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Post by AxeHandle on Jun 7, 2009 17:20:46 GMT -5
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Post by redberens on Jun 7, 2009 17:58:26 GMT -5
A couple of those look like they have a pretty good grain pattern to them. Very cool. I've never considered micarta because I always thought it was just a solid black.
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 7, 2009 18:58:41 GMT -5
Oh no, not solid, I've seen it alternating colors like a laminate, that looks kind of cool, but I awlays wondered about delamination
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Post by caryc on Jun 11, 2009 12:24:11 GMT -5
Oh no, not solid, I've seen it alternating colors like a laminate, that looks kind of cool, but I awlays wondered about delamination Delamination? You mean you expect the stuff to start peeling apart? Do you have any info that would warrant someone worrying about that? You are the first person that I have ever heard say something like that about Micarta. If you'd ever worked with Micarta, you'd know it just aint so. Please note that I'm not taking anything personal here. I know you are talking about the material and not my grips. It's just something that I'd never expect to hear about Micarta. Just wondering where you would get an idea like that. |
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 11, 2009 12:39:23 GMT -5
I was under the impression that ove rtime, heavy recoil, and adverse conditons (like rain, sleet, snow, hot desert temperature, etc.) that micarta, as well as most of the laminates, would eventually start to come apart
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Post by squeaker on Jun 11, 2009 15:18:05 GMT -5
You may be correct, Like in 2000 YRs
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Post by zeus on Jun 11, 2009 15:41:48 GMT -5
I was under the impression that ove rtime, heavy recoil, and adverse conditons (like rain, sleet, snow, hot desert temperature, etc.) that micarta, as well as most of the laminates, would eventually start to come apart It won't be anytime soon. I always get Micarta on my FA guns and they are never treated nicely and are never guns that don't "recoil" per se and they have always looked new. If you scratch them bad on rocks or such, it can be buffed out. I love micarta on certain sixguns! |
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 11, 2009 16:37:49 GMT -5
Hmmmmmmmm...
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Post by Tx Gun Runner on Jun 13, 2009 20:10:25 GMT -5
one is white Micarta  |
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Post by SCPossum on Jun 17, 2009 20:37:27 GMT -5
I've worked with micarta on some other projects and would really be suprised if it came apart. Dang stuff is tough. I imagine my 5 year old twins could probably tear it up, though. ;D
Super nice grips, guys!
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Post by chutch on Jun 18, 2009 6:40:47 GMT -5
I have a set comming from Cary with the black eagles and hardware. I going to put them on my New Vaquero 45 Colt that is all blue. Swear I'm changing my screen name to Hatchet Grip!
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Post by Lee Martin on Jun 18, 2009 7:58:24 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Jun 18, 2009 8:26:19 GMT -5
Cary turned me on to the flat bottoms and round edges with my very first set... The characteristic is now so deeply ingrained in my CLC grip set that he actually questioned my buying the burl mesquite he posted a while back on the basis that they were not flat bottomed.....  |
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Post by Charger Fan on Jun 18, 2009 12:17:16 GMT -5
I agree, those flat bottomed grips do look pretty neat. I may have to place an order myself. |
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Post by robl on Jun 18, 2009 16:00:19 GMT -5
Micarta- nearly indestructible, 'cept by flame: I have WWII era knife handles with micarta & brass inserts. There is a reason why they made control panels on WWII fighters and bombers out of it; it's strong and stable.
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