Come Into Bawanna's Famous Grip Emporium

[Bawanna]

It's neat stuff, like I mentioned ya don't know what your gonna get till you get inside.

I got you mixed up, thought it was Armybrat that sent it, but it was you what sent this and all that mesquite and some others. Haven't done much with it yet but it's setting where I can see it from the bench all the time, so it's time is a comin.

[jlottmc]

You should still have a bunch of Mesquite from that log I sent you too. It makes mighty fine grips.

[Bawanna]

I do indeed and I have it stacked neatly so it don't warp or do funny stuff and a true log it was.

Thanks for stopping by, you don't visit often these days.

[WMD]

Paging Mr. Bawanna....! Paging Mr. Bawanna....!

Would like to discuss you making a set of grip panels for my SP101. I will shoot (no pun intended) you a PM!

[Bawanna]

Damn! Note to self, Mica don't stretch like wood. Enlarge holes and glue in eschutions.

[Southerngunner]

Sorry that I didn't warn you about that. I gave some of that stuff to my shooting buddy and he made a great looking pair for his Kimber 1911 and one of the grip holes was a fraction off and after 5 rounds it cracked. He liked the way they looked so much he put a thin piece of aluminum behind both grip panels glued it down, He still has them on his pistol you can't hardly see the metal or the crack. He's happy

[Bawanna]

Sorry that I didn't warn you about that. I gave some of that stuff to my shooting buddy and he made a great looking pair for his Kimber 1911 and one of the grip holes was a fraction off and after 5 rounds it cracked. He liked the way they looked so much he put a thin piece of aluminum behind both grip panels glued it down, He still has them on his pistol you can't hardly see the metal or the crack. He's happy

I did the same thing with one of my first sets of poorly stablilized slabs. The guy must not have his formula right and they were quite brittle. They were destined for our much loved and admired JohnH here. Thank goodness I decided to go shoot with them before I sent them, they cracked in the middle after about 3 shots.

I've found another place that does it right, don't get them very often, expensive but they are bomb proof.

These pieces aren't quite large enough for a 1911 grip but should work fine for the SP101 things or inserts. If I do any smaller autos I'll heed your advice and put some backing on it.

[airny]

I like to add another one of Bawanna's masterpiece collection to this thread, Thanks Colonel

[Bawanna]

I'm glad that worked out airny. The planets aligned and it worked out fine.

[knkali]

Bawanna's grips make my kimber 1911. Its that simple. Will never take them off. I really want to have a b-tail done on it and have him make a new set for the B-tail. but I cannot find anyone that does this work locally. Any suggestions where to send it? The gun shoots so well as it not sure I want to f with it.

[Bawanna]

It's super easy to modify grips for a bobtail, in fact I often times put bobtail grips on a standard frame they work and look just fine.

If your willing PM me, I'll bobtail your Kimber. I've done 3 now and haven't lost a patient yet, course yours could be the first.
I think the main spring housing is like 75 bucks give or take and that's all we need. I'm hankering to bobtail one more, my MRI 1911C, just need the 75 or 80 bucks for the mainspring housing. Already got a good hacksaw blade and my bible (pays to pray some beforehand) still has a lot of miles in it.

Wait.....the serial number is on the frame right? That messes us up on shipping.

If your willing shoot me a PM and we'll figure it out.

[knkali]

It's super easy to modify grips for a bobtail, in fact I often times put bobtail grips on a standard frame they work and look just fine.

If your willing PM me, I'll bobtail your Kimber. I've done 3 now and haven't lost a patient yet, course yours could be the first.
I think the main spring housing is like 75 bucks give or take and that's all we need. I'm hankering to bobtail one more, my MRI 1911C, just need the 75 or 80 bucks for the mainspring housing. Already got a good hacksaw blade and my bible (pays to pray some beforehand) still has a lot of miles in it.

Wait.....the serial number is on the frame right? That messes us up on shipping.

If your willing shoot me a PM and we'll figure it out.

do you have the jigs for relocating the main spring housing pin or is that included when purchasing a new main spring housing? Also, do you think that the stainless steel on the kimber will look different where the frame was ground compared to the rest of the chassis?

[Bawanna]

I have the jig, it is not included, in fact it cost near as much as the mainspring housing itself. But I only use it as a guideline.
You need a really good drill press to effectively use the jig.
I got best results using my 25' Stanley tape measure.

You see very little of the frame area where it is cut. Usually by the time you file and sand to match everything blends in really fine. I did a blued one and just cold blued the cut area and you can hardly tell.

A person could bead blast stainless if they wanted a perfect match but usually it's not difficult to get good results.

I'll send you the jig if you want to try and do it yourself. It's not difficult, a little stressful making sure you get that new hole in precisely the right spot. After that the rest is a piece of cake, just hacksawing, filing and sanding to match.

[Bawanna]

I give you the endless knot. Did some knife handles awhile back and he wanted this pattern.
It's buddhist or Hindo or something, I read up on it but have forgotten already.

Wanted to try it again since I thought it was cool. Tiger stripe maple didn't turn out the way I wanted, so I ended up checkering around it.

Just playing on a Sunday afternoon. They are super thin and feel really good on my MRI 1911C.

Not sure I like the overall look, perhaps a bit busy but they feel good.

[gb6491]

Nice!