Opinions on Grips

[mark]

What is your take on a carry piece with handgrips that depict: Death's Head and inscripted "Death or Glory" and on the other side a grim reaper with a .45 pointing at you?

[libertarian]

I think a plaintiff's attorney representing the family of a scumbag criminal in a wrongful death lawsuit would love it more than anything.

Besides, no one EVER sees my carry weapon, so it doesn't matter how pretty it is.

Just my $0.02.

[45 ACP]

Let me answer your question with another series of questions.

Let's say you use your carry piece (let's hope not, but possible)

Let's say the agency that investigates takes your piece for evidence (not necessarily likely, but possible)

Let's say instead of booking your piece into evidence, the investigating agency takes photographs instead (VERY likely)

Let's say the person you defended yourself or another against decides to retain the services of Dewey, Screwem, and Howe Esq.

How likely do you think it would be that said law firm would jump on the opportunity to either display your weapon in court or show high quality enlarged pictures 10 feet tall to a "horrified" pool of 12 people not smart enough to avoid jury duty in order to paint you as some sort of "Rambo/Death Wish" person simply because of your choice in accessories?

Let me give you a hint: The more righteous your shooting, the more likely they would hang their hat on just such an argument............'cause it would be all they would have.

My opinion:

Give them nothing so they get nothing.

Save the grips for a range gun.

[Karatediver]

Yea, wanted to get a set of those cool "Punisher" grips for my 1911 until I considered how much they might cost me should I actually use the .45 on some criminal scumbag in this state. In Texas I probably wouldn't worry but here in the land of a million, millionaire attorneys, it's a bad idea.

[Tom98915]

Originally Posted by 45 ACP

... services of Dewey, Screwem, and Howe Esq...

Any relation to A. Shyster?

[mark]

Well, I knew going in what the answer was, so they will be replaced back to the original grips, which I havent used in 10 years, but wanted to hear from you all,

Thank You
mark

[coq]

Originally Posted by mark

Well, I knew going in what the answer was, so they will be replaced back to the original grips, which I havent used in 10 years, but wanted to hear from you all,

Thank You
mark

Cool HD grips though, Mark. Maybe you should end this thread with a photo.

It's definitely time to replace them with the grips that say "I didn't want to shoot your crackhead a** but you gave me no choice."

[mark]

I could not get my digital to get to the required file size,

so here is a link, in the site they are number 18

Scrimshaw Pg4

The grips I put back on are the standard brown coco checkered style that Springfield uses


Maybe some grips with a ..........not

[sealbeach]

45ACP is as usual spot-on with his advice--save the fancy grips for a range gun. I did enjoy looking through that website of fancy grips though, they have some very nice looking grips.

On a note of functionality, I have learned that I really, REALLY like plain black rubber grips, the checkering does not sand off my skin when it rubs against the against the gun, the black rubber is very easy to hold, even with dirty, sweaty hands.

I removed the fancy grips from all my carry guns, and my wife's carry guns and replaced them with the black rubber grips. They are a matte black, so they don't show reflections, they are easy to grip, they don't sand off the skin, if there were ever an incident and they were photographed as .45ACP mentioned, they do not attract any attention, best of all, they are very inexpensive.

[mark]

never thought about the checkering wearing off the skin,

not worried about my hands,

guess I'll have to learn to wear an undershirt so I do not wear a patch of skin off my hip

[RECON]

45ACP has it part right don't use the grips, find out what ammo the local leo's are using and use the same. The part he got wrong "the people not smart enough to get out of jury duty" Yes as much as it sucks there. If you don't want a messed up society you need to participate. If ever you had just cause to use your weapon and you killed someone. Would you want your fate left to the career welfare. Or would you want 12 people of this site. Would you give $50,000 to someone who broke into a yard and tripped over a garden hose? Yes it sucks but don't leave someone's fate up to "the ones not smart enough". sorry to get off subject there.

[swdr]

Originally Posted by RECON

45ACP ... The part he got wrong "the people not smart enough to get out of jury duty"

I think that if you reflect on it, you'll notice that 1) he didn't say it was a good idea to try and wiggle out of jury duty, 2) thus this isn't something he got wrong, and 3) shooting off your foot isn't always the best way to start contributing to this forum. I think that if you take it down a notch and give the people here a bit more benefit of the doubt, you'll do just fine.

By the way, 45ACP has a fair amount of experience with juries, more than most of us on this forum.

[Quietpi]

Another disadvantage of hard, smeeeooooooth grips is that under some conditions they can become difficult to control. The scrimshaw engraving itself will help a tiny bit, but not much. The classic, checkered design is classic for a reason.

[El Gato]

"I think a plaintiff's attorney representing the family of a scumbag criminal in a wrongful death lawsuit would love it more than anything."

I am afraid I have to agree...think it's stupid and a sign of the times... but I agree nonetheless....My carry gun has a nice set of esmeralda's grips in ivorywood with a celtic cross...

http://www.calccw.com/Forums/carry-g...-whatever.html

So I guess plaintiff's atty. will complain I shot his client in a "christian" manner......read 'em from the book and went amongst them and smote said heathen in a truly righteous manner....they done reaped what they done sowed... or something...or not and maybe I'll just go fishin' instead....

[mark]

nice grips,

I was thinking of the American flag grips,

or the GOP logo, "Support the Republican Party and Make a Difference"

maybe the Dems, "Change We Can Believe In"