Dremel to the rescue

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I added a Dremel tool to my RRHT (Really Really Handy Things) list this week, I had never had much occasion to use one but happened to have one in the garage.

The Back Story

This week I purchased a set of the reproduction Arro grips from gvt1911, very nice grips indeed (with a thumb rest on the left panel) but I forgot that my "shooter" 1906 AE has a grip safety, which requires a significant grip modification from the standard P08 grips to clear the safety. The first picture shows the starting "flat" back of the Arro grip along with the carved back of the original Luger grip. The scratchings on the back of the arrow grip are my first try at sketching out where a cut needed to be.

The Dremel cutting tool made short work of the relief that needed to be made and I have posted a picture showing the finished product. Other areas I needed to relieve a bit on the left grip were the rear edge at the bottom, around the grip screw, around the mag release button and at the top left corner where the grip fits against the frame.

The right grip also required a little trimming to better fit the frame at the bottom as well as a slight enlargement of the cut around the mag release button where it pops out of the frame when the mag release is engaged.