[ithacaartist]

I had the same complaint with the grips that came on mine. It was, as I've described before, like holding a rough-cut 2" X 4". I saved those grips aside and ordered a pair from Vintage Gun Grips that were of the same coarse checkered pattern and blocky, squarish corners, but appreciably thicker than the originals on mine. I removed the checkering, gave them a more P.08 cross section, and re-checkered in finer pattern. Much more friendly to hold and shoot--the old ones embossed the checkering into the web of my hand after a few rounds--and I got the casting place to mix a color which mimics the color of the "red Swiss", made, IIRC, early after the Swiss re-design of the grip frame to create its easier-to-machine, distinctive look.

Just so you know, it has the .22 conversion kit installed in this pic--otherwise I'd predict questions about the weird toggle knobs, etc.