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| I use the o-rings with the KSD grips. They seem to hold the grips well without squeezing the soft wood which can lead to loose or damaged grips.
However, those grips will never get tightened down like g10 without damaging the wood. |
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| Another source for washers at $3.95 per: http://www.topgunsupply.com/si...-p225-p232-p245.html quote: I don't remember if the factory grips included washers?
They should have. They were intended to work with the washers. quote: I'm wondering if Hogue and Nil wood replacements would also need washers?
No on the Hogues, although they do (or at least have in the past) recommended the blue Loctite. Some have balked at that in the past due to the relatively thin portion of the frame threaded for those screws. I don't believe so on the Nils, and don't remember any recommendations for Loctite. |
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| I had some of the hogue checkered hardwood for my old W German p220 and needed the o-rings to avoid contact with the mag and protect the grip, YMMV. O-rings are cheap and at nearly every hardware store.
I’ve seen people file down the screws, just make sure you clean up the threads so they don’t damage the gun. |
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| Sig sold shorter grip screws. I don't know if they still do.
I've made standoff rings before using stainless wire and the screw itself, which serve like lock washers. screw length can also be reduced. |
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| I had that problem. Some #10 split lock washers took care of it. A pack of 30 are $1.28 at Home Depot. Add some blue threadlocker if you want extra security. If the link below doesn't work for you, go to HD's website and search for SKU 529705. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ev...Pack-20211/202704575 |
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Oriental Redneck
| KSD grips are absolute crap. They fool you with good look, but they are out spec shit. Personal experience.
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| quote: Originally posted by Samps: 12131: I agree about the KSD grips. I just located my original P220 grip washers (after ordering a new set from Sig). The grip screw holes on the KSD panels are not relieved wide enough for the washers to drop into place. The diameter is too small. In other words, there is no way to squeeze the factory washers into place ahead of the screws! I'm not going to try the O-rings. I'm shipping these KSD panels back for refund.
If you don’t want to try the o-rings, I’d stay away from the Hogue hardwood grips too. In my experience, they are only marginally better than the ksd grips and still needed o-rinhs over the factory washers. You may get lucky though. Take a look at Nill if you want to try some more wood options. |
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Oriental Redneck
| quote: Originally posted by Samps: 12131: I agree about the KSD grips. I just located my original P220 grip washers (after ordering a new set from Sig). The grip screw holes on the KSD panels are not relieved wide enough for the washers to drop into place. The diameter is too small. In other words, there is no way to squeeze the factory washers into place ahead of the screws! I'm not going to try the O-rings. I'm shipping these KSD panels back for refund.
It's unbelievable that these a**holes still pull this kind of stunt. They have done this for years, holes not big enough for not just washers but for the screws themselves. Several years ago, I was fooled by the good look and bought 4 sets (2 each for the P228 and the P226X5) from them on fleabay. All of them were with the screw slots too small.
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