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Rohrbaugh Products and Accessories => Rohrbaugh Accessories => Topic started by: DDGator on January 05, 2011, 11:06:41 PM
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Here is a quick photo of my new VZ Grips on my test-mule Rohrbaugh R-380.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/DDGator/DSCN3831.jpg)
The colors in the picture aren't great -- I didn't have time to set up the photo studio.
The grips fit great, feel great, and look great. Obviously these are the black cherry checkered. The checking feels just right--it's sharp, but not too sharp.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/DDGator/DSCN3827.jpg)
Just for fun -- a shot of the new VZ Grips with my "one-off" stabilized wood grips on my R-9 Elite.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/DDGator/DSCN3841.jpg)
The workmanship is top notch on these VZ Grips. VZ just makes some nice stuff.
http://www.vzgrips.com
Really glad to have them on board as a forum sponsor!
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Beautiful! Thanks for the pics - they may inspire me.
I have a set of the VZ grips - I ordered them before I even bought my pup, but I'm still working up the courage to remove the factory grips to put these on - nightmares of buggering up a screw during removal keep waking me up out of an otherwise good night's sleep. I have some very good hex keys but even so ...
I do have to add that the workmanship of these grips is spectacular - very high quality materials and machining and very much in keeping with the pup itself.
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Would not worry too much about the screws. If anything happens, they can be easily removed by Rohrbaugh.
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It's great they will do it, the part that is not so great is shipping a pistol. Round trip price anywhere from $50 up. :o
I had two screws that the head stripped out, it was #R8xx with black CF grips, :o I used the Grab it tool, worked good but a little stressful. ;D
John
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I had two screws that the head stripped out
That's the cause of my stress. I have a bit of machining background and a pretty good set of machinery and tools (no Grabits on hand but that could be easily fixed I think and I do know how to use them). I've been kind of hoping that they'd shoot loose but I haven't had the pup long enough or put enough rounds through it for that to happen - yet.
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For what its worth, I am a mechanical idiot and have changed grips a number of times with a standard Allen wrench and never had a problem. Perhaps I am on borrowed time!
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;D
Well I actually got my wish[es] (one about the grips shooting loose AND one where instead of the nightmare of buggering up the screws, they came out with little effort and no damage).
I decided to give the pup a good cleaning - better than the quick one immediately after my first range session; as I will be receiving some Gun Butter as soon as UPS delivers today it just seemed like the right time to remove all the current lube and re-lube. In the process of wiping down all the slide and frame rails I discovered I had gotten a piece of lint stuck between the frame and the right grip and it defied easy removal.
This left me little choice but to remove the grip so I could remove the lint. When I did I discovered that 3 of the 4 grip screws were already loose - the grips would have shifted and felt loose had they not been such a tight fit on two pins. The 4th remaining screw easily broke free. So - the VZ Grips will go on when I reassemble. I also hope to post initial reactions to Gun Butter in the existing thread.
But it serves as a good wake-up call - the grips on a pup can get loose and not really feel loose because they are precisely located on one pin that serves as the trigger pivot and a second pin that holds the mainspring and the magazine release. So - after a range session it would be a real good idea to check and tighten them (as necessary) to make certain the gun isn't going to have any problems when you most need it to work.
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Duane, both sets of grips look like a nice fit, stylish too.
The VZ grips use a different screw, can you tell us about those?
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Just to be clear -- the other set are not VZ. They are a one-off from K&D -- but I like those too. Not many wood grips for the R-9 in existance.
The replacement screws fit the same size allen wrench, but are more rounded on the head than the factory screws. The screws are black.
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The screws are called "Socket button head screws" I don't know if the ones VZ uses are stainless or alloy, I;m sure he can answer that.
John
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Just to be clear -- the other set are not VZ. They are a one-off from K& -- but I like those too. Not many wood grips for the R-9 in existance.
We made/sold a few sets of the wood grips for the R9.
Those VZ grips sure look good.