Small Needle Stippling (First Time Stippling)

[KansasCity]

Here is my first go at stippling. I ground down one of my tips on my soldering iron to get a pretty small mark. I like the look of it aesthetically and it feels like I could put more rounds thru it in one sitting without too much abrasion. Obviously I went more aggressive on the backstrap. Trigger guard is done too which I really like the feel of.

I also left off certain areas- where the trigger guard meets the grip and under the beavertail(if it's even called that on a poly gun?) Seems like a lot of contact/movement with the recoil in those areas so I left them off.

Tried to keep the angles of the stippled areas lining up with the established lines/angles already on the gun.

What do you think??

If you want to see a larger/zoomed in version use the links below.

 

[Hunter8282]

Looks really nice!

 

[Bob O]

Looks great! Been wanting to do some gator or dragon skin stippling on a pistol, but will need lots of practice on some test pieces before I try it.

 

[KansasCity]

Looks great! Been wanting to do some gator or dragon skin stippling on a pistol, but will need lots of practice on some test pieces before I try it.

I think you can make that look good if you can keep your marks really consistent. So yeah, I practiced a lot before doing it. If you can find a dense plastic that is best for practice. I tried a couple plastics and it was totally different when I got to the poly frame.

 

[Saudade]

I'm not a fan of stippling, but you did a pretty remarkable job.

Clean, uniform symmetric.

Are you left handed?

 

[JCase]

Nice job!
I have a question...
How expensive is a new grip if you screw it up?

 

[KansasCity]

Saudade, Yeah i am, hence the thumb patch on the right side. One of the better ambi control guns so I really like it for that. Just a solid gun in general tho.

 

[KansasCity]

JCase, Im not sure how much a new lower is. Unless you do something pretty catastrophic you will just make it look ugly, but will function fine.

 

[Kitgun]

You did good! I've got to give this a try myself.

 

[motorcyclejoe]

Wow! Looks factory!

 

[Bob O]

A new frame is about $250.

I have a .22 rifle with polymer stock that I will practice on.

Thanks for the tips.

 

[kozmic]

Looks good and welcome to the forum KC.

Just one question...what is that levery-looking-thing on both sides of the slide????

 

[cwhy_99]

It looks great! I have the exact gun. Love it!

 

[CB3]

Gorgeous job. Very professional looking.

How long did you practice, and how long did the actual work take?

 

[KansasCity]

Kozmic, someone told me this gun shoots much better with this lever thingy. Can confirm- shoots much better with lever thingy down than up. haha

 

[KansasCity]

CB3, i didnt practice that long. I did the backstrap first with a big bit since I can replace that.(probably will do it again with a smaller bit) then maybe ten minutes before I did the rest. Started with the bottom of the trigger gaurd to hide any learning mistakes. The poly frame is actually easier to stipple than normal practice. It's dense and provides a little pushback so it's harder to overdo it. I was practicing on my M&P blue case and it goes thru that stuff like butter. Took 4-5 hours for everything I would guess.

 

[Brucenterry]

Dear adventurous.....If you're not happy w/ the quality of the stippling you do....you can just wrap it w/ some Talon grips of similar grip tape.

 

[03hemi]

Real nice job, but I don't have any tupper ware guns though. Looks great and even.

 

[SKYNET KC]

Wanna do mine? I live in KC been waffling on stippling for a while but can't find anywhere local.

 

[Whitwabit]

I'm not a fan of stippling .. would rather see skate board tape applied .. reason .. it can be removed at a later date and doesn't devalue the weapon when sold if some one didn't like it ..

but must say that is the nicest looking job I have seen done ..!!

How do you like it ??