marshaul
Campaign Veteran
So, I've been OCing now for five years, and in general I find it to be a practical means of carry, with one exception.
My full-size 1911 in its Serpa has a tendency to chew into wood chairs, and occasionally car seats and the like. My mags are also pretty bad.
For the mags, I figure if I switch to a leather holder and add rubber or plastic bumpers to my mags I should be able to resolve the issue. I am doing so presently.
However, it's a bit harder an issue for the pistol itself. I imagine back in the days of revolvers and leather holsters it was no big deal, but I'd like to be able to carry and have to worry less about damaging other people's furniture and the like. Also my leather car seats don't like me very much, although I've been thinking about mounting a holster in my car, which would obviate this concern.
What do y'all do about this? Anything? I think a rubber pad around the base of the grip of my 1911 would help a lot. Now, I don't want full-on rubber grips, nor do I want a giant magwell. I like my configuration in these regards. However, if I could affix a piece of rubber to the grip in such a fashion that I could still slam mags home easily, I would be down. It would be even better if it wrapped around the back of the grip a quarter of an inch or so.
Does anybody sell anything like this? Has anybody made anything?
Surely I'm not the only person who's noticed this. For me, if I could resolve the issue there would be very little left to say in favor of CC.
My full-size 1911 in its Serpa has a tendency to chew into wood chairs, and occasionally car seats and the like. My mags are also pretty bad.
For the mags, I figure if I switch to a leather holder and add rubber or plastic bumpers to my mags I should be able to resolve the issue. I am doing so presently.
However, it's a bit harder an issue for the pistol itself. I imagine back in the days of revolvers and leather holsters it was no big deal, but I'd like to be able to carry and have to worry less about damaging other people's furniture and the like. Also my leather car seats don't like me very much, although I've been thinking about mounting a holster in my car, which would obviate this concern.
What do y'all do about this? Anything? I think a rubber pad around the base of the grip of my 1911 would help a lot. Now, I don't want full-on rubber grips, nor do I want a giant magwell. I like my configuration in these regards. However, if I could affix a piece of rubber to the grip in such a fashion that I could still slam mags home easily, I would be down. It would be even better if it wrapped around the back of the grip a quarter of an inch or so.
Does anybody sell anything like this? Has anybody made anything?
Surely I'm not the only person who's noticed this. For me, if I could resolve the issue there would be very little left to say in favor of CC.
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