willis68

Gordon, you are in my Prayers!

I have owned several 1911's and have used just about every grip on the market. A few years ago when an Ed Brown Executive Elite was my carry weapon, I settled with Simonich Gunner grips. These were the very best grips for weapon retention as they stuck to my hand to the point of hurting, in fact I had to use sandpaper to make them manageable without gloves. For the last few years my carry weapon has been my custom built Nighthawk 1911 commander. The grips that came on it are VZ Gatorback, they look very nice on the pistol and have provided me a few years of great service. A month or so ago I decided to treat the Nighthawk to some new grips, I searched everywhere for original Simonich Gunner grips. I found several that I could have bought but my pistol is Bobtailed, so this presented a problem as I could not find any. I called around and found out that VZ bought the right to produce and sell "Gunner Grips" I was very reluctant to try them as I heard they were nowhere close to the Original design. Fact of the matter is that when the man behind the grips passed away, his widow sold the rights to Mick Strider of Strider knives. The Strider Gunners were not the same either as Mick and company changed a few things. So a couple of weeks ago I ordered the VZ's and figured I would try them out. These are by far the Best 1911 grips that I have ever used. They are just right and do not make your hands bleed if not sandpapered like the 1st generation ones did. I ordered the Military Brown for my pistol and they are on it now. The color of them looked more tan than brown when I ordered them and I just cannot get used to it. I just ordered another set in Predator Green that I think I will like much better. Like I said I find these to be the absolute best 1911 grips that I have ever used, and if any of you own a Bobtailed 1911 and want an awesome set of grips in Military Brown color, I will give you an great deal if you PM me

You my friend are very, very fortunate I have friends that have nearly all of their guns and nearly all of them that have had issues sold them due to the shabby customer service, perhaps things have changed i am not sure

You will see if you ever have to use their warranty service!

His point is, the same as my experience and Clint Smith's advice when I was at Thunder Ranch a few years ago is that the Cycle time on the Micro, mini, Sub compact whatever that you would like to call them is too short to cycle properly. The shortest length that is well tested and has always worked on my 1911's regardless of brands is the Commander length slide 4.25 your Mileage may vary

The best Auto's on the market are Protech, I have owned them all and Protechs are the best http://www.protechknives.com/knives/knives.asp

I brought a Bottle of this home from the Shetland Islands (Scotland) I have to say this is the Best I have ever had!

I had a few over the years, they are great knives

I dumped all 5 of my Bank of America accounts in January that I had for over 10 years, I got sick of their Corporate BS and went with Wilson Bank and Trust much happier

If you ever need to sell them, please let me know they are very nice pieces!

That is very cool man!

What a great season, This was my first year as a season ticket holder and I will keep my seats for life! In all honesty we have a great chance of winning the cup. For all the fans on this forum, please show your support for our awesome hockey team!

Nice review Mav!

You will not be disappointed, the XM-18 is most definately worth saving for!

In all honestly those may be the ugliest grips I have ever seen photographed! That of course is just my opinion

That is Beautiful! What a great gift for your Father, outstanding craftsmanship you should be extremely proud!

Jeff Conway from Taxi, his mother had a home next door to my mother in San Diego when I was a kid. He was a very nice man and always good to me and the rest of the kids around

Very nice, I like it!

I had them move a safe for me when we bought our new home. They were very good I would highly reccomend them!

Well then you are one of the fans that I respect, I know several people in Louisianna who became fans only after they were in the NFC championship game. It pisses me off when so called Fans only support a team when it is on a winning streak or era.

Thank you!

Where can I buy one? I am tired of waiting on my KSG

Who is the maker??

Very nice, details please