made some grips for my 1911

[Vintagestone]

Ive had these floating around in my truck for 2 -3 yrs finally drilled the holes. It was a pain in the ass to find a drill bit finally got one from home depot and it lasted 3.5 holes. Thought this might be a keep me busy hobby or fun side work

[Dan R.]

What are the grips made out of?

Nice old 1911...with a fancy magazine!!

[Vintagestone]

Absolute Black

[politefab]

nice are they solid abs black?

the few I have made out of stone I hallowed out on the back side so they were roughly 1/8" thick than I put a layer of thin fiberglass rite on the stone with epoxy I let it set than filled it with epoxy It cuts the weight a little bit and adds a bit of protection for the occasional shock from a drop.

nice 1911

[Ken Lago]

WHAT! you drop your guns? " Look its Eli SHIT! HIT THE DECK GUYS "

[politefab]

I have dropped a hand gun or two.. I think every one who shoots on a regular bases including more "ACTIVE" type training will eventually drop one. I have seen instructors drop there hand gun it just happens on occasion. I was taught and have always lived under the premise of if you drop it don't try to catch it. You run the risk of grabbing the trigger and accidently shooting some one or your self on accident. When I draw my side arm the safety is going off as it leaves the holster at that point my finger is the safety and it stays off the trigger till ready to fire.

So if for some reason it go's flying its live and I'm not going to risk grabbing the trigger while trying to catch it. I have dropped a side arm twice once was a S&W .22 revolver. I was 12 I had just loaded it and was attempting to holster it and some how it ended up on the ground.. The other one was one of my glock's about 2 years ago. I was squatting behind a barrel and as I drew it from the holster while standing up to engage the target my hand hit the barrel and again some how the glock ended up in the dirt. My point is I avoid having fragile parts on my guns there tools and I use them as such.

[Joshua Hopkins]

I have never dropped one.

[Ken Lago]

Ok I have a serious question, can a gun go off by itself if dropped? or is it only possible if you try to catch it and your finger touch the trigger?

[Dan R.]

It is possible for some guns to discharge from the impact of being dropped. It depends on the type of mechanism and the position of battery. It is very rare to see an experienced gun guy drop a gun, but it does happen. I would consider Eli's later situation as knocked out, not dropped.

[Vintagestone]

Guns can go off if dropped, its much less prevalent in modern firearms. Most semi auto have a firing pin block that's deactivated by a safety on the trigger. Most double action revolvers have a transfer bar that prevents the hammer from hitting the firing pin unless the trigger is pulled. Safeties can fail and it's better to train to never put your finger on the trigger until ready to fire. A 1911 like pictured could fire if dropped with one in the chamber and hammer dow(the hammer would be resting on the firing pin) hammer back, two safeties would have to fail. Some states require drop testing before being allowed to sell that brand.

[politefab]

Dans statements are rite on you will hardly ever see an experienced shooter drop a fire arm. I am in no way as experienced as Dan. All shooters start some where and to gain experience you will make mistakes. In the case of me loosing my glock I was squatting behind those blue 55 gallon plastic barrels at the range. The are all shot up and look like porky pines. There is a lot there to snag on. So I learned a good lesson. Pay close attention to your environment it could cost you big.

[Dan R.]

That is why we practice.

[politefab]

exactly! I also think that my idea of range time is drastically different than what most are picturing in there mind