We got in a demo display from Crimson Trace. Dummy guns with the laser grip on them. Just to see if they fit, I pulled the 1911 grips of the dummy gun and put them on my ATI Commander. They fit perfectly and the all black grips certainly looked a lot better than the strange wood grips. We came to the decision that they are made of Peckerwood. But we can’t confirm that. The all black look worked. I had been thinking of going with a nice redish colored wood, but now I’m thinking of doing the blackout routine with this gun. Plain, simple, all black… I like it.
But do I want to do the Crimson Trace grips? I know Crimson Trace laser grips have some distinct advantages. Anything that can help you get on target – advantage. Anything that could keep you from having to drop the hammer in a stress situation – advantage. $250 tariff, not such an advantage. That’s a heavy price tag. I don’t know if I want to spend that much on this gun. This is not my defensive gun… it’s a project gun. A tinker gun. I might just do those cheap Ergo Grips plastic things. After all, I have a set of those on my SIG TacOps, and it actually does very well. The Sig deserves better, but still… the grips work.
I have CTC on my 1911. It’s not daylight-visible but it is very useful in medium to low light. And I find that the red dot is always a surprise to me…I forget that the laser is there and yet it comes on as needed. Terrific interface, IMO.
It’s a great interface. I wish they would hurry up and get their green laser grips done.
I had the CT but took them off for 2 reasons. 1) when I place my trigger finger along the slide like I was taught it blocks the laser and 2) it was making me a lazy shooter relying on the laser and not good sight picture.
Don’t lasers (except for IR) – like tracers – work both ways?
That would seem to be a disadvantage in many situations.
Peckerwood. That there is some funny stuff.
FYI CT’s aren’t limited to black for much longer.
http://thearmorygroup.com/blog/2011/02/crimson-trace-master-series-grips-new-for-2011-2/