Stippling magpul

chesapeakeIRON · Dec 19, 2013

My first attempt at stippling (think that is how it's spelled. Took about 40 minutes to do the entire mag, they feel great once done

I did the tan one more aggressive and let me tell you... It's very sticky

chesapeakeIRON · Dec 19, 2013

The tan looks ugly up close but feels great

mopar92 · Dec 19, 2013

My Glock is the same as your tan one basically. Rougher it is the better it is. That applies to a lot of things in life.

smokey · Dec 19, 2013

I gave the extra backstrap I wasn't using a whirl for the m&p recently. Not very pretty, but okay for not really putting a lot of concentration into it. It does feel great and really enhances the feel of the gun. To get this pattern, I used a square-drive screwdriver heated over the gas stove. After a little heat, I'd just press straight in until the ridges started to push up around it. Because temp was variable, I had to change pressure and duration to try to get the pattern to be somewhat uniform. It was hard trying to keep lines relatively straight on a grip that's contoured in multiple directions.

I may have to try to get a variable iron with some different tips to try my hand at a pmag or two. I'm not to the point where I would risk completely f'ing up my gun's frame, but cheap and replaceable mags/backstraps are nice practice that enhance feel without much risk.

I like the stipling on the black mag, the tan one isn't my aesthetic cup of tea, but it does look like it would feel nice. Thanks for sharing your stipling experiences. Getting hands on with personalizing weaponry is as old as weaponry and probably makes the tool more special to the user. Modern stipling kind've reminds me of the natives personalization of their rifles with beads and wrappings on the plains back in the day.

chesapeakeIRON · Dec 20, 2013

mopar92 said:
My Glock is the same as your tan one basically. Rougher it is the better it is. That applies to a lot of things in life.

Your right, it's amazing how much more grip it has than the black one.

I'm with you, though with life, the rougher the better

chesapeakeIRON · Dec 20, 2013

smokey0118 said:
<img src="http://www.mdshooters.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=105178"/> I gave the extra backstrap I wasn't using a whirl for the m&p recently. Not very pretty, but okay for not really putting a lot of concentration into it. It does feel great and really enhances the feel of the gun. To get this pattern, I used a square-drive screwdriver heated over the gas stove. After a little heat, I'd just press straight in until the ridges started to push up around it. Because temp was variable, I had to change pressure and duration to try to get the pattern to be somewhat uniform. It was hard trying to keep lines relatively straight on a grip that's contoured in multiple directions. I may have to try to get a variable iron with some different tips to try my hand at a pmag or two. I'm not to the point where I would risk completely f'ing up my gun's frame, but cheap and replaceable mags/backstraps are nice practice that enhance feel without much risk. I like the stipling on the black mag, the tan one isn't my aesthetic cup of tea, but it does look like it would feel nice. Thanks for sharing your stipling experiences. Getting hands on with personalizing weaponry is as old as weaponry and probably makes the tool more special to the user. Modern stipling kind've reminds me of the natives personalization of their rifles with beads and wrappings on the plains back in the day.

That looks sweet.... That had to have take a lot of patience, I barely had the patience to finish up with my solder iron ... I too do not have the nerve to work on any of my hand gun frames and I am not sure that I will get it! but I do have an M&P so I may just try out what you did

chesapeakeIRON · Dec 20, 2013

smokey0118 said:
<img src="http://www.mdshooters.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=105178"/> I gave the extra backstrap I wasn't using a whirl for the m&p recently. Not very pretty, but okay for not really putting a lot of concentration into it. It does feel great and really enhances the feel of the gun. To get this pattern, I used a square-drive screwdriver heated over the gas stove. After a little heat, I'd just press straight in until the ridges started to push up around it. Because temp was variable, I had to change pressure and duration to try to get the pattern to be somewhat uniform. It was hard trying to keep lines relatively straight on a grip that's contoured in multiple directions. I may have to try to get a variable iron with some different tips to try my hand at a pmag or two. I'm not to the point where I would risk completely f'ing up my gun's frame, but cheap and replaceable mags/backstraps are nice practice that enhance feel without much risk. I like the stipling on the black mag, the tan one isn't my aesthetic cup of tea, but it does look like it would feel nice. Thanks for sharing your stipling experiences. Getting hands on with personalizing weaponry is as old as weaponry and probably makes the tool more special to the user. Modern stipling kind've reminds me of the natives personalization of their rifles with beads and wrappings on the plains back in the day.

I just went to harbor freight and grabbed a $4 dollar solder iron, works well but only came with one tip

smokey · Dec 20, 2013

chesapeakeIRON said:
That looks sweet.... That had to have take a lot of patience, I barely had the patience to finish up with my solder iron ... I too do not have the nerve to work on any of my hand gun frames and I am not sure that I will get it! but I do have an M&P so I may just try out what you did

I figure if I screw it up, I can always just order in another, or switch from M to S without much change in feel. Now though, the back feels great, but the devil on my shoulder keeps trying to convince me that the front strap needs similar texture and the side needs an indexing point for my support thumb. So far common sense has prevailed, but before too long I may haveta poke around for a competent stipling guy/gal to give me the feel I'm looking for.

I originally played around with some texturing on my serpa holster lockbar. I tossed some little bumps, similar to your stipling of the black mag, on it at first. It made a HUGE difference in feel and speed, but wasn't quite what I wanted. After experimenting around a little with some airsoft guns, I settled on the square-drive texturing stuff. It has a lot of grip, but doesn't abuse the hands like some other textures I've felt. Since I put it on the serpa's lock, it's made that a much more friendly holster to use. On the m&p, I like that I have a lot of grip, but the handle doesn't rough-up my side when I'm IWB carrying the gun.

chesapeakeIRON · Dec 20, 2013

Yeah after trying this out, there is definately a HUGE difference between the grips and there is no way I could IWB carry an aggressive grip like that fan mag.... I feel like your M&P grip is the best of both works for concealed carry, you get the added grip, without you skin being worn off! On a side note, that mini bayonet would probably make IWB carry feel like hell LOL

IndispensableDestiny · Dec 21, 2013

Why would you want a stippled magazine? Unless you are just practicing.

chesapeakeIRON · Dec 28, 2013

Why not, adds grip, looks pretty cool....I still have a bunch that are not. But from a function perspective the magazine gets a lot of added grip from it. It would work well for three gun or any time you are changing mags quickly. I mean I guess you could ask that about things

Also, your right it is good practice if you wanted to try it out on something cheap

niftyvt · Dec 29, 2013

Looks cool but I am not a fan of stippling. I saw a glock frame split up the back after being stippled. It was a sad day indeed.

And it was stippled by a 'pro.'

So, be careful you are weakening the plastic.

chesapeakeIRON · Feb 12, 2014

niftyvt said:
Looks cool but I am not a fan of stippling. I saw a glock frame split up the back after being stippled. It was a sad day indeed. And it was stippled by a 'pro.' So, be careful you are weakening the plastic.

Thanks for the heads up. My mags seem to be Holding up well I have not had any issue with them. I wouldn't try it on a glock though... Too big a cost to replace so I would not want to risk messing it up

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