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A "gripping" project

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AlaskanGuy:
i was thinking it would be cool to make some out of bone.. or even whale bone..

sourdough:
Not into ivory or bone grips. I like Hawg's 1911. I think the RIA is a good functional pistol for the money, but I do not own one.

We may be two peas in a pod somewhat Hawg. My AMT (Covina) 1911 .45 that I have had since 1992 with Pachmayr grips like yours. It has been throated and thoroughly massaged with replacement carbon steel parts to replace the soft stainless parts. It ain't pretty but it runs and has been my HD/SD/CC/truck gun since then. The Clipdraw attachment is because I don't wear a belt because of back problems, so it is suspenders for me.



I am off topic and will return to our regularly scheduled program.

Regards,

Jim



 

ShotgunDave:
I did the same thing too Hawg. I trimmed that front strap cover off. Much better feel.

Jim, you are not off topic. We're talking about grips here, and you are right on target. Love the way that AMT looks.

Mark, if you make any from whale bone, or any bone for that matter, you better show them to us!

Hawg:

--- Quote from: sourdough on May 08, 2020, 04:18:26 PM --- I think the RIA is a good functional pistol for the money, but I do not own one.

--- End quote ---

It's a lot better than good and functional. I don't work for RIA but they ought to pay me because I praise them every chance I get. This thing came with a polished feed ramp, a throated chamber and a beveled mag well plus the usual tactical mods. It will feed anything you put in it including empty cases. RI is supposed to have a 500 round break in period but I have never had one single malfunction since it came out of the box. As far as accuracy and reliability I'd put it up against anybody's 1911. It may not be quite as accurate as a high end 1911 but I wouldn't bet against it. It will definitely run as good or better than anybody's high end gun.  As for cons I'm not crazy about the one piece guide rod, the ambi safety or the parkerizing. The rear sight isn't adjustable but fortunately mine hits pretty close to center windage wise. I didn't like the ACT mag it came with. I despise mags with bumpers so that one was tossed in the trash can and replaced with CMC flush mount Shooting Stars. The smooth wood grips sucked big time and were the first thing replaced. The newer models have better grips and they don't have the billboard on the slide. The trigger was a little gritty but slicked up nice with no creep. I've never used their customer service but from what I hear the're second to none. Their CEO Martin Tuason is a frequent visitor to the 1911 forum and the RIA facebook group. That's a nice looking AMT Jim. That's what my grips looked like before I cut the front strap off minus the medallion.

mazo kid:
OK, now you've went and done it! I am going out to the shed and bring in a couple of my buffalo bones that I have had for 16+ years. Just not looking forward to the smell when sawing and sanding bone. I will be wearing a dust mask too, as bone dust is pretty nasty stuff. I hope I will have some that is big enough for grips.  I also have a piece of moose antler that I have wanted to do something with for some time now.

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