Removing glock finger grooves

[xjustintimex]

I'll start by saying sorry if this has been beaten to death somewhere but I could not find a thread. I was looking at my dremel today and decided I want to remove my finger grooves on the g22. This brought up two questions I had.

1. I have an od frame and was wondering if I remove any of the plastic if it will be black underneath. Ive seen lots of stipple jobs but Ive never been sure if people just didnt repaint.

2. I have read that removing the back hump requires adding more plastic or something along those lines due to no having enough material. is this the same thing for the front? If I smooth out the front grooves im not going to creat any holes am I?

thanks

[BCmJUnKie]

Look down the magwell.

Its hollow and it doesnt go into a "Concave" shape to accomodate the grooves.

Also, look up the magwell, from the bottom.

You should be able to tell.

I hate the finger grooves too. Thats why I own a Gen II

[Kilo 1-1]

1. The OD frame is molded in the OD color. The area where you ground it off might be slightly lighter in color though (because it'll be rougher), but you could buff/polish if it really mattered to you.

2. Removing the front humps won't compromise the structural integrity of the frame, you're just removing excess plastic. Thinning the the back hump is a different story though, you'll need to fill the hollow back with some form of medium.


http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/3/dsc02311t.jpg

[monkeywrench]

A dremel tool wants to be your friend!

[Spiffums]

Like walking through a mine field...... so slow.

[okie john]

Use a rasp at thr range. Cut a little, shoot a little, repeat.


Okie John

[okie john]

Use a rasp at the range. Cut a little, shoot a little, repeat.


Okie John

[xjustintimex]

thanks guys

3rd question... will a 1st or 2nd gen grip tape of some kind work once I remove the grooves? I dont think I want to stipple just yet.

[Surf]

Grip tape would work but

1 - Answered

2 - Answered however I prefer to do a heat reduction of the backstrap as opposed to a fill and shape of the rear grip cavity. It is usually more durable / reliable than a fill and shape, you maintain the original color and texture and if you decide to stipple you can do it easily. The fill material generally needs to be color matched and a spray on texture is often used as stippling tends to be out of the question.

3 - If you can remove finger groves you can use the tape but if you have enough courage to remove the finger groves, stippling is easy also.

[xjustintimex]

do you think stippling is superior in grip to grip tape? oddly enough I visually like grip tape better that most stippling jobs, and the stippling jobs I dont like look exactly how I imagine mine would end up :p the If I could pull of a stippling job like the one posted above I would be all over it in a heart beat.

[jaredm1]

I had the same evolution...ended up stippling:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/jaredm1/CIMG0109.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/jaredm1/CIMG1574.jpg

[xjustintimex]

I had the same evolution...ended up stippling:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/jaredm1/CIMG0109.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/jaredm1/CIMG1574.jpg

that turned out really good :dance3:

last night I removed the pointy part on the trigger guard and took some of the material off while also adding a little finger recess. Today I will remove the thinger grooves. My dremel keeps running out of battery :mad: