How many of you think stippling is another word for effing up a perfectly good gun?

[Shenaniguns]

this is sig worthy.

LOL

[Fishslayer]

How many of you think stippling is another word for effing up a perfectly good gun?

Well, since most stippling gets done on Glocks, I would say "no."

Looks good with the Crayola roll marks...

[hossb7]

It's ugly as sin!!! I feel bad when I see those Glocks all messed up.

I don't get the whole stippling thing?? Help me out on this please... To me it seems like someone got bored and decided to permanently eff up their firearm!

Factory made texture looks, well, factory. Stippling looks like it does not belong on the gun.

I've seen a couple of tastefully done pistols---the other 98% were bad to awful...

Ya, melting polymer frames is not my thing..... although occasionally you see one that looks decent.

Yep, all of the home jobs look like cr@p if you ask me. I've bubba'd a couple of my guns though so who am I to talk.

Looks terrible 98% of the time. I've never had an issue with palm sweat though, as my hands are naturally very dry. Put some grip tape on there if anything, at least that doesn't permanently change your weapon.

It's like buying a new car and putting a big a-- spoiler, ugly rims and a crap load of stickers, then thinking it looks cool and It does something usefull.

Stippling is checkering's ugly sister. Available to anyone, gets the job done - but wouldn't be anyone's first choice.

Everything I do to my gun can be reverted back to stock for a resale. I don't see why anyone would do this to their gun if they weren't 100% sure they were gonna keep it forever. If that's the case, then go all out. Some of them don't look too bad.

Glocks are great guns but are already hideously ugly stock. Stippling it isn't going to make it much uglier. You are reducing the resale value but if you think you need it, go for it.

LOL

real talk. i think most of you are too concerned on a) whether or not your gun looks PRETTY, and probably more importantly B) what other people do with their guns

[Shenaniguns]

real talk. i think most of you are too concerned on a) whether or not your gun looks PRETTY, and probably more importantly B) what other people do with their guns

And scared of even scratching their guns. How many people ask which holster doesn't wear the finish?

[hossb7]

I just rest all my guns on a pillow of silk to be safe

[hossb7]

and heaven forbid i ever shoot them.

dont you guys just own guns to photograph them for internet?

speaking of which, it's time to wipe them down again. exposure to air can be bad, dont ya know.

[Shenaniguns]

30k+ psi explosions happen on the inside but make sure your ring doesn't scratch the finish.

[paratroop]

Form over function? That seems to be a similar argument with the folks who are against featureless AR builds, "it looks ugly." I don't particularly like very aggressive texture, but whatever floats your boat. People are concerned about "resale value", I would never be able to sell any modern type firearm even close to market value. When I bring one home from the shop, I throw it on the ground, and kick it across the driveway(at least that's what it looks like I did). But I would never donk up a collector type firearm.

[M. D. Van Norman]

[10mm]

Yup.

[Thunder Beast]

I had to stipple my m&p, surface was too smooth in stock form. I thought I did a decent job

I personally think this looks good. But again it's not done for appearance in most cases.

I shoot in excess of 100 degree temps, rain, and snow. Stippling a realatively cheap gun that doesn't really look good to begin with and gain some performance is worth it to me.

For some people it's a tool, for others is a fashion statement.

[Dannicus]

I personally don't care for the looks of stippling, but it helps some folks hold on to their gun better and they like how it looks and makes their gun more personalized.

I do have one concern about stippling, and that is some areas of the grip are rather thin and you are thinning them out further by perforating the surface. I've never heard of a stippled gun breaking, but melting little dots into them certainly doesn't make them stronger.

[HighLander51]

I don't get the whole stippling thing?? Help me out on this please... To me it seems like someone got bored and decided to permanently eff up their firearm!

Yes, and the sad part is that stippling doesn't improve the grip anywhere near the rubber QwikGrip....

[FredoSD]

It's a lot like the ugly seat on my motorcycle. I can't see it when I'm riding and that's the only time my seat matters to me.
Same thing with stippling. I can't see it when I'm shooting and that's when my gun matters the most.
"Function over Fashion" is a good rule, with cars, motorcycles tools and even guns.

[Nick Adams]

Browning Hi Power, Customized by Novak















For Hi-Power's, because the grips are very thin, checkering the grips, if a mistake is made, can't be fixed. As a result, majority of smith tends to do stippling, especailly the ones with serial numbers on the front strap.

nothing wrong with stippling. if you don't like it, don't do it.

Stippled, pimpled, plastic guns are usually ugly tools. But the HP is a nice looking pistol.