Stippled?
I am thinking about purchasing a gun and the guy says he has reduced the grip and had it stippled. What is stippled? I've never heard this term before. Thanks-Mark
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Stippling is a process that roughs up the grips so you can have a better grip on the pistol.
An example of stippling would be the stippling that I did on my Glock. I used a wood burning tool to burn small holes on the grips so that they would be rougher and help in holding the pistol. The factory grips are too smooth and are hard to to keep a good grip on when firing the pistol rapidly.
Wood grips are stippled at different textures. 20 lines per inch is rougher than 30 lines per inch.
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This term is usually used in reference to metal rather than wood. Usually a center punch or similar tool is used to rough up the surface of the forestrap and/or backstrap to provide a better grip.
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Does doing this to a grip reduce the price of the firearm? 0 -
IF IT IS A COLT IN MY OPION IT DOES AFFECT THE VALUE. AS A COLT COLECTOR IT KILLS IT FOR ME. 0 -
A well done stippling is as effective as a good checkering job, but checkering is usually considered to be more esthetically pleasing. For a user, a better grip is worth more, to someone who likes their guns pristine in a box, it's not a good thing.
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Look at auction 6407322. This will show you an example of stippling. The dark areas on the stock are the stippled areas. 0 -
The part of your question that has not been addressed, that of "reduced grip" has nothing to do with stippling, which has been well covered by Piadea. This can mean one of two things; either the grips have been made thinner, or the metal of the grip frame has been machined to a smaller size. In either case, the object is to make the pistol's grip fit a smaller hand and thus make the pistol easier to control for subsequent shots. If the grips have been cut down you can restore it to original by replacing the grips. If the metal has been cut down it would be very expensive to restore. You didn't tell us what kind of a pistol it is, but this type of work is usually done on semi-auto pistols. If you buy it and the grip proves too small for your hand, you may be able to make it right by using wrap-around grips such as those made by Hogue or Pachmayr. Celse and Mballai are right on about any collector value having been ruined. 0
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