Define your personality with custom 1911 grips
December 22, 2009 by admin
Filed under 1911 Pistol
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Customization exists in everything from cars to bedrooms to laptops and even to 1911 pistol grips. Customization defines the personality of the object that you own. Custom 1911 grips are designed using many different textures and color options so that a shooter can tailor their handgun to the way they prefer and for the purposes of what they will be using. For most shooters, customization can vary based on colors, to designs and motifs to quotes etched on the grips and even their own name. these customization exudes elegance or chivalry to fun to adventurous. It all depends on what characteristic the owner of the gun defines their designs.
Most shooters with a penchant for having a gun that is not only powerful but aesthetically pleasing as it defines the person that they are. Custom 1911 grips infuse several different additional modifications such as beveled bottoms, rounding all points for carry, ambidextrous safety cuts, inlay medallions, and laser etching to name a few. Some of the most common of customization that is normally done on 1911 grips are ambi-cuts. These cuts are done on grips that cuts the right amount of into the right grip panel so that the shooters ambidextrous thumb safety can engage and disengage. Ambi-cuts are an aftermarket safety that is installed for a left handed shooter and most ambidextrous thumb safeties will need this cut.
Having a nice set of custom 1911 grips helps you set yourself apart from the rest of the shooters. Grips are made out of several different materials ranging from wood to metal and it all depends on how your hand can comfortably fit into your hand. Both metal and wood grips give unique patterns and colors though in different temperatures. Grips are made using hand crafted techniques as well as factory made methods though the hand crafted options are a lot more popular since numerous hours are spent by skilled craftsman in cutting, shaping, fitting, sanding and finishing each set of grips making each unique and never mass produced.
The customization depends on your tastes. Some prefer intricate carvings on their 1911 grips while some prefer unique motifs on them. For those that prefer carvings, wood is a better choice as it enables the crafter to really carve deep etchings from flower and animal motifs to emblems and even your name or a favourite quote. Metal also allows etching to be made but metal grips normally have designs on them and this is mostly in color such as fire spikes and other rock and grunge influenced motifs. If you have your personal prerequisites for your pistol grips, you can always pay a visit to a store that specializes in grip customization. You have to sit down with the artist and come up with ways of designing your very own unique custom grip.
No one special grip can define a certain personality as the owner of the gun needs to put his or her own definition of why they like this particular design. Not only is it pretty to look at, custom 1911 grips are also a great conversation piece as you can explain to your fellow shooters why you chose this specific design.
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