Like most M&P owners, we believe that the surface texture of the gun is too slick. We wanted to do something a bit different than the standard stippling and decided to go with a golf ball pattern.
Shot it this weekend and all I can say is WOW. What a huge improvement. I am not quite sure if I am holding onto the gun or if the gun is holding onto me. :blink:
Let me know what you think of the pattern/design (as we are thinking of ordering a bunch of backstraps from S&W and offering them stippled and ready for sale).
I have done a few backstraps with a big hole pattern like that, thinking it would be like a pair of Gunner Grips. Not quite, but it’s much better than stock.
For people who carry their M&P concealed, M4arc gave me the idea a while back to stipple a pattern on one side only so the side up against the skin isn’t too abrasive. I basically traced a line around where my strong hand grips and did that area only.
Offering pre-made backstraps is a good idea, but I think a lot of people see that they’re only 3 bucks each and figure they can afford to mess a couple up learning.
We are thinking of letting folks pick a stippled backstrap when they buy their pistol (so it is already to go and they don’t have to pay any extra shipping). We will also offer the back straps seperately for those that want to replace what they have.
My thought was that people lose a lot of money on shipping when they send off their personal guns to get trigger work and stippling done. We already offer trigger work with will eventually offer complete stippling work as well with little to NO WAITING.
Not an M&P owner but I think it looks very well executed. I think it looks much cleaner and “factory” than many of the other stippling jobs I’ve seen where it appears the part has been dragged behind a truck for a few miles. I’m sure these other textures are effective but don’t do anything for me personally.
If I were to have one done I would probably get both the textured front area done as well as the back strap. Both for aesthetics and because for me personally a good texture to the front strap also aides in controllability.
Ive hated that pattern from the first time I saw it.
But, for some reason I really like the way that is done. Good job and Great idea. I give you an A+ for being able to buy a gun with trigger work and stippling already done. You’ll sell lots of em!
When stippling the grip like that does it make it grab cover garments? I have always stayed away from decal grips, hogue grips and the like because they grab my cover shirt. It looks like they would work well and if they don’t grab the cover garment I would buy one for each of my M&Ps.
I am definitely an aggressive grip type and the burning tool gets a lot of use for my weapons also. Easy to do varying degrees of aggressive to moderate textures to suit customers needs. As you mention it is a huge difference especially on the hotter caliber poly guns and a much better solution than the old skaters tape etc… It is nice to see that your business is progressive and offering such options!
I also do a lot of stipple jobs on the poly based guns and do quite a bit of the stock Sig Sauer grip panels as they also respond very well to a heat stipple job which IMO is a necessity on a .40 S&W version of a Sig.
