Are there more effective grip customizations? Crosshatch, skate deck tape and intertube tape come to mind.
>>30411570
I think it is functional, but a lot of the home jobs people do I find distasteful. I use grip tape (silicon carbide or rubberized) on my guns since I want to be able to go back to stock for sale if I want/need to.
Professional grip work I can get down with since most tend to look like something you may find on a purpose driven factory gun.
I would never stipple any of my glocks. It looks absolutely awful, and is a permanent modification to the frame. Also, when you remove material, then burn holes in it, it weakens the frame. I bet I could crush the grip on even the most professionally Stippled glock.
>>30411570
I'd go with grip tape first, just to see if you like sandpaper on your gun. Then, if you like it, then you can get it stippled if you so choose.
Personally, I'd use grip tape in case I wanted to sell it.
>>30411638 speaks the truth, most hope stipple jobs are decent at best and shit at worst. If you want stippling, get it done by someone who knows what they're doing.
>>30411570
>>30411678
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
>>30411570
Honestly, the extreme stippling that people do seems to be an example of "monkey see, monkey do" in regards to people kind of blindly following what they see operational operators doing. Extremely deep and pitted stippling on a range gun or even an HD gun is sort of a pointless feature. All it does is make the gun irreversibly altered in a haphazard way for no real gain.
It can look nice when done by a pro or somebody with a steady hand. >>30411677 And the stippling is much finer and less deep that most sodering iron DIY jobs.
People can do what they want, of course, it's their guns, but I personally would only reccomend stippling to somebody who has fired their gun a lot and given stippling a long hard think in terms of what they get out of it.
Personally, I find the default checkering in my Glock 26 to be so extreme that I've covered it with tape to protect my girlish hands.
>>30411570
Grip tape is a better less permanent option, so when you do regret your decision, you can restore your gun to factory default
>>30411678
Keep your feet dry kids.
Like most things, it has its place. It can be functional depending on the gun, people that do the entire frame are retarded, aggressive stippling on carry guns is just gonna make it uncomfortable to carry if it's in contact with your skin, majority of home jobs are horrific, and a lot of people do it just to try to fit in with the tacticool crowd. I did do some stippling on a Ruger SR9 I have, my first pistol and I used it in classes I took which were usually outside in 90 degree weather and the factory checkering was very slick, especially when you're hands are sweaty. The stippling isn't the prettiest but it did make quite a bit of difference with gripping it. And it's a cheap gun so I wasn't concerned about reducing the value of it.
>>30411678
Used to happen to me when I was in the military, although mine wasn't nearly that bad. Being in boots all day is really bad for your feet, especially in hot, humid climates.
>>30411678
change your socks, use powder. make sure you wash and dry your feet and rotate your boots, oh and here's a bag of 800mg Motrin
>>30411570
Unless it's on a competition gun, it's pretty much one of the most useless things a mall ninja will do.
>>30413029
This actually looks tasteful. Not professional grade, but does the job. I'd still go with grip tape, but it doesn't look like shit.
Why did you stipple the underside of the trigger guard?
I like athletic tape. Athletic not grip.
>but tape gets sticky
Exactly. And when it wears out it's still cheap as fuck. On metal guns I like to stick it just on the frame and using the grip panels to hold the edges down since checkering costs extra on 1911 and beretta only does it right on 2-3 guns
>>30413105
Spend just 2 days in the field and get oily, grubby hands. Have sweaty-as-fuck hands from 95 degree temps with 90% humidity. Then come back and tell me how awesome smooth polymer is to hold while shooting. It sounds like you're the mall ninja here.
>>30414079
>Spend just 2 days in the field and get oily, grubby hands.
Not knowing how to use natures cleansing agents.
>>30414079
>Spend just 2 days in the field
Doing what? Weekend boy scout camp with your dad?
>>30414079
>Have sweaty-as-fuck hands from 95 degree temps with 90% humidity
Lose some weight, fatty. Are your hand sweaty or oily? Which is it?
>>30414079
>It sounds like you're the mall ninja here.
Do some more research there newfag.
talon grip tape for polymer guns
hogue rubber grip panels for metal guns
>>30414141
Oh look it's dunning kruger personified again.
>>30411570
I can see the appeal, and the practicality, but every time I see stippling it reminds me of all those trypophobia images,
>>30411678
Like this shit right here.
>>30414156
>dunning kruger
Google my name, you jack wagon. Has no one ever taught you how to use creek sand and gravel to clean stuff? Don't tell me you were in desert with 90% humidity at 90º (heat index of 147º F).
