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Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: billt on May 10, 2011, 08:04:20 AM
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Mel bought me this Beretta Model 92 a little over a year ago, and it's a nice shooter. It's big for a 9 MM, but I have really large hands so the gun feels really good. I just picked up a couple of 20 round magazines for it which makes it's size a little more applicable.
I saw some nice Hogue fancy wood grips at Cabela's, but I didn't get them because sometimes I've learned changing out grips isn't as easy of a task as it looks on some weapons. For example 1911's can be a total PITA because of the threaded inserts, (I can't spell what they are called), that can easily back out, get stripped out, and a lot of other problems. Has anyone changed out grips on a large framed Beretta? The fact it is an Aluminum frame also has my concern. Fine threads are very easily damaged, and or stripped out in Aluminum, especially if any type of thread locking compound was used in assembly at the factory.
Anyway, I thought I would check if anyone has done it, and what, if any problems you ran into before I dive in. Thanks in advance, Bill T.
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I put CT laser grips on mine without any problem at all.
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When I had one, I put Hogue rubber grips on it. Piece of cake.
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I'll go for the Hogue's. I like the way they look on the pistol. I've seen them on others. Bill T.
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Not a problem even when I was a kid of 25....
On the 1911, they're called Grip Bushings Bill...what's hard to spell?
:D
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Could you mean:
ferrule
or:
escutcheon
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Could you mean: escutcheon
That's it. Bill T.
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Could you mean:
ferrule
or:
escutcheon
That's it. Bill T.
an escutcheon IS the grip panel after it's screwed onto the grip.....
"1. a shield or shield like surface on which a coat of arms is depicted.
2. an ornamental or protective plate around a keyhole, door handle, drawer pull, light switch, etc.
3. Nautical . a panel on the stern of a vessel bearing its name and port of registry."
it's a bushing, nothing more and they are a pain in the butt, especially with an aluminum frame...
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Not a problem even when I was a kid of 25....
it's a bushing, nothing more and they are a pain in the butt, especially with an aluminum frame...
You're confusing me. Is it a cake walk, or a pain in the ass? Bill T.
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You're confusing me. Is it a cake walk, or a pain in the ass? Bill T.
Beretta is a cake walk and I agree that the 1911 is a pain in the butt....
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an escutcheon IS the grip panel after it's screwed onto the grip.....
"1. a shield or shield like surface on which a coat of arms is depicted.
2. an ornamental or protective plate around a keyhole, door handle, drawer pull, light switch, etc.
3. Nautical . a panel on the stern of a vessel bearing its name and port of registry."
it's a bushing, nothing more and they are a pain in the butt, especially with an aluminum frame...
Timothy, As many things in the english language the correct definition or meaning is often butchered. I was just trying to figure out what word BillT couldn't figure out how to spell. It only took me about 45 minutes looking in the dictionary to figure it out and how to spell it. ;D I have heard bushings refered to as both ferrules and escutcheons in reference to grips. Actually definition No. 2 fits pretty well as the bushing could be a decorative plate around the keyhole (mounting hole) of the grip.
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Beretta grips = easy - just screw them in straight and slow.
Yes, 1911 can be a pain in the ass and they are grip screw bushings.
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Timothy, As many things in the english language the correct definition or meaning is often butchered. I was just trying to figure out what word BillT couldn't figure out how to spell. It only took me about 45 minutes looking in the dictionary to figure it out and how to spell it. ;D I have heard bushings refered to as both ferrules and escutcheons in reference to grips. Actually definition No. 2 fits pretty well as the bushing could be a decorative plate around the keyhole (mounting hole) of the grip.
I tried to type it in and give it to spellcheck, but no matter how I typed it, there was no recognition. I remember hearing a gunsmith call it that, but had no luck researching the spelling. You are a more patient man than I. ;D Bill T.
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here is an explanation and instructions on 1911 grip bushings installation. Brownells I think has instructions also.
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I unscrew them (1911 bushings) and clean out/degrease the holes and threads with denatured alcohol on a q-tip.
A dab of locktite and they aren't a problem from there on.
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Forgot to add the link:
http://texasgunowner.com/forum/1911s/3225-1911-grip-screws-bushings-problems-cures.html
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In the army we staked loose bushings, but it takes a special tool that you hit with a punch through the hole in the opposite side bushing. Just give it a good whack and they stay tight for a long time. They rarely came loose but it did happen enough that they issued us the tool. I would just use Loctite instead.
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So am I correct that Beretta uses no such bushings, and the grip screws are threaded directly into the frame itself? Bill T.
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While I don't specifically remember them, it looks like bushings are involve.
http://stevespages.com/ipb-beretta-92.html (http://stevespages.com/ipb-beretta-92.html)
(http://stevespages.com/jpg/ipb-beretta-92.jpg)
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Thanks, that's what I was afraid of. Bill T.
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Thanks Phil. I should have looked on You Tube, they usually always have something, and are getting better all the time on gun related stuff. Bill T.