[greenman_2]

seeking everyone's opinions.

 

[Timbo]

Here are some for comparison:
Red Star & black East German:
(Click on pics to enlarge)
View attachment 14577

Pearce, (rubber), Red Star & Simpson Suhl:
View attachment 14578
Red Star or, as many would agree, the E.G. grip is the best for carry.

 

[type99]

Looks like Red Star is the winner (drum roll please). I think the stock black plastic grips on my IJ-70 are pretty thin...probably the equivalent of Red Star grips.

 

[SlimTim]

Looks can be deceiving. Note the picture shows a bit of an angle, it can't be lined up directly over each grip, it's impossible.

I'm thinking the EG grip was always said to be the thinnest in the past. A measurement with a pair of micrometers would tell the story.

SlimTim

 

[Timbo]

E.G. measures 1.095
Red* measures 1.083 (Slimmist... Slim Tim, but by the Slimmist of margins. Pun intended. )
Thanks for the suggestion Tim, I would think that many likes the E.G. for carry for it's slim profile as well as the color.

 

[Parisite]

Have you measured the black Baikal grip? I'll bet it's in that ballpark of narrowness too.

 

[videodon]

What about the 'Makawrap" grips
that are/were available at Makarov.com?
http://makarov.com/cart/makgrip.htm

 

[Timbo]

Have you measured the black Baikal grip? I'll bet it's in that ballpark of narrowness too.

Don't have one of them Parisite.

 

[wrangler5]

Except for the lanyard ring, my Red Star grips are exactly the same width as my EG grips at their widest points.

 

[SlimTim]

I guess the memory is the second thing to . . . . . . . what was I saying?

Thanks Timbo, perhaps it was the lack of the lanyard ring that made it the choice of most folks. I could have sworn it was because it was thinner however.

SlimTim

 

[wrangler5]

Well I obviously have access to both, and until I got my half-checkered/half smooth wood grips from Dennis M, I had EG grips on my carry gun because I thought they just "felt" better. Not necessarily thinner, just better.

BTW, the Dennis grips are indeed wider at their widest point than the Red Star/EG grips, but they don't FEEL any wider to my hand. Probably has to do with the rounded contour of the back-to-side transitions, compared to the more squared off shape of the issue grips. Whatever the reason, it's another example of ergonomics trumping measurements.

 

[ab4ka]

I can tell you that a Pearce beats the crap out of a factory grip on a hi-cap, but on a standard I don't have a clue (except that I have an extra grip I picked up in a parts deal, so if I get a standard Mak to keep my hi-cap company I'll have an extra grip for it )

 

[Timbo]

I can tell you that a Pearce beats the crap out of a factory grip on a hi-cap, but on a standard I don't have a clue (except that I have an extra grip I picked up in a parts deal, so if I get a standard Mak to keep my hi-cap company I'll have an extra grip for it )

I completly agree with you Gator! Mine are great too!

 

[tm45]

Hummmm, Not so sure on factory grips? My measurements are all over the place.
Hard to measure the front to back, but have a feeling that has something to do with ‘how the grip feels’? Smaller front to back makes the grip ‘feel thin’, maybe?

Measured a few of mine. ‘Thinnest’ was a black EG (?), without a lanyard hole. It also has larger hatching compared to some. (See Photo)
Some measurements:
Thick X Wide (front to back)
1.090 X 1.823 EG without hole, No. 1 stamped where hole would be?
1.112 X 1.836 EG with hole
1.115 X 1.838 EG with hole

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1.091 X 1.843 Bulgie Red Star
1.111 X 1.844 Bulgie Red Star
1.094 X 1.890 Bulgie Red Star
1.100 X 1.855 Russian Red Star

Some EG’s are thicker than Red Stars. Not very consistent – molds must vary quite a bit.