What are your favorite 1911 grips?

[DaveInPA]

I'm looking to throw a new set of grips on my Para 1911. What are your favorites? Pictures welcome

 

[TacticalDefense1911]

Hogue. http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp;jsessionid=LV4ZEPITMVIW3LAQBBISCN3MCAEFEIWE?id=0043324212165a&type=product&cmCat=froogle&cm_ven=data_feed&cm_cat=froogle&cm_pla=0420205&cm_ite=0043324212165a&_requestid=90832

 

[parrothead2581]

Esmeralda's are top notch.

Look into WoodGrips.com for a more affordable yet still handsome set of 1911 grips.

Cocobolo looks great on any finish, and is my preferred grip wood.

 

[lefteye]

Esmeralda's are top notch.

Aluma grips are great. Got both.

 

[tplumeri]

Crimson trace laser

 

[ElectricHellfire]

I have had very good experience with VZ Grips.

 

[RickB]

I like G.I. style, fully-checkered panels. I got some nice walnut, engraved Brownells on the back, and I have a couple of good rosewood sets from Hogue, but the last two pairs I bought from them have made me reconsider endorsing them.

 

[DonR101395]

VZ 320s

 

[tomh1426]

Hogue grips always fit my hand very good, I have them on a few guns including a 1911.

Wow sorry thats so big!

 

[44 AMP]

My favorite grips

While there are better grips for combat use, my favorite grips are the original Colt checkered wood with the Gold Colt Medallion. Just because of what they are and how they look.

 

[redrick]

Monkey grips .

 

[oldbillthundercheif]

Hakan Pek makes some damn nice grips.

http://www.imageseek.com/hakan/

These are mine:

 

[michael t]

Esmeralda's are top notch
+1 on that I have a couple sets .

 

[RsqVet]

For everyday use one can not beat aluma-grips. They hold up better than anything else I have seen.

Second choice for me are the carbon fiber grips from carbon creations

Wood is always pretty but on a wood griped 1911 I pull the grips prior to cleaning, as I am heavy handed with the solvent.... of course I'm usually cleaning a minimum of 500 rounds of crud out of the thing.

I have not found that the various micarta grips hold up well.... about a year and a half of carry / use and they look very ratty atround the edges and any high thin points.

 

[Colt Delta Elite]

Pachmayr American Legend grips:

 

[Alert]

I have some coco bolo double diamonds on mine

they're very pretty

 

[johnbt]

Anything by Craig Spegel.

www.lightningarms.com/spegel_1911.htm

 

[Hawg]

For reasonably priced grips I like Herrett's Black Lacquer.

 

[alabaster]

Hogue Lamo Camo double checkered, or Ahrens skip checkered.

 

[Playboypenguin]

There are all kinds of beautiful grips out there and I am a fan of most of them. I am especially fond of exotic wood and burl wood grips. As far as stock wood grips go, I am very fond of the grips Springfield puts on their 1911's. I just love the wood, the color, and the logo.