Serious question here

[Kronos]

Can anybody who has a smaller business actually make a product that's worth a damn? I'm talking about the Altamont grips I just bought while nice they have a few high spots that I'll have to take a sanding drum to,not for looks but for practical use...the one on the back is actually a bit sharp.

Same with the hideout grips I tried I had to sand to fit basically and the screw was a joke.

Every gun place harps on "buy American!" yea well this is why I don't about the only places that don't have this problem are the ones who invest in a CNC machine like VZ grips the one time I bought from them the grips fit and no weird high spots or gaps.

Just asking.

 

[Onomea]

I’ve had good luck with Herritts, although not sure if that qualifies as a small biz.

Keith Brown, for sure. Dan Collins, if he’s still at it. Roy Fishpaw has passed. Paul Persinger, but his main thing was carved ivory, and with the ivory ban in effect, not sure how he is faring.

Though I guess the above gentlemen are more craftsmen than small businessmen.

 

[Rastoff]

If I wanted to make something like grips and place them on the internet for sale, I'd invest in a CNC machine. They're not that expensive.

 

[drgbike]

I have a dozen or more no problems. Cant please every one.

 

[andy52]

There are several grips makers out there that make extremely nice grips, however they'll set you back considerably more then a set of Altamont's.

 

[Old_Cop]

Pretty sure that Altamont uses CNC machines to inlet their grips. My problem has been the fit of the grips to the frame and backstrap of the revolvers. Seems to me they could get closer to the exterior dimensions. They look good though.

 

[UncleEd]

Just a word of note, caution:

Not all grip frames on Smith & Wesson revolvers
are alike, some a bit bigger and some a bit smaller
within the same frame sizes. This is especially true
of the older models prior to the most recent
manufacture.

That is why the stocks used to be paired individually
to each gun.

Recently had this experience in fit with newly
manufactured VZs for N-frame models.

 

[soFlaNative]

Is the OP asking about small businesses in general or grips in particular?

 

[Dave.357]

I have found that older N frames
Are the hardest to find stock for
There is a lot of difference gun to
Gun.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Good and cheap don't always go together ...... Altamont grips were always second tier to me.

Never had an issue with Craig Spegel........ in over 35 years

 

[walter o]

Even 1911 grip frames are different.Grips don't always fit correctly on different mfg guns . The 1st thing a gunsmith has to do when checkering the front strap is true it up in a mill.

 

[H Richard]

While I usually like the S&W grip fit, I do not like the N Frame Round butt. My solution was to obtain a pair of larger impregnated rosewood finger groove grips on which I shortened up about 1/4", and sanded the finger grooves way down all the while fitting to my hand on the RB to SB conversion grips.