Bisley Grip Frames..Yet No Rubber Option

[bula]

A retread thread. Think Pachmayr or Hogue or..anybody will come out with grips for the Bisley type frames ? With medium sized hands and gloves for cold weather don't want extra bulk, but bad weather grip...room for improvement I think.

[mike454]

When I was making knives the American Bladesmith Society used to have cutting competitions. The deal was you could have a 10" blade 2" wide with a 5" handle. We would then be assigned to cut a variety of items. bundles of 1 inch manila rope, see how many water bottles you could cut in one swing, who could get through a 2x4 the fastest, cut through a rawhide chew toy in one chop all mixed in with some finesse cuts. Most of the best guys went to horse stall matting for grip material. They found it to give the best grip in a variety of conditions. It's pretty cheap and pretty easy to work with a belt sander. You might try making your own grips out of it.

[highplains]

That's a great tip Mike

[AxeHandle]

I'm thinking electrical tape.. Seriously! Look at Jim Collins' record setting revolver hanging in the NRA Museum in Fairfax...

[kings6]

Anyone want a piece of stall mat big enough to try making grips out of let me know. I have a bunch of small pieces on the floor of the barn. There are not in a stall, just the alleyway out front.

[mike454]

Just so no one thinks I'm crazy!
www.bladeforums.com/threads/horse-stall-mat-handles.1010067/

One thing to keep in mind: if this stuff holds moisture you might want to let them dry off the gun if they did get wet.

[98redline]

Another temporary option would be the cloth hockey tape. Certainly not pretty and I definitely would not want to shoot a big boomer with bare hands and a hockey tape grip but with gloves it would give plenty of traction.

[potatojudge]

You could build up Sugru into your desired shape around factory stocks.

www.sugru.com

[Shakey]

If you are not concerned about looks, a wrap of self-fusing silicone tape will give you a very grippy surface. It is very stretchy and only adheres to itself, ...very easy to remove and leaves no residue.

Everyone should keep a roll of it around just because it is so useful for so many things

Duckbrand

[squigz]

To add to what everyone else is saying, I use Tennis racquet tape on my bow to cut down on the overall cold feeling during hunting season from the metal as well as improving the over all grip/texture of the handle so my hand doesn't slide around as much.

I prefer the Gamma grips, but they have a bunch of different brands. I try to stay away from the ones that have patterns, I found they're not as naturally grippy as the flat colored ones.

www.tennisexpress.com/gamma-tennis-overgrips

With all that being said, I think I would prefer the standard grip without anything added for big recoiling revolvers so that it can roll naturally in my hand rather than fighting it and not allowing it to follow through as much. Even with gloves on and the normal sized grip I haven't run into any size issues.

[cas]

I was thinking some checkered or stippled G10 grips would make some fine gloved hand,cold weather, never ever shoot it with bare hands, hunting grips.

[leadhound]

Found this, maybe a little pertier than tape?

www.tuff1.com

Thought my google-fu was stronger but alas nothing else found.

I would like a set of just rubber panels similar to the ones that Ruger uses on the new model flat tops and new vaqueros.

[98redline]

The issue I would have with those slip on grips is that they might want to slide around a bit when the weather gets warmer. Most semi autos have a relatively straight, parallel grip, with some texture that would hold the sleeve in place. The tapered, smooth shape of a bisley grip and a plow handle would make the sleeve want to creep upward. You might be able to spray the inside with hairspray and allow it to dry. That would more or less glue the sleeve to the grip. I used to do that with the grips on my mountain bike to keep them from sliding on the handlebar. I am not sure what that might do to the finish on your existing grips.

I still favor the cloth tape option. If you were to remove your grip panels you could probably tuck the tape under the grip panel and make a piece that fits over the back strap and tucks in as well.
One advantage to that is that you could disassemble the grip without having to cut the tape off.

[junebug]

I called Pachmayr and Hogue earlier this year asking if they had anything in the works for the Bisley grip frame.
Was told no plans for a Bisley grip in the works. I would prefer the Pachmayr myself as they fit my hands better,don't like the palm swell of the Hogues. Maybe if enough people called asking for Bisley grips it would help . One or two people calling will not get it done.

[cas]

I'd only be interested from something from them if they made them like Pachmayr 1911 grip. Actual grip panels, not some wrap around thing.