing?
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Try Steve Corcoran Woods and water he makes grips and stocks an does excellent work. Good Luck
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Vernon has shut down his business there will be no new orders
i had 4 grip sets ordered as of last week 2 sets were cancelled and 2 set were being finished but were ordered 6 month age
reason given and understood was that the grip business did not make ends meet and the job that he took allows no time to make grips
i have been buying grip from Vernon for many years and the quality of his produces was fantastic
life make you do things that you do not want to and i believe if asked he did not want to shut down grip production
i consider Vernon a friend that i never met and would never say anything bad about him, i have maybe 15 sets of his grips
now with this closing and Ralph Brown shutting down years ago we in this hobby will have a very hard time finding quality wood grips for the many guns we own
at the time he was going to make Alecto grips but was never finished with the R&D work and that was to 2 grips that got cancelled
so that is the news i have on that i have been keeping it out of the forums but it has to be said
i had 4 grip sets ordered as of last week 2 sets were cancelled and 2 set were being finished but were ordered 6 month age
reason given and understood was that the grip business did not make ends meet and the job that he took allows no time to make grips
i have been buying grip from Vernon for many years and the quality of his produces was fantastic
life make you do things that you do not want to and i believe if asked he did not want to shut down grip production
i consider Vernon a friend that i never met and would never say anything bad about him, i have maybe 15 sets of his grips
now with this closing and Ralph Brown shutting down years ago we in this hobby will have a very hard time finding quality wood grips for the many guns we own
at the time he was going to make Alecto grips but was never finished with the R&D work and that was to 2 grips that got cancelled
so that is the news i have on that i have been keeping it out of the forums but it has to be said
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Are Alliance Hobby any good? I was just looking at some of theirs, but I don't know anything about them.
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With Vernon Austin out of the game, I'd be looking to Steve Corcoran. I have a set of VA cocobolo grips on my 1701P. Meant to order a second set, but kept putting it off. I'll have to live with that.
This is just my preference, but I like the VA grips for their organic, soft curves. The Corcorans have more hard lines. Both top notch work, just different. My tastes lean more to the VA style.
This is just my preference, but I like the VA grips for their organic, soft curves. The Corcorans have more hard lines. Both top notch work, just different. My tastes lean more to the VA style.
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I've used Altamont twice and been happy with them. I put a set of custom grips on my Ruger 1911 and they fit perfectly.
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No one has mentioned Rink, but they also make very nice grips. I have some for my IZH-46M sitting in customs right now.
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but Rink doesn't sell 50 to 100 grips and RB and VA did
Steve C make beautiful grip but they are a little more and these two guy made grips for many gun
so they had variety and price now go find a maker that has S&W 78g grips for 65.00 or Diana model 5-6 grips
Steve C make beautiful grip but they are a little more and these two guy made grips for many gun
so they had variety and price now go find a maker that has S&W 78g grips for 65.00 or Diana model 5-6 grips
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I didn't say they were cheap, only that they are nice and available. OP didn't specify price range. I tried to buy SC grips for my Izzy and Steve said he'd put me on the list, needed more than one order. That was in Sept. And he still hasn't contacted me, hence the Rink grips.
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no Rink grips are not cheap and they are priced at a point that you have to wonder should i do it as in to purchase
to get to the states they are about 212.00 and the shipping is 35-37 euros which hurts
the bottom line is when we lose a source for any parts being grips or other the hobby and the members lose
my one set of Rink grips took me forever to justify
to get to the states they are about 212.00 and the shipping is 35-37 euros which hurts
the bottom line is when we lose a source for any parts being grips or other the hobby and the members lose
my one set of Rink grips took me forever to justify
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Modifying a Umarex M1A1 Thompson with wood (grips/stock) furniture
I own a Umarex M1A1 and I have never liked the "thunk" noise that the hollow plastic grips and stock that comes with the gun. So I decided to buy a set of wood furniture (Stock & grips) for the c02 BB gun. I am sure that I will have to do some fitting but I am confident I can do that; the biggest problem was finding a seller. I did fine one eventually.My MP-40 is good enough as is well as is and the M3 grease gun (all metal anyway). But what can I say I want wood stock and grips for my M1A1, call me a fanatic but I want wood grips.
I was thinking when I get the furniture would anyone like the see the fitting and final gun when I am done?
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they look like nice grips and that is some dark Walnut on that set
the factory grips pinch my middle finger and yes i have thought about fixing them but i hate to change factory grips
i do have a very, very, rare set of unfinished grips and might be the only set in the world that have not been shaped
they change the grip angle to more backward angle and they are made of a plastic type wood material and are CNC made, bed liner was the finish that was recommended
got as far as some pencil lines
the factory grips pinch my middle finger and yes i have thought about fixing them but i hate to change factory grips
i do have a very, very, rare set of unfinished grips and might be the only set in the world that have not been shaped
they change the grip angle to more backward angle and they are made of a plastic type wood material and are CNC made, bed liner was the finish that was recommended
got as far as some pencil lines
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Yea At first I was a little disappointed with how dark they were but they're growing on me. They are truly custom though, made to fit my hand. I shoot right handed, left eye dominant, these grips even address that. They feel fantastic in my hand. The target grips on my newly acquired 6M feel pretty good too for factory grips.
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well at Rink you get to order a grip that is as close to custom as there is with an order online but you don't get to select the chuck of Walnut but they are nice looking
on the model 6M factory target grips, they are always wanted but they are small
if you can hold your pistol loosely in your hand and it doesn't feel like it is going to fall away the grips are a good fit
on the model 6M factory target grips, they are always wanted but they are small
if you can hold your pistol loosely in your hand and it doesn't feel like it is going to fall away the grips are a good fit
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