NEW Member with questions.

[Jsimon78]

Thank you.

Lol. Thank you. Lived all but 7 years here in Hawkeye land, and I've never been to Chicago. Did land on a plane but never got off. Lol

I’m over 2 hours away from the airports. @papa is even farther. I’m actually closer to Iowa than Chicago.

 

[BassCliff]

Hi @Marine63,

Thank you for your service and welcome to the forum from the Wild Wild Upper Midwest. Congrats on a couple of nice 1911s. When I got back into target sports I thought I should have one 1911 in my little arsenal. Now I have three and might get one or two more just for fun. But I digress.

My SA Garrison has VZ Diamondback grips that are extra grippy. I don't know what type of grips you like but if you like your grips to bite your hand and hold on, these are for you.

Here's my little 1911 collection.

Forgive me. I like to show'em off. Thanks for joining us.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[Capn Rich]

Welcome to the forum from Connecticut. Nice pistols. Cycling the slide on the new pistol will help wear it in. The stainless Springfield pistols usually break in easier / faster than coated (Cerakote, Kimpro, etc) firearms. Guys have mentioned grips as well. Lots of great choices out there. Have a shoe box full of grips used depending on season and mood. Aluminum, G10 and wood. Alumagrips, Hogue, Lok and VZ all available on line direct purchase in every color and texture imagineable. These are Lok aluminum on my 92X performance and VZ G10 on my DW Specialist.

 

[somorris]

Welcome to the forum from Arkansas!

The oddball, as usual, I have zero 1911’s. I prefer DA/SA.

 

[Capn Rich]

Hi @Marine63,

Thank you for your service and welcome to the forum from the Wild Wild Upper Midwest. Congrats on a couple of nice 1911s. When I got back into target sports I thought I should have one 1911 in my little arsenal. Now I have three and might get one or two more just for fun. But I digress.

My SA Garrison has VZ Diamondback grips that are extra grippy. I don't know what type of grips you like but if you like your grips to bite your hand and hold on, these are for you.

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Here's my little 1911 collection.

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Forgive me. I like to show'em off. Thanks for joining us.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

That Sig Freedom is pretty slick. different look. I have an older STX.

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

That Sig Freedom is pretty slick. different look. I have an older STX.

It's very nice. I'm trying really hard NOT to put an idiot scratch on this one.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[Capn Rich]

Hi,



It's very nice. I'm trying really hard NOT to put an idiot scratch on this one.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

It's not that hard to avoid. A little patience and care. Some prefer to leave recoil spring pressure on and pull the slide lock out. I relieve the pressure. Spring and cap are easy to contain. Then easy align and pull the slide lock. My Bull barrels can be compressed to relieve pressure with a then remove slide lock and taken down. Reassembly same way. No idiot scratches.

 

[Capn Rich]

Shot of my 2014 Sig STX. Stock Burl and Lok G10. Need G10 in summer. Smooth wood gets slick with sweaty hands

Have set of VZ Double Diamond in blue black coming next week. Saw them on the Les Baer Handgunner and couldn't resist. More for the shoe box and another project.

 

[HayesGreener]

Shot of my 2014 Sig STX. Stock Burl and Lok G10. Need G10 in summer. Smooth wood gets slick with sweaty hands

Have set of VZ Double Diamond in blue black coming next week. Saw them on the Les Baer Handgunner and couldn't resist. More for the shoe box and another project.

Very nice. My STX with new shoes