What are G10 Grips

[Model 52]

Yesterday, my new PC 1911 SKU 170343 arrived at the gun store. It has beautiful blue/black grips that Smith says are G10 Wood. What is G10 Wood...man made ? I would love to get another set of the Blue/Black G10 for my S&W 1911, but I cant find them on the S&W store.

Have not even made the PC 1911 go bang yet, heavy rain all day.

Model 52

 

[BMCM]

What is G10 Wood...man made ?

I think they mean G10 or Wood. Those are two entirely different materials.

G10 is a high pressure glass/epoxy laminate. Wood is well,.. wood unless you're looking at some of the high pressure epoxy/wood laminates... like "Dymondwood" for instance, even so that stuff is still wood... mostly.

I don't know who makes those grips for S&W but you might try VZgrips or Raasco. I have grip panels from both those outfits and they both make top shelf stuff.

Cheers
Bill

 

[smithfan4152]

G-10

Hello,
photos help tell the story, they could be G-10 simulated wood grain. They really do look nice. These here are VZ Grips. Check out the detail on the heads of the screws.

 

[AveragEd]

You think those stock grip panels are beautiful? I'll grant that they are different but have to stop just short of "beautiful." Now, here's what I consider attractive on that gun.

I guess I'm just an olde pharte who doesn't care for modern materials over nicely figured wood. Those stock panels, by the way, are quite a bit heavier than any wood ones I have so they are made from something other than "just wood."

Ed

 

[smithfan4152]

Stock Grip Panels??????

Nothing wrong with Wood grip panels, different strokes for different folks.

 

[Model 52]

I called S&W Customer Service today. The G10 Grips used on the 1911 Performance Center guns are not available for purchase. They suggest I contact VZ Grips who supplies S&W with the G10 grips for the PC Guns. Customer Service said that the S&W 'internal' part number for the Black/Blue G10 grip used on the 1911 SKU 170343 gun is 38422.

I called VZ, they had no idea which grips S&W buys ?? They asked me to send a picture, which I did. VZ says they dont make that grip ?

My Translation on above: The G10 Grips used on the PC 1911's are proprietary and not available from any source.

VZ did say they do make other Black/Blue G10 grips

Model 52