what color grips look best with parkarized black gun?

freenokia · August 21, 2012, 02:12 AM

Blued looks best with wood. Stainless can pull off black and wood.Chrome looks good with off whites like ivory and stags. But what looks best on an all steel black gun?

kcub · August 21, 2012, 04:18 AM

How about rosewood?

Kreyzhorse · August 21, 2012, 06:11 AM

I like a dark colored wood like rosewood myself.

cornbush · August 21, 2012, 06:18 AM

I have a set of birds eye maple that look pretty good on my springfield.

Olympus · August 21, 2012, 08:51 AM

Depends on what kind of gun you have. An GI style gun looks really nice with some highly figured walnut.

I tend to like the lighter woods on a darker frame. Spalted maples, birdseye, and fiddleback maple also looks good.

Bob Wright · August 21, 2012, 09:37 AM

Get a pair of ivory grips, and a blued gun for them!

Bob Wright

ltc444 · August 21, 2012, 11:00 AM

Remember the old saw Form follows function.

Personally I like the look of my black signature grips on my 1911.

Hawg · August 21, 2012, 03:39 PM

If it's glossy any decent wood looks good. If it's matte, rubber looks good. Something like Pachmayr's.

buck460XVR · August 21, 2012, 05:16 PM

Grips are such a subjective thing. Kinda like askin' folks if they prefer Blondes or Redheads. Me, personally, I could care less what they look like as long as they are comfortable to shoot with and fit my hand.

Yankee Doodle · August 21, 2012, 05:28 PM

Buck, you hit it right on the nose. If I have to grab the piece, all I care about is that it is pointing exactly where I am looking. I couldn't care less what the grips are made of, or what they look like. No one ever sees them anyway. That's why it's called "concealed carry".
To me, pride of ownership means that I can hit whatever I have to. Looks come in a very distant second. However, black Hogues look great on anything.

Chesster · August 21, 2012, 05:34 PM

I like dark wood or something black.

Nathan · August 21, 2012, 07:06 PM

me likey!!

Hook686 · August 22, 2012, 12:21 AM

Pink

DunRanull · August 22, 2012, 04:19 AM

On blued pistols I really really like ivory or polished stag. Stainless, wood or black. Usually a set of Pachs or Hogues are suitable for all occasions UNLESS the rubber would hang up on clothing in a CC situation. JMO, YMMV

MLeake · August 22, 2012, 10:36 AM

On my blue pistols, I like cocobolo, rosewood, or amboyna.

But on my flat black pistols, I like the look of VZ grips, in black desert sand, or in dirty olive (sorry, no pics yet of the dirty olive):

Sharpsdressed Man · August 22, 2012, 05:02 PM

How about OD or other green?

Jo6pak · August 22, 2012, 08:03 PM

grey/black/green laminate

Rembrandt · August 22, 2012, 09:30 PM

KyJim · August 22, 2012, 09:41 PM

Black guns are like black pants. You can put a lot of colors with them.

EdInk · August 23, 2012, 07:19 AM

Walnut

freenokia · August 23, 2012, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Black guns are like black pants. You can put a lot of colors with them.

After all these great pictures I believe I'm going to have to agree with this 100%. Good lookin guns!

Deanimator · August 24, 2012, 11:46 AM

When I bought my Norinco M1911 from a friend, it had the brown plastic "GI" grips on it.

The first time I cleaned the gun, I sprayed Outers spray cleaner into the frame to flush out any debris. When I went to set the frame down, I COULDN'T! The cleaner had melted the grips to my hand. Apparently they were made of some garbage plastic akin to polystyrene used in model airplanes.

I threw away the wrecked grips and ordered a pair of Ajax fake ivory grips. They look great.

August 21, 2012, 02:12 AM	#1
freenokia Senior Member Join Date: March 28, 2011 Posts: 142	what color grips look best with parkarized black gun? Blued looks best with wood. Stainless can pull off black and wood.Chrome looks good with off whites like ivory and stags. But what looks best on an all steel black gun?

August 21, 2012, 06:11 AM	#3
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	I like a dark colored wood like rosewood myself. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

August 21, 2012, 06:18 AM	#4
cornbush Senior Member Join Date: September 29, 2008 Location: The retarded place below Idaho Posts: 1,408	I have a set of birds eye maple that look pretty good on my springfield. __________________ The best shot I ever made was an accident

August 21, 2012, 05:34 PM	#11
Chesster Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2007 Location: Dixie Posts: 2,538	I like dark wood or something black. __________________ Chesster Proud NDN "The American Idle" Vote 'Pro-Choice' on 2nd Amendment issues!!!

