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If you watched our last video you will recognize this grip
This is the grip that we filled all the checkering with epoxy
We are going to take this grip and put it on this firearm and get rid of the stippled
grip.
We are going to start things off by taking the 2011 apart
Now that we have the old grip removed from the firearm we are going to clean up these
parts and install the new grip
You want to make sure when you are putting this together you want to make sure you get
really good alignment with the screw backers that hold the grip to the frame behind the
screws
There is a flat side on each of them and you want to make sure that is lined up underneath
the frame.
Okay for the last part of this we are going to put on grip tape
Now that we have everything smoothed out and we have the firearm back together and function
checked
Whenever I put grip tape on I like to take the magwell off so it is out of the way
So I do not have to monkey with it later when I am fitting the grip tape to the gun
Before we apply the grip tape we want to wipe everything down alcohol to make sure their
is no oil or residue
Make sure it is a nice clean surface to bond to.
We just made it all nice and smooth now we want to make sure it is all nice and clean
That way we get the best possible adhesion to the smooth surface
Dave Dawson did one of these in something like 8 seconds, I am sure I will be a little
slower
Essentially instead of lining up the back and the top and the sides he just lines up
the two screw holes
With the cut out in the paper
This is part of the reason Ieft that lower screw exposed. when I did the original fill
I am going to change the grip tape a whole lot more often than that screw will be any
kind of disadvantage in shooting
So I am making my life simple for the future
Line up the 2 screw holes
flip it on
peel the rest of that off
these two screw holes should also line up if we did it right
and lookie there it is a perfect fit
fold the grip tape around and make sure it is pressed down real good in the corners and
on the edges
and there we have it grip tape installed on a smooth grip on an STI
That should stay on there quite a while
I will try and do an update a bit later after I have shot 10 or 12 matches with it
and let you know how it is holding up.
Hope you enjoyed the video
If you have any questions or have anything you would like to see gunsmithing on
leave it in the comments below, and I will be glad to answer you.