So I've decided to get rid of the plain plastic grips that came on my Springfield 1911 mil-spec, and buy some new grips. I decided that i dont want rubber or wood, so that leaves open the catagory which includes all the more innovative designs using metal, micarta and such.

I've looked at the alumargips and quite a few others in the grips section of the other m-1911.org page, but im concerned about durability and the checkering. Some of them have quite unique checkering, if it even could be considered checkering and I dont want to go off, buy a pair and realize they feel terrible in my hands.

Any suggestions??

I have pewter grips on mine, and they seem to work fine, and I get a lot of questions and comments about them. They weren't terribly expensive. I just did an eBay search, and found a lot of different designs in a lot of different materials.

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Twitch -

Have you looked at Carbon Creations http://www.carboncreations.com/. CC & Alumagrips are my favorites. Check em out.

i have a series 80 Colt in stainless that came with Hogue wrap arounds. I didn't like the look or feel of the black rubber in my palm, but did like the finger grips they provided.
I went to http://www.ajaxgrips.com/ and got a pair of ivory polymer with gold Colt medallions ($30.00) and a Colt 1911 modular($9.95). Looks good, feels great. I did the same with my Colt Deffender.
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I just got a set of slim Alumagrips for my Kimber Ultra Carry and they are awesome. High quality and good service also.

If you like wood grips, check out CollinsCraft. Just got a pair in Australian Lacewood. They are great, really nice on a blued gun.

It would be extremely nice if you could provide a web site for them.

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John Caradimas SV1CEC
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wow, those lacewood grips are beautiful:

http://www.collinscraftgrips.com/results.php?Q=Colt



but, ummmm, what's with the elephant ivory grips?

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you had me at bacon.

Hmmm, these look quite elegant.
Too bad I am broke.

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John Caradimas SV1CEC
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I was at the range this past weekend, and i tried out a pair of rubber wrap-around grips. They weren't Hogue, but looked identical, the packaging said they were made by Target Sporting goods. Anywho I decided I liked them and bought them. I was leaning towards getting a pair of Alumagrips in black, but I was unsure if they would hold up to scratching. For now these rubber grips will do though.

Thanks for all your advice


-twitch