which 1911a1 grips? historical question

[nate392]

Ok this honest imput for all of ya, I jus wanted to hear your opinion to help mine out. I just bought my first 1911a1, the springfield basic GI. I love it other than the wood grips with the "US" on themugly), because I like things more authentic to an original looking 1911. I would like to make it look WW2 orignal, but looking up ones from that time they were all bakelite or brown plastic. I also love the look of wood grips, but from what I understand they were only used in ww1-after? Were any wood grips used in ww2?
Should I go for looks?, or the real authentic plastic ones?.
I know of many places to get the wood ones, but also do you guys know any place that sells the plastic ones, samco is the only one I've found.
Imput welcome, thnks guys

 

[ab4ka]

I've got a Rock Island GI-style .45 that had smooth grips on it, and I wanted something more "GI" looking myself. I picked up a nice set of brown checkered plastic grips on ebay for $8 (got a set of black ones too). I'd like a set of checkered "double diamonds", and the best deal I've found for new ones is from Brownell's. With a dealer (or C&R) discount I think they're $14. I really like the looks of the brown plastic ones on my Rock Island.

 

[ugaarguy]

Try www.brownells.com, www.e-gunparts.com, and your local dealer. Many dealers have a box or drawer (or boxes or drawers) full of trade-in & extra grips.

 

[XavierBreath]

Go with what you like. It's your gun.
I went with walnut double diamond grips on my parkerized GI45. I, too, do not really like the look/feel of the WWII era plastic grips. I did keep the original grips on my Remington Rand though.

Original WWII Grips