August 22, 2012, 12:21 AM	#13
Hook686 Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2005 Location: USA The Great State of California Posts: 2,090	Pink __________________ Hook686 When the number of people in institutions reaches 51%, we change sides.

August 21, 2012, 04:18 AM	#2
kcub Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2010 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 3,318	How about rosewood?

August 21, 2012, 08:51 AM	#5
Olympus Senior Member Join Date: December 15, 2008 Posts: 770	Depends on what kind of gun you have. An GI style gun looks really nice with some highly figured walnut. I tend to like the lighter woods on a darker frame. Spalted maples, birdseye, and fiddleback maple also looks good.

August 21, 2012, 09:37 AM	#6
Bob Wright Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2012 Location: Memphis, Tennessee Posts: 2,989	Get a pair of ivory grips, and a blued gun for them! Bob Wright

August 21, 2012, 11:00 AM	#7
ltc444 Senior Member Join Date: March 3, 2011 Location: Vernon AZ Posts: 1,195	Remember the old saw Form follows function. Personally I like the look of my black signature grips on my 1911.

August 21, 2012, 03:39 PM	#8
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,189	If it's glossy any decent wood looks good. If it's matte, rubber looks good. Something like Pachmayr's.

August 21, 2012, 05:16 PM	#9
buck460XVR Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2006 Posts: 4,342	Grips are such a subjective thing. Kinda like askin' folks if they prefer Blondes or Redheads. Me, personally, I could care less what they look like as long as they are comfortable to shoot with and fit my hand.

August 21, 2012, 05:28 PM	#10
Yankee Doodle Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2004 Posts: 619	Buck, you hit it right on the nose. If I have to grab the piece, all I care about is that it is pointing exactly where I am looking. I couldn't care less what the grips are made of, or what they look like. No one ever sees them anyway. That's why it's called "concealed carry". To me, pride of ownership means that I can hit whatever I have to. Looks come in a very distant second. However, black Hogues look great on anything.

August 21, 2012, 07:06 PM	#12
Nathan Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2001 Posts: 6,331	me likey!!

August 22, 2012, 04:19 AM	#14
DunRanull Junior member Join Date: April 24, 2005 Location: Southern Colorado, where a small working knowledge of southwestern Hispanic culture is considered polite. Posts: 99	On blued pistols I really really like ivory or polished stag. Stainless, wood or black. Usually a set of Pachs or Hogues are suitable for all occasions UNLESS the rubber would hang up on clothing in a CC situation. JMO, YMMV

August 22, 2012, 10:36 AM	#15
MLeake Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Outside KC, MO Posts: 10,128	On my blue pistols, I like cocobolo, rosewood, or amboyna. But on my flat black pistols, I like the look of VZ grips, in black desert sand, or in dirty olive (sorry, no pics yet of the dirty olive):

August 22, 2012, 05:02 PM	#16
Sharpsdressed Man Junior member Join Date: June 21, 2009 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 1,176	How about OD or other green?

August 22, 2012, 08:03 PM	#17
Jo6pak Senior Member Join Date: August 5, 2010 Location: West Coast...of WI Posts: 1,663	grey/black/green laminate __________________ NRA Life Member, SAF contributor.

August 22, 2012, 09:30 PM	#18
Rembrandt Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2002 Posts: 2,108

August 22, 2012, 09:41 PM	#19
KyJim Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2005 Location: The Bluegrass Posts: 9,142	Black guns are like black pants. You can put a lot of colors with them.

August 23, 2012, 07:19 AM	#20
EdInk Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2009 Posts: 3,968	Walnut __________________ Sic Semper Tyrannis

August 24, 2012, 11:46 AM	#22
Deanimator Member Join Date: June 8, 2006 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 26	When I bought my Norinco M1911 from a friend, it had the brown plastic "GI" grips on it. The first time I cleaned the gun, I sprayed Outers spray cleaner into the frame to flush out any debris. When I went to set the frame down, I COULDN'T! The cleaner had melted the grips to my hand. Apparently they were made of some garbage plastic akin to polystyrene used in model airplanes. I threw away the wrecked grips and ordered a pair of Ajax fake ivory grips. They look great.