Sidearms & Scatterguns XDM 5.25 Stipple Job

[TitaniumBlue]

Bit the bullet a little bit ago and decided to stipple my XDM, tooks some guts to pull out the Dremel and have at it, but I love the outcome.

Taping it all off just incase the Dremel slips, and too keep stuff out of the internals.

Ground off the factory grip and smoothed it out just a little bit to remove as many bumps as possible.

I love the new look and the grip feels great. Really happy with the outcome.

 

[okrebel92]

Re: XDM 5.25 Stipple Job

Looks good. What tip did you use?

 

[TitaniumBlue]

Re: XDM 5.25 Stipple Job

I used the finest tip I could use.

 

[redirt78]

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Nice work

 

[jd138]

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...and I thought I was daring to add some grip tape. You did some nice work.

The factory grip panels are great until your hands get sweaty then they are all over the place.

 

[leadbullet]

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that looks great, well done. how much better does it feel?

 

[TitaniumBlue]

Re: XDM 5.25 Stipple Job

Feels quite a bit better. Works better with sweaty hands of course. I would have liked to round off the front a bit more but the magwell already makes it thin enough I didn't want to cause any structural problems.

 

[Mordamer]

Re: XDM 5.25 Stipple Job

This is one stipple job that I didn't look at and think, "why on earth would they do that to their gun?". This work looks very good and not overdone.

 

[TitaniumBlue]

Re: XDM 5.25 Stipple Job

Thanks! I don't like the stippling to cover the entire area. Looks like crap haha.

 

[Miles2go]

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LongRange, you did an awesome job. Takes at least an ounce of sac to commit to poking your $750 pistol.

For those of you who don't have the beans to commit to altering your gun, look at Talon grips if you haven't seen them already. I put a wrap on my XDM 5.25 and I am very happy.

 

[17874]

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Nice job, it turned out great.

 

[fastbs]

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Darn fine job. Looks just right.

 

[Wes3377]

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Well executed

 

[shipwreck]

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Very nice!

 

[cox308]

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That looks much better. IMO the XDM's have obnoxious looking factory grips.

 

[TitaniumBlue]

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Now that I know how to execute it properly I would do it again in a heartbeat.

 

[dakotaglockguy]

Re: XDM 5.25 Stipple Job

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WILongRange</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I used the finest tip I could use. </div></div>

Do you mean you used a dremel tool, or the finest tip on a soldering iron?

Awesome job - congrats!!!

 

[TitaniumBlue]

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I used the dremel to take down the factory grip and then the finest tip on the woodburner to do the stippling.

 

[TitaniumBlue]

Re: XDM 5.25 Stipple Job

I may even be willing to do this for some in the coming future.....just working on the whole FFL thing.

 

[TacT-MecH]

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Looks TONS better than factory. you got my props

 

[TitaniumBlue]

Re: XDM 5.25 Stipple Job

Thanks, I appreciate it.