The38Super
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Because of recoil control and my natural point of aim, I prefer a very high grip on my 1911's. Unfortunately, the TRP's grip safety doesn't do it for me, to where I've had fingers go numb from me trying to choke up on the grip. It also doesn't drop to my natural point of aim. The grip safety was going to have to go, but what to replace it with? First, I can confirm that SA (the TRP anyway) uses a Wilson Combat cut for their own beavertails. There are also beavertails cut for either a .250" or .220" radius; those won't work. Because I'm indecisive, I ordered both a Wilson Combat standard high ride beavertail and their bulletproof high grip version. Also, I knew I'd have to blend the frame, but was nervous how much I'd have to do with the high grip. Would the higher grip be worth the white knuckles involved with taking a file to my frame? To be clear, I've never performed this task before, at least not successfully (long story). So, how do these things compare?
The first picture shows the stock, high ride, and high grip grip safeties side by side. The second picture is of the configuration as it left the factory, as a baseline.
The third is with the high ride on the gun, and the stock thumb safety. It doesn't look drastically different, but I'm able to get a much higher grip with this unit. With respect to ease of installation, you could drop this piece in, if you really wanted to, and be happy. In reality, it would would benefit from a bit of blending, on both the frame and thumb safety, to pull it together.
The third picture is what will be the end state of high grip beavertail and Wilson ambi safety. The grip is a step change and allows me to really get up close to the bore. But as you can see, there will be some blending required. In fact, there are points where the safety is inset to the frame; no getting around that one.
The TRP is a great gun for the money, but after a chunk of the extractor broke off while I was polishing it, I've become wary of MiM parts, so I'm rebuilding the gun exactly the way I want it. I've already replaced the mag catch, extractor, hammer, sear, sear spring, trigger, grips, and guide rod. Did my very first trigger job and got an amazingly crisp 3.5# pull out of it. In the next few weeks, I'll also replace the thumb safety, slide stop, grip safety, firing pin stop, and mag funnel. Probably would have been easier to list what won't be changed...
The first picture shows the stock, high ride, and high grip grip safeties side by side. The second picture is of the configuration as it left the factory, as a baseline.
The third is with the high ride on the gun, and the stock thumb safety. It doesn't look drastically different, but I'm able to get a much higher grip with this unit. With respect to ease of installation, you could drop this piece in, if you really wanted to, and be happy. In reality, it would would benefit from a bit of blending, on both the frame and thumb safety, to pull it together.
The third picture is what will be the end state of high grip beavertail and Wilson ambi safety. The grip is a step change and allows me to really get up close to the bore. But as you can see, there will be some blending required. In fact, there are points where the safety is inset to the frame; no getting around that one.
The TRP is a great gun for the money, but after a chunk of the extractor broke off while I was polishing it, I've become wary of MiM parts, so I'm rebuilding the gun exactly the way I want it. I've already replaced the mag catch, extractor, hammer, sear, sear spring, trigger, grips, and guide rod. Did my very first trigger job and got an amazingly crisp 3.5# pull out of it. In the next few weeks, I'll also replace the thumb safety, slide stop, grip safety, firing pin stop, and mag funnel. Probably would have been easier to list what won't be changed...
