Glock Grip Stippling

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elkhog

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Has anyone sent their Glock out to be stippled? If so, who did you use? Do you think this is something a local gunsmith would be able/willing to do? I feel like i could do it myself but I don't want to mess it up and have to buy a whole new frame. I have a Gen 3 Glock 19.
 
Ive done a number of my Glocks and a couple of other guns myself, and its really very easy. A little time consuming, but easy.

If you think its something you can do, try it out on something else first until you feel like you have the hang of it. Glock knives are great candidates for practice and also benefit from it being done.

The only thing you need to watch out for is, its VERY addictive, and Ill bet you cant stop at just one. :)
 
@TunnelRat they are by far my favorite aesthetically but they don't offer just a stippling job. You have to get a whole grip package which is a minimum of $515 by my research. @AK thanks for the tip!!
 
I've seen everything from super clean to totally ugly in stippling jobs!
Hate the tree bark and coarse ones.

Seen more glocks ruined by stippling than made nicer.

Everyone is using the iron for their stippling, but recently I found that a dremel will do just as nice a job and with a fine tip you can get a very fine finish.

OP, are you planning on other mods such as removing the finger grooves of backstrap modifications besides the stippling?
Do you want to stipple for better grip?

Just be prepared that it WILL LOWER THE VALUE not enhance it.
 
What's the advantage of stippling over something like a Talon grip? $17 would seem to get you most, if not all, the benefits and also doesn't permanently change the gun if you wanted to sell it at some point.
 
Just be prepared that it WILL LOWER THE VALUE not enhance it.
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You keep hearing this (usually from people who dont like it), but I dont think its necessarily the case. Ive seen a couple of nicely done guns in shops, at higher than new factory prices, and they didnt sit long. I think its going to depend on the job, and what the buyer is looking for.

Even if you dont like the looks, you cant deny that stippling is better than pretty much anything else for making the grip "sticky" and lock into your hand like it does. Even with wet, sweaty hands, the gun stays put and doesnt move.

The only Glocks I dont stipple, are the RTF2's, as they have what I think I the best of the bunch with any of the Glocks.
 
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Grip stippling is like getting a tattoo. There are no shortage of goofballs out there with a soldering iron, and there is a very fine line between true art, and a regrettable and permanent goofup.
 
Grip stippling is like getting a tattoo. There are no shortage of goofballs out there with a soldering iron, and there is a very fine line between true art, and a regrettable and permanent goofup.
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I already said that, but you just stated it more artfully!:D
 
There are no shortage of goofballs out there with a soldering iron, and there is a very fine line between true art, and a regrettable and permanent goofup.
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No doubt, but even screwed up jobs (as long as they arent to torn up), can be done over and retouched. If I did come across an ugly one for sale and cheap, Id be all over it.

Again though, at least from the standpoint of a working gun, the looks arent really the issue or even important. Its what the stippling does for you thats the important part. Nobody sees my gun anyway, or at least I do my very best to see they dont, so who cares? Having a grip like a cats tongue and the gun locked into my hand when I grip it, does a whole lot to make even ugly, cute-er.
 
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