MOUNTAINWILLIAM

Sorry for my tardiness in replying, I hope that Joe was able to fix you up.

If you'll compare a K10 mag to the "old T" mags you'll see that the height of the mag catch openings are different. The K10 opening is a tiny bit taller.

I don't care for the pinto look myself. My blue controls have been on the HC refinish list for awhile, so I'll just add some baseplates to the pile. I think that would make for a great finishing touch.

I had Joe do some baseplates for my brushed stainless CZ75 awhile back, which turned out perfectly. I have large hands and a pinky rest hits me in all the wrong places, so Joe made baseplates for my factory 17rd mags with flush front ends like the CZ Compacts have. They sure beat the plastic factory pads. I liked them so much I had him do the same for my 10mm Stock II. There is a slight color difference between the stainless pads and the hard chrome on the gun but I intend to have the pads HC plated when I have the controls done.

I have a set of Henning's grips that were on a 10mm Stock that I picked up some time back and the previous owner used the putty that Henning supplies to form fit the grips to the owners hand. So obviously they won't fit anyone else. I would imagine that a grinder or sandblaster would remove the hardened putty. Let me know where to send them and they are yours.

How about a roller top trigger bar guide while we're at it?

There are other aluminum grips available but I don't know how they compare in thickness to the others that have been mentioned so far. They do fill in differently at the top rear of the grip. http://waffen-oschatz.de/CZ_Teile_und_Zubehoer.html

I did some time back and the nice lady said they only fit the small frames. I'd buy a couple pair for my 10mm's if they did fit.

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Plus auto body paint shops.

They have the same firmness, cobble stone texture and feel as factory rubber grips but they aren't tacky like rubber.

I hear you there, I really like the thickness of Lava grips and that's about it. The nice thing is you can get two pair of Tillanders for what it cost for one pair of Lava grips. I thought about doing as cpa50h mentioned and shave off the top surface of a pair of Tillanders to the same thickness as a set of Lave grips. The color is molded in, so that shouldn't present a problem.

While we're on the subject of grips, my new set be Tillander Custom Grips just arrived. They appear to be molded off of factory rubber grips. These are definitely thicker than the Lava grips and they are also made of a much better material, requiring next to no fitting. I intend to buy more Tillander Grips for some of my other guns, certainly recommended. http://www.tillandergungrips.com/index.html http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=412177756 (If the Lava grips were made of this material, required minimal fitting and their price was lowered, they would be worth considering.) I never cared for the tackiness of rubber grips, they have a tendency to wear out my shirts during concealed carry. These grips are available to fit over two hundred models at present and just about any color you can imagine. The colors are molded into the grips rather than a sprayed on finish. I opted for Bone White with blood spatter, I can't say that I care much for Zombie green, lol. An odd choice to be sure for a carry piece.

I'd certainly take that with a grain of salt, lol. They couldn't tell the difference between black and red at the beginning of your ordeal. I'd bitch about the extra shipping expenses that you're having to fork out in order to correct their mistake. They aren't likely to send you a refund for shipping but they may send extra followers to compensate for it.

They seem to be but the profiles involved may make them seem more so. The factory wood grips on my 10mm Stock have more of a radius front to rear then the Lava grips do. The Lava grips are pretty much flat across the surface, which I like. I have a set of these and they fit a standard large frame, mine being a 10mm Stock. They are thin and have a very agressive surface (not good for exposed skin, lol) but they are made out of flimsy plastic. Personally, I wouldn't recommend them.I also tried a pair of these for my cz and while they feel nice and seem to fit my hands pretty well, they are pretty flimsy. I cracked mine at the screw hole when tightening them up. I didn't over torque them either. I think if he used a more solid polymer or something harder they would be good to go. I'll agree with that, I like the shape but the current material they're made of is wholly inadequate. As you can tell I'm no photographer. If you compare the tops of the grips to the receiver you can get a slight idea as to the difference in grip thickness and if you compare the area by the grips screws (screwed in an equal amount of turns) you can get a feel for the contours of the grips.