I want to add wooden grips to my 22/45 non rp

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I want to add wooden grips to my 22/45 non rp

Post by Z400ACDC » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:14 am

Anyone with advice? I knoe some grind the stock grip and add 1911 grips. Would this kill the value and damage the pistol? I thought about making my own and grinding the wooden grips on the inside and gule them on. What do you think guys?
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Post by blue68f100 » Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:14 pm

That was your only option till the RP model came out. You do VOID your warranty when you grind/cut off the grip to add the 1911 panels.

Some sell there gun and get the newer model. But if yours is the MKII version I would keep it. It's a decision you need/have to make. This mod is best done on a milling machine to keep every thing flat. But can be done using a file and/or disk sander.
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Post by 99/100 » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:30 pm

I got my brothers friend who not only had a mill but it a pretty doggone good machinist, though I had been prepared to do it myself. On his advice I went a little further and tapped the grips for the 1911 bushings.

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Hope these come thru. If you decide to do it this way I can make you a deal on a lightly used 1911 tap. Makes it feel like a 1911

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Post by Bullseye » Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:40 am

That was the right way to do the grip mod. By using the bushings and screws you made it much easier to tear the pistol down for maintenance. Gluing on the grips would have made accessing the pins more difficult.

I took the "th" out of your URL to make the photos a little easier to see. Those thumbnail views were a little hard to see.

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22/45 grips

Post by Coach1 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:17 pm

I really like my 22/45 bull barrel with one small exception. Like yours, the grips are molded on the frame. The result feels a bit undersized for my hands. So, I did a little You Tube research and found videos where folk have "frankenstein-ed" their pistols with a Dremel tool. The results were pretty awful to my eye. By contrast, the results you have look really good. Nice that you had access to a machinist with the tools and skills.

I put a Hogue sleeve on mine and that gave me enough added circumference plus the finger grooves to make the grip fit better for my hand.
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Post by 99/100 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:53 pm

Bullseye wrote:That was the right way to do the grip mod. By using the bushings and screws you made it much easier to tear the pistol down for maintenance. Gluing on the grips would have made accessing the pins more difficult.

I took the "th" out of your URL to make the photos a little easier to see. Those thumbnail views were a little hard to see.

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Thanks for fixing that.:oops: I could have done the job with my drill press and X-Y vice but when opportunity knocked... he also was the one who recommended tapping the frame to "do it right". and if I want to change them out I'll be more confident.

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Post by jconstan » Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:38 am

Anyone that needs to fit replaceable grips to their 22/45 should contact this fellow.

[email protected] or 330-203-2350

Although I have not used him myself, I have heard nothing but good things about him and his work. I believe he charges something like $40 to mill off the plastic integral grips and fit the frame with bushings for 1911 grips. If you send him along the grips with the lower, he will mill the frame exactly for the grips you send.
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Post by greener » Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:22 pm

jconstan wrote:Anyone that needs to fit replaceable grips to their 22/45 should contact this fellow.

[email protected] or 330-203-2350

Although I have not used him myself, I have heard nothing but good things about him and his work. I believe he charges something like $40 to mill off the plastic integral grips and fit the frame with bushings for 1911 grips. If you send him along the grips with the lower, he will mill the frame exactly for the grips you send.
Welcome to the forum. Sounds like a reasonable deal.

I've used the grips from Techteach on my MKIII 22/45 and have a set of grips from oldman, bushings and screws waiting for me to install on my MKII.

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