Hi guys, I've been reading a lot on the threads and watching a lot of youtube.com videos on stippling to prepare for the day I get enough guts to take the soldering iron to my G17.
I used to use the Hogue Handall sleeve and I like the feel of it, but I think it makes the gun just a bit large for me and causes me to to shoot to the left when under speed/stress or on timed drills (bad excuse for shitty trigger control I know). At a 3 day TigerSwan Pistol/Carbine class, JD suggested that I try shooting without the sleeve to see how things went. His hands were bigger than mine and he didn't like the swell in the grip.
Once I got home I experimented. With the sleeve I can only get just in front of the pad of my index finger on the trigger. Taking the Hogue off, I smoothed out the texture of the backstrap with some 600 grit sandpaper which reduced the grip circumference (didn't change the grip angle), but its now too slick. However, I can now get the center of the pad of my trigger finger on the trigger. I tried using a bike inner tube, but don't like the feel of it, so stippling is going to be it.
I tried stippling a Glock mag loader last night. My wife told me it looked like ass and felt like a pumice stone. She also said "Why would anyone want to do that to their guns?!" She didn't even like the look of Ben's Boresight modified guns. So, she's not the best person to ask about stippling. Anyways, give me your honest opinion, if it looks like shit, let me know, I can take it and will try to perfect the pattern a bit more.
It is still a bit shiny because I haven't taken any sandpaper to it yet. Any tips are also welcome.
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