You're full of shit and you're getting called on it. Outside of the USPSA Open Division, stippling is the domain of those who rice up a gun like an old honda - adding useless look fast do little accessories to compensate for a lack of trigger time and shooting skill.
>having such a weak grip you cant hold a little 9mm
>>30414212
I can impersonate people on the Internet, too.
>>30414212
I am now quoting the same post again for no reason.
>>30414212
And again.
>>30414212
Does my argument look better now?
>>30414212
I hope so.
>>30414212
Not that I need it too because I'm an [MLG] Elit3 Sp3c 0ps 0perator.
>>30414212
>>30414212
>>30414212
>>30414212
Stuff.
>>30414237
>MichaelVining !8FTGTxR9vo 06/26/16(Sun)21:16:35 No.30414237
Look in the video description, at the bottom. A fun little message for you.
https://youtu.be/SCq8xcxLeqs
And, this is why you work at the mall.
>>30414301
Why don't you put another wing on the back of that 12 valve 12 year old stock motor civic. That will make it look faster.
Stippling is a joke, even a joke in competition circles. It's a no performance enhancing mod. The time you spend to stipple yourself would be better spent on dry firing or some live trigger time. If you're foolish enough to pay someone to do it for you, that money would be better spent on ammo or lane fees (if you're paying those)
But hey, a fool and his money are soon parted. Stippling is a great way to take dollars from fools.
![CVvla_WUsAAj3Gg[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/FFor3I2.jpg "CVvla_WUsAAj3Gg[1].jpg")
Hex stippling is nice, in my opinion.
>>30411678
Get on my level, faggot.
>>30413640
Partially for a bit of grip for the support hand, partially for indexing, it's not really vital to anything but it doesn't inconvenience anything.
Second SR I did for a buddy I sanded down the stock diamond pattern beforehand and it came out quite a bit cleaner.
>>30414237
I can't believe you created a trip code, with that Fucking name for the sake of an internet argument.
The namefage may be a count sometimes but goddamn man
>>30414507
used to suffer from this shit on both of my feet years ago.
>>30414410
That's fucking beautiful.
>>30411658
>Also, when you remove material, then burn holes in it, it weakens the frame.
Start at 1:22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfdn8bjYQno
>>30411570
all stippling looks like garbage
I have grip tape on mine cause it rains and snows where I live. I really don't care how it looks
Tiger teeth are:
>simple
>easy to do
>ugly
>going to tear up your hands
>brutally effective
pick 5.
>>30415116
kinda necessary for most 1911s
amazing to me that most companies still put verticle gripping on the front.
>>30414922
>removing material and burning holes in a plastic frame won't weaken it
Explain to me your logic. The fact is if you stipple, your guns frame is now weaker
>>30415188
Just stipling doesn't remove any material though?
>>30415188
>Explain to me your logic.
The guy in the video already explained it. Do you want me to copy what he said?
>>30414727
>I can't believe you created a trip code, with that Fucking name for the sake of an internet argument.
do you wear a helmet during the day? do your handlers keep you on a leash sometimes?
>>30415172
How can one post be so full of shit
its a fucking meme.
I don't know who started it, but I think whoever did it was out to troll the fuck out of everyone else who really didn't use their guns at all.
I don't use my guns that much I'll admit that, but I use the fuck out of my knives for work on a daily basis.
I see these faggots doing that "sand under the clip" on cold steel knives and I just laugh. Its pretty obvious that they actually don't use their knives AT ALL, because I have owned numerous voyagers and never had to do that shit.
Same shit with grip tape. Its for clowns that want to feel special and waste money. It it actually did anything important, you'd see cops or military use it, or just have it come that way out of the factory.
easiest way to identify a fudd.
>>30415116
I've seen botched tiger teeth too, though.
Tiger teeth are a stippling job from hell though. Last shot emergency ditch trade-your-skin-to-stop-the-aggressor kind of job.
>>30415188
Are you fucking retarded, mate?
>>30411658
I bet you don't actually own a Glock
>>30411658
squishy squishy is the same on any polimer gun. stipling or not.
>>30414141
>Not knowing how to use natures cleansing agents.
Piss?
>>30414922
I don't understand forward cocking serrations. When you already have serrations on the rear of the slide, why would you want another set in between the chamber and barrel? Is it just something people like to have to be special or something? It's not like the rear ones are going to fail or blowout.
>>30416043
I don't understand why you are asking when he explained why.
>>30411678
PITTED KERATOLYSIS
if anyone is wondering.
>>30415514
>don't know who started it,
Competition shooters decades ago. Back then it was frame checkering on 1911s and the ubiquitous checkered wood grips that every pistol had, aside from some revolvers. Eventually it hit polymer guns because you can't just swap grip panels. It has legitimate use in competition, everything is an outgrowth like many other modifications.
