Llama 380 grip replacement? who make quality

jluck · Apr 1, 2013

After a twenty year wait I finally got my old Llama 380 back on Easter Sunday... The pistol is is good overall condition still except the grips. I have looked around online and all I have found look like cheap crap, Does anyone have suggestions on where to get quality replacements? I currently have the black plastic ones but might consider other styles.
(I know there are Llama lovers out there)
TIA

deadshot2 · Apr 2, 2013

Don't know how much hand work you like to do but if I had a pistol that needed some special grips I'd be inclined to make my own.

Get some nice dense hardwood and if you don't have a band saw, have a local woodworking shop cut off some strips just a little thicker and wider than what the finished grips will be. Then carve, plane, sand, etc, until they're exactly what you want.

Take a look at Western Mahogany. Great color and grain appearance. It's among the four densest hardwoods there are. Up with Ebony, Lignum Vitae, and Desert Ironwood.

I like doing work like this myself because I usually end up with something that not only fits what I want more exactly, I can stand back and admire the results of my own labors.

jluck · Apr 2, 2013

deadshot2 said:
Don't know how much hand work you like to do but if I had a pistol that needed some special grips I'd be inclined to make my own.

Get some nice dense hardwood and if you don't have a band saw, have a local woodworking shop cut off some strips just a little thicker and wider than what the finished grips will be. Then carve, plane, sand, etc, until they're exactly what you want.

Take a look at Western Mahogany. Great color and grain appearance. It's among the four densest hardwoods there are. Up with Ebony, Lignum Vitae, and Desert Ironwood.

I like doing work like this myself because I usually end up with something that not only fits what I want more exactly, I can stand back and admire the results of my own labors.

I considered this. I have made grips in the past but on this gun I just want to return it back to original (or close).

deadshot2 · Apr 2, 2013

jluck said:
I considered this. I have made grips in the past but on this gun I just want to return it back to original (or close).

Most of the original Llama grips I have seen would fit in the "cheesy" category. Kind of a throwback to the early days of plastic/bakelite. If you want "original" have you checked Numrich??