Your FAVORITE GRIPS for the 1911...?

[captn-tin]

Bout 40 yrs ago elephant ivory grips that some one had carved the rampant colt emblem in. Wish I still had those, if they would be legal now.

[William Yanda]

If anyone is interested in a grip that is a little less "fat", I found a pair of wood replacement grips, produced offshore, which did the trick for me.

[TheGrimReaper]

I like my grips made from animals. Bone, horn,and antlers

[376Steyr]

I like my grips made from animals. Bone, horn,and antlers

I like Pachmayr wrap around "Combat" style grips. They are made of plastic, which comes from oil, which comes from dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were animals, right?

[Frank V]

Anything but G10 or rubberwood, bone, or ivory, get my vote & I’ve seen some really nice synthetic ivory!

[charlie b]

I like Pachmayr wrap around "Combat" style grips. They are made of plastic, which comes from oil, which comes from dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were animals, right?

Those were my choice as well. I don't put grips on a gun based on how pretty it is. I really did not like the stag grips on my FIL's nickel, engraved NM pistol. They looked good, just did not perform well in my hands.

FWIW, I also took the factory target grips off the Python and put on the Hogue rubber grips.

[PHyrbird]

I too like the heft of the Para/Rem/Rock-Ilse double stacks, finally got a RI3.10. Helps my big hands. Used a Pachymar wrap for decades, comfy. Another is the Real Avid clamshell, has a add on rail in the front + a grooved front trigger guard. Fits very well on Springfield Armory, feels good. The small Colts & Kimbers are just not comfortable or controllable with my XL hands. Nor the GI models w/o a beaver grip. Too many scars on my hand.