The question was raised as to whether or not these grips were hard to hold with wet or grimy hands. A sweaty hand grabs and holds fine, as does a wet hand. The work on the front strap and the work on the back, along with the 80's finger separators on my gun make it easy to hold regardless of how the hand is. The grips, although smooth and shiny also offer a certain amount of grippiness too.
Yes, my 45 is a frankenstein gun. It is made of a Safari Arms frame, a Springfield slide, and a multitude of gun show internal parts. It was taken to a small shop in Nor-Cal for a very old friend to affix some combat sights on. Doug MacDougall, did the work, and at first, Mac Scott, the shop owner laughed at my collection of parts. Doug told him to go test shoot it and align the sights after he was done. When Mac came back into the shop, he was smiling, and holding a target that had one ragged hole. MY ugly ass gun has been blessed by a demigod who said it was,"A fine shootin pistol, really nice shootin, this collection of do dads works!"
I know there are not too many left who can say their built, not bought, pistol was worked on by a master who apprenticed under a demigod of 45's.
Both of you are well remembered and missed, RIP Doug, and Mac!
