beauty is in the eye of the beholding shooter. i do like nice looking grips, but, some of my unatractive guns appear gorgeouse to me for their performance. they wear what grips work on them. i prefer the lookers, it just hasn't worked out that way. the blue gets spotty and the stainless gets stained. if they are not accurate, for their purpose, and absolutely reliable, i have no respect for them and they dont hang around too long. ugly i can take, but, not ratty, jamming shooting. life is too short for that bull. JMO