Pistol Grip from old bicycle tube

**EmetShamash** · Posted On: 11/13/2008 11:20pm

This I happened upon on a website called Instructables. Very interesting stuff on here including how to make Jello shots inside a banana. Anyway, what say you good folk on the merits of this?

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Hooyah! Got this one from esqueue, and couldn't wait to put this on here; I bought Pachmayr grips years ago, but having seen this makes me think "Damn, wish i'd thought of that"
It may not look that pretty, but in a push, one tends not to mind.

**Devil** · Posted On: 11/14/2008 7:54am

Interesting. Very functional, no doubt. But yeah, it looks like ****.

I prefer grip tape to Pachmayrs. It gives you lots of grip without the added thickness, and it looks badass if you take the time to do it right.

**Don Gwinn** · Posted On: 11/14/2008 3:49pm

Slip-on rubber grips sound good in theory, but train enough with a handgun and you'll probably end up hating rubber grips in general. I have a few slip-on pieces and some rubber stocks in a drawere somewhere, but none are actually mounted on any of my guns anymore.

The nice thing about using an innertube instead of a Hogue slip-on or something is that it'll be dirt cheap, so it's worth a try. But I'd say if you end up liking it enough to keep it on there, you'll be the exception.

**mrm1775** · Posted On: 11/14/2008 9:38pm

I've seen people use rubber bands, but I'm not much of a fan. Rubber grips in general seem to make my hands tire more quickly because I end up gripping them tighter. I tried them on my Kimber a while back but ended up switching to Gator Back grips. They just feel better in the hand.

**Hawkeye** · Posted On: 11/15/2008 1:33am

Someone mentioned grip tape and that is what I prefer if I was ever to even use it.

The best thing I ever used bicycle tube was for securing a surefire m95 pressure pad to a KAC foreward grip. Much better than electrical tape.