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Skans · February 23, 2015, 02:08 PM

I want to put some bone/horn grips on my STI LS40. I don't mind doing a little fitting/trimming etc to make them fit and look nice. I was thinking about trying to modify a set of 1911 compact / officer's grips. I'm pretty sure that the STI grips are substantially smaller than the compact / officer's grips, but I don't know by how much, and I don't have an officer's model to take measurements from. The biggest concern I have is the bottom screw hole - could fall in just the wrong place. If that's the case, I may want to start with 1911 full sized grips.

Is there anyone out there that happens to have an STI LS (40 or 9) and an compact / officer's model that could let me know the dimensional differences between the grip pannels?

February 23, 2015, 02:08 PM	#1
Skans Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2008 Posts: 11,132	STI LS40 / Compact 1911 grip sizes... I want to put some bone/horn grips on my STI LS40. I don't mind doing a little fitting/trimming etc to make them fit and look nice. I was thinking about trying to modify a set of 1911 compact / officer's grips. I'm pretty sure that the STI grips are substantially smaller than the compact / officer's grips, but I don't know by how much, and I don't have an officer's model to take measurements from. The biggest concern I have is the bottom screw hole - could fall in just the wrong place. If that's the case, I may want to start with 1911 full sized grips. Is there anyone out there that happens to have an STI LS (40 or 9) and an compact / officer's model that could let me know the dimensional differences between the grip pannels?