SARCO $17 Grips - Are They Junk

Hugh · 01-17-2002, 06:07 PM

U git whut U pay fur!

The SARCO grips are made in India of Cocobolo. The wood is beautiful, regretfully, the workmanship is not. I buy them by the dozen to redo. I have to sort them as some will fit a Mauser frame, and some are smaller and will only fit the DWM & Erfurt frames. The last batch that I got, about half of the right grip panels were unusable because they were undersize. They are thicker than the originals and are checkered 16 LPI with a very sharp checkering that will hurt your hand after a clip full. They have a little gap around the safety lever. I sand off all the checkering and rechecker to the original 20 LPI, and sell the fully checkered for $50 + $5 P&I, and the border checkered pattern for $85 + $5 P&I.

You can get Walnut grips from Nill that are almost identical to the originals. They fit so tightly that they will require a little "fitting" to go on your particular gun. They are very nice grips and will cost you around $70/pair including shipping. They can also be had in smooth configuration. I believe their quality control has slipped a little lately, as THOR had a bad experience with a pair of poorly checkered ones. I buy the smooth ones and checker them myself. I sell the fully checkered ones for $100 & the border checkered ones for $125.

I don't intend this to be a commercial; but as a source of information to those interested.

01-17-2002, 06:07 PM	#7
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 166 Times in 65 Posts	Re: SARCO $17 Grips U git whut U pay fur! The SARCO grips are made in India of Cocobolo. The wood is beautiful, regretfully, the workmanship is not. I buy them by the dozen to redo. I have to sort them as some will fit a Mauser frame, and some are smaller and will only fit the DWM & Erfurt frames. The last batch that I got, about half of the right grip panels were unusable because they were undersize. They are thicker than the originals and are checkered 16 LPI with a very sharp checkering that will hurt your hand after a clip full. They have a little gap around the safety lever. I sand off all the checkering and rechecker to the original 20 LPI, and sell the fully checkered for $50 + $5 P&I, and the border checkered pattern for $85 + $5 P&I. You can get Walnut grips from Nill that are almost identical to the originals. They fit so tightly that they will require a little "fitting" to go on your particular gun. They are very nice grips and will cost you around $70/pair including shipping. They can also be had in smooth configuration. I believe their quality control has slipped a little lately, as THOR had a bad experience with a pair of poorly checkered ones. I buy the smooth ones and checker them myself. I sell the fully checkered ones for $100 & the border checkered ones for $125. I don't intend this to be a commercial; but as a source of information to those interested.