Pistol grip fit.

[lead lobber]

Hi guys, newbie to target air pistol shooting and the forum. I have just bought an LP2 second hand. I have no intention of adjusting the grip for a while (until I have some knowledge and experience) but wondered what filler people have used to pad out their grips and if there is a reason for using one particular filler as apposed to another.

[Bjacobs571]

Blu-tac and plasticine are good for playing about and seeing what works and what doesn't as they are really easy to remove afterwards

[nige346]

Same as, experience will tell you where to modify but until then Blu-Tac is a great method and can be adjusted as you shoot, it actually holds shape very well and if you don't like what you've done you can just peel it off and start again,

Blu-tac and plasticine are good for playing about and seeing what works and what doesn't as they are really easy to remove afterwards

[lead lobber]

I wouldn't have thought of plasticine and blutac. I'd of gone for oversized wood filler and a dremmel with all the associated dust and inevitable mistakes. Glad I asked, thanks for the responses.

[Fierynick]

Have a play around with blue-tax, then when you have an idea of what you need to do then use P38, and a dremmel tool. The most important thing is to not worry about how is looks.....just worry about how it feels. Remember also that it will take a long time to get it right.....mine is about there after six months of tinkering!!

[TheWilding]

I used 2-pack filler and a latex glove.


This will make it a true anatomical grip as its moulded to your hand.


You dont have to but I made new grip blanks from ply as the original grips for my pistol a quite rare now.


Mixed up the filler and layed it on roughly where I thought it needed building up, like the palm swell etc, then with the glove on held the pistol in firing position until it became to hot to hold, by that time it has cured enough to be able to let go anyway, then go over it with some sand paper to take off the edges, do a fine fill and a final sand, then paint.


My averages went up by 10 just doing this one mod to my pistol, my averages also went up by getting the balance right by adding weight to the pistol, the rest is all practice and stance.


ATB


Sean

[savantguarde]

If you look in maplin they have a thermosetting plastic called "polymorph" it softens in hot water and you can use it to add material easily and once its hardened in has a good feel but is still easily removed.
The nice thing about polymorph is that you can apply it and while its still hot. Grip the pistol and you will get a perfect impression of your grip.

Get it wrong? Peel it off and try again