Speedo66
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I seem to remember the Colt Delta Elite models came with rubber grips, always thought they looked pretty good.
As they say, it's your gun, do what you'd like with it.
As they say, it's your gun, do what you'd like with it.
Rubber grips on a 1911 are about as soul-less as you could possibly get. I can tolerate rubber grips on a revolver as they do a great job of absorbing recoil, but on a 1911 they are about as cheap and cheesy looking as you can get in my opinion.
Those actually are not ... awful. They do retain the traditional checkered double-diamond look. I had thought, based on your OP, that you were speaking to the ugly plain black strangely-textured Hogue stocks, the fuglier original Pachmayr wraparounds or something like what Colt used for a while.Photos of one specimen with the Pearce grip panels. These feel better to me than any other grip panel. I have 27 sets of grips and stocks going to eBay.
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My Dan Wesson Heritage 1911 came with Hogue double-diamond checkered rubber grips. I think they look and feel just right!Those actually are not ... awful. They do retain the traditional checkered double-diamond look. I had thought, based on your OP, that you were speaking to the ugly plain black strangely-textured Hogue stocks, the fuglier original Pachmayr wraparounds or something like what Colt used for a while.