>Same shit with grip tape. Its for clowns that want to feel special and waste money. It it actually did anything important, you'd see cops or military use it
Have you never seen police with talon grips, wrap arounds or sleeves? People have used rubber bands to do the same thing. People have different hands than you do.
>or just have it come that way out of the factory.
You mean like the Glock RTF frames, the M&P CORE, Every XD, the P30, and every custom 1911? At the end of the day it's the same principle, that being a more secure grip. It make be fuck ugly when some asshole with a soldering iron does it, but it's not useless, you just don't like it.
>easiest way to identify a fudd.
Come back when you know what it means
use tape you tranny porn watching autistic tug boat cash having limp dick faggots
hey there. what would I use to add material to pmags and polymer grips?
I want to add materials to then carve out sculptural reliefs, any help?
I'm currently trying with different epoxies I will post results when done but work has kept me busy.
any thought on this?
>>30417158
>any thought on this?
It's fucking autistic and you should quit while you're ahead
>>30411570
>What does /k/ think about stippling?
By far the most effective means of destroying the resale value of a firearm.
99% of stippling jobs look like dog shit
>>30411570
Stippling is a mistake on a mistake.
>MISTAKE 1:
Ever buying a polymer pistol.
>MISTAKE NUMBER 2:
Trying to make your already piece-of-shit polymer pistol more grippy by literally destroying it.
>>30415910
Sand and gravel
My main summer carry is an M&P40c. I found the small grip slick when wet. Advantage having swappable backstraps is I can always revert to stock for the price of an insert.
The pattern is roughly octopus tentacle. An no, not nip porn either. Very tractable. My holster has leather between it and me. N82 Pro.
>>30414141
What about getting blood on your hands or shooting in the rain? Or simply not having to readjust every few shots?
>>30419673
Why are you getting bloody when you're shooting?
>>30420006
He's talking about being in the middle of the shit and getting shot and then pulling out your last ditch handgun like a badass while your hand is covered in blood and killing your attacker.
Basically something that is never going to happen for all of these deformed rangetoy Glocks.
it feels good if it was done professionally.
But i hate looking at it.
>>30415252
yes
>>30416099
Because he didn't.
>>30420014
How many times has that happened to you? You're going into Mall Ninja Turbo Mode!
>>30421284
Psssst- I was also making fun of them. Just pointing out the thinking that drives this.
>>30411638
Seconded. Home stippling tends to look like shit in just about every iteration.
This though. This is some gorgeous work.
>>30422059
This looks great because there is a clear, straight boundary for the stippled area. And because the stippling is a pattern not just poking holes with a sodering iron and leaving stringy polymer residue everywhere.
>>30421294
I caught that after I hit send, so yes, I do like like more of an ass with that reply.
>>30411570
Tire intertube works great for not having the gun slide in your hand when it gets sweaty and I've been using it for about 5 years now on various guns. First tried skateboard tape yesterday to add texture where my left hand would go (as the frame on most guns is just smooth there) and the difference in muzzle flip was night and day.
>>30414507
You're a horrible person.
Nigger blaster 9000
>>30416846
>pic related
>>30417262
>worrying about resale value of a $500 lego brick
>>30415252
>anecdotal evidence of some random guy
I love mentioning stippling on /k/. Nothing triggers a bunch of autistic retards more than making a legitimately useful modification to your firearm.
/k/ is always more inclined to stare and take pretty pictures of their pristine guns instead of shooting them so it bothers the fuck out of them.
>>30427776
>legitimately useful modification to your firearm.
Might as well paint flames in the gun and call it useful.
>>30427776
Just because I'm an autistic retard doesn't mean I'm not wrong.
>>30429038
nogunz detected
I stippled my g19 frame because I woke up one morning and felt like it. I wanted to make the major contact points more aggressive and it definitely helps in that regard. Makes shooting in wet ass Florida with my perma clammy hands nicer than when it was stock.
That being said I wouldn't do it again. It's not very aesthetic and I'd probably go with skate tape in the future
>>30411678
not too bad if you can air it out and rest up for while, dead skin dies and new skin grows
only goes full trench foot or gangrene if you are totally unaware of your feet and continue in the same abusive behavior until they fall off
http://www.geargripz.com/my_products/ sort of rubber instead of sandpaper texture
not a shill btw, just got a few of their packs on Kickstarter but have not yet actually used them on anything, still in my desk drawer WAITING
probably going to just stick them on my Land Rover steering wheel...
>>30411570
>NOONE in this thread has heard of grip tape.
>>30430648
Literally the first comment is about grip tape.
