Custom Grip Stippling?

[187911]

I purchased a pair of smooth wood grips from Kahr. They are too slick for my liking, so I'd like to get them stippled. Does anyone know where I can get this done?

[Bawanna]

I don't stipple but I can checker.

[Ikeo74]

Cheaper to sell those and buy checkered ones. IMO

[Cokeman]

$33?

[187911]

$33?

Huh?

[Bawanna]

I didn't get it either.

PM inbound.

[Cokeman]

Kahr was selling those grips for $33 for their black Friday sale. It ended Wednesday.

[marshal kane]

Might slip on a piece of rubber tubing (bicycle inner tube?) to give you more friction or as previously posted, put the smooth grips out for sale and buy checkered ones. You can stipple yourself with a punch but it is time consuming and you have to be extra careful when you stipple the thin edges of the grip so as not to crack it. I avoid smooth grips like the plague just because of slippage. All of my pistol grips have either checkering or stippling.

[jg rider]

I don't stipple but I can checker.

Here you go. I can't nail two pieces of wood together even though my father was a carpenter. I guess the fruit fell very far from the tree in my case.

Bawanna, I hope you can appreciate I went out into 7 degree weather to take these pics to show you how you may be able to stipple grips

I used an idea that a world known 1911 bullseye pistol builder uses to stipple his grips.

I prefer the 7 flute counter sink over the 5

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p100/jgriders/Remington%20341/DSC00010.jpg (http://s126.photobucket.com/user/jgriders/media/Remington%20341/DSC00010.jpg.html)

This is on a pair of Kahr E9 plastic grips

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p100/jgriders/Kahr%20Pistols/Jos%20Kahrs/003Joskahrstippling.jpg (http://s126.photobucket.com/user/jgriders/media/Kahr%20Pistols/Jos%20Kahrs/003Joskahrstippling.jpg.html)

Here's some before and after pics of a Rem. 341 that my dad bought for me when I was 8 - 10 years old.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p100/jgriders/Remington%20341/02-MyFirstRifleRem341.jpg (http://s126.photobucket.com/user/jgriders/media/Remington%20341/02-MyFirstRifleRem341.jpg.html)

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p100/jgriders/Remington%20341/01-MyFirstRifleRem341.jpg (http://s126.photobucket.com/user/jgriders/media/Remington%20341/01-MyFirstRifleRem341.jpg.html)

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p100/jgriders/Remington%20341/DSC00018.jpg (http://s126.photobucket.com/user/jgriders/media/Remington%20341/DSC00018.jpg.html)

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p100/jgriders/Remington%20341/DSC00013.jpg (http://s126.photobucket.com/user/jgriders/media/Remington%20341/DSC00013.jpg.html)

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p100/jgriders/Remington%20341/DSC00020.jpg (http://s126.photobucket.com/user/jgriders/media/Remington%20341/DSC00020.jpg.html)

[Bawanna]

That turned out really nice on that rifle. Love the look of that.

I may give it a try on some scrap wood. I have the 6 flute countersink already, don't have a 7.

I use my wood burner to stipple plastic and it works very well.

I keep telling myself I'm going to experiment with stippling metal but never seem to get around to it.
I've seen your metal checkering and wish I could do that. I love checkered front straps but it's just not clicking with me how to do it.

Course it was the same with wood for me until the light came on and then it made sense.

Curl up next to the wood stove. Too damn cold out there, thanks for braving it.

It's not bad here today, I might go out and split some wood, gone through a lot this year already.

[Old No7]

2 different sized "ball cutters" in a Dremel Tool will work very well. Do a pattern of larger dots first, staying within the lines of the outline you choose, and then fill in-between those with dimples from the smaller ball. Try not to round off any of the "edges" that are created from the dimples and you get a very nice and grip-able surface. You can use stain to match or contrast the cut wood when done.

I added some "Deer Tracks" to a slippery inline .50 caliber rifle using that technique, and it came out great. Here's a picture:
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/Deer_Tracks_07_-_Final_Small_.jpg

And here a link to the posting of how I did that on that inline muzzleloading rifle:
Custom Grip DIY (http://www.modernmuzzleloader.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=29223&p=229623)

Good luck getting a grip.

Old No7

[GLOCKROCKER]

That's BADA$$

[Bawanna]

I like that a lot and very clever way of accomplishing it. Probably why I never thought of it.......................sometimes I feel so darn dumb.