Gauging interest in Clear lexan 1911 grips

[officially5150]

im gauging interest on this forum for clear 1911 grips, i recently started custom making clear side panels for the colt 1911 and clones both standard and ambi safety, cost is $30/pr and are made upon order so a 2-3 day lead time is currently my timeline, after i get a bit of backstock i will start fabricating smoked lexan and colored lexan. if your intrested just let me know.

-Chris

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[PDX.DJB]

That looks great! That would look cool on the Ruger 22/45 too.

 

[officially5150]

That looks great! That would look cool on the Ruger 22/45 too.

im working on fabricating some of the more popular pistols such as the 1911, the browning buckmark, the ruger mk's, and many more.

 

[Greenbug]

Did you cut out the side of the magazine body also? How are we seeing the rounds?

 

[officially5150]

Did you cut out the side of the magazine body also? How are we seeing the rounds?

i did mill a section out of each side of my chip mccormick mag, but left enough to properly house and feed all 8rnds

 

[Greenbug]

I think it's kinda neat, you'd probably have to offer the modified mags also to get the full effect.

 

[officially5150]

I think it's kinda neat, you'd probably have to offer the modified mags also to get the full effect.

that is also coming in the near future

 

[MarkAd]

Interesting ideal. Send me set and I will "Mark test" them for you. I have concerns about them but am willing to be my usual "rough on anything self" to see if your ideal is strong enough.
At this point it would be like buying a pig in the poke.

 

[Creeper]

Are the grips entirely transparent, or is it a clear panel in a grip as it appears in the photo? Also, will the tinted lexan be a transparent tinted material?

Thanks
C

 

[officially5150]

Are the grips entirely transparent, or is it a clear panel in a grip as it appears in the photo? Also, will the tinted lexan be a transparent tinted material?

Thanks
C

The grips are entirely transparent, the grips on my sidearm are merely a windowed design to add to the two tone look and to make it a bit more seemless, and the tinted lexan will be transparent material just about 70 to 80% darker.

 

[officially5150]

here is a picture of the completed grips non altered

 

[Creeper]

Thank you officially5150.
I would be interested in a lime green lexan tinted grip set primarily, but a straight up clear grip would be OK if that's not something you intend to do. It would be for a Colt 5".
The screw holes appear a little larger than stock... optical illusion?

Thanks,
C

 

[officially5150]

thanks for your response Creeper right now i dont have any lime green lexan in stock but i will put that on my next order, i dont however intend to do pink, just despise pink accented weapons. in response to your screw hole question, it is a bit of an optical illusion mainly due to the top and bottom coutersink for the screw and frame stud. Im also planning on using mirrored lexan.

 

[Creeper]

Cool... shoot me a PM when you have some green lexan... I'll buy a set, or two if you have a nice red as well.

Cheers,
C

 

[Joe Link]

Great idea!

 

[mosinguy]

do you think for a cz 52 would be possible

 

[officially5150]

do you think for a cz 52 would be possible

possible yes,
difficult very much so
but i can look into it. im just very uncertain on the clamping aspect on the backstrap
im extremely unfamiliar with the cz handguns

 

[mosinguy]

possible yes,
difficult very much so
but i can look into it. im just very uncertain on the clamping aspect on the backstrap
im extremely unfamiliar with the cz handguns

pm sent to ya

 

[Creeper]

Green Lexan grips yet?

C