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Unread 03-27-2002, 02:42 PM   #4
Craig
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Default Re: black widow grips

I've seen flexable urethane repros. They look shiney/wet.

When we poured urethane at work we'd use a spray type mold release agent which contributes to the wet look.


At a gunshow a dealer had a duller looking nonflexable pair which had a whitish color in the crevasses. We also used a special paste wax as a release which would would result in this look. The dealer didn't claim they were originals or say much about them except that he wanted $60.


Repro bw grips that approach being indistinguishable from the originals is not a good thing, IMO. Slap a pair of inexpensive bw grips on a byf with damaged/mismatched wooden ones and voila a several hundred dollar increase.


"Let the buyer beware", is ever current.



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