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Crosman air pistol - General => Crosman air pistol - General discussion => Topic started by: droid on October 24, 2012, 09:24:02 AM

Title: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: droid on October 24, 2012, 09:24:02 AM
Looking over the forums I see some excellent grip sets adorning some amazing guns and just wondered if any of the old masters are still about.

I know Rick Andres is still firing on all cylinders but what about some of the others:

Joshua and Hellgrips in particular

Just curious what happened to these guys.

Gary
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: JEBert on October 24, 2012, 10:12:47 AM
No one has heard from J A since late April.  He owes more than one of us stuff.
Good luck!
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: droid on October 24, 2012, 10:15:27 AM
Ahh, I only got back on the scene around June so he was before my time on the forum.

Gary
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: Davio on October 24, 2012, 10:34:42 AM
Some are just being born and need to win a pageant or two.  ;)
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: 1377x on October 24, 2012, 11:39:57 AM
joshua a absconded with guns, custom grips from other makers no longer around and peoples funds
hell grips just dropped out of sight also
you can try and get ahold of someone on this page
http://airgunartisans.com/AAStockGripMain.htm (http://airgunartisans.com/AAStockGripMain.htm)
i want to get some grips like chongmans purplehart wood grips but in a different wood and some rb grips for my phase 2 1377
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: breakfastchef on October 24, 2012, 02:43:22 PM
Ralph at RBGrips is still firing on all cylinders. Chongman got a nice set of grips from Canada from a guy named Keith (http://airgunartisans.com/AA%20Keiths%20Grips.htm (http://airgunartisans.com/AA%20Keiths%20Grips.htm)). Here is a list of current/former grip makers - http://airgunartisans.com/AAStockGripMain.htm (http://airgunartisans.com/AAStockGripMain.htm)
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: Fronzdan on October 24, 2012, 04:21:08 PM
Yeah, im looking for some grips now.

Hellgrips/John Lennon hasn't answered my recent request for grips in over a week now. So I'm guessing he's not firing on any cylinders at the moment.

Rick offers a pair every couple weeks or so.

There's a newer guy on here Firrian Customs who seems to be up and running with a backlog.

Rb Grips is definitely running full speed and I may end up going with another of his. I was looking to mix it up a bit, but Ralph seems to be the only one that's able to service everyone's needs at the moment.
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: chongman on October 24, 2012, 06:08:37 PM
Keith's Grips http://airgunartisans.com/AA%20Keiths%20Grips.htm (http://airgunartisans.com/AA%20Keiths%20Grips.htm) are outstanding and he is firing on all cylinders! Turn around time is 3-4 weeks, not bad at all.
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: Fronzdan on October 24, 2012, 07:24:47 PM
Interesting....thanks chongman!
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: jSan22 on October 24, 2012, 08:03:28 PM
and here i was thinking that no one cares about AA anymore. they seriously need to step it up!

grips are pointless to me, because im not the steadiest shooter with handguns. so i keep my 13xx a carbine. BUT if i were to get one of those wire stocks, then i would DEFINITELY get those grips from keith.
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: 1377x on October 24, 2012, 10:08:59 PM
Quote from: chongman on October 24, 2012, 06:08:37 PM
Keith's Grips http://airgunartisans.com/AA%20Keiths%20Grips.htm (http://airgunartisans.com/AA%20Keiths%20Grips.htm) are outstanding and he is firing on all cylinders! Turn around time is 3-4 weeks, not bad at all.
thats how long rb told me it would be before he started on my grips
you can always get the high priced grips on ebay if you are in a hurry
gotta admit they look good except the price
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: cshooter on October 25, 2012, 07:01:45 PM
Well... after some research I found that only GMAC (have in stock), SD Custom Design (need wait for some weeks) and Crooked Barn (RBGrips international representative, can pre-order and wait for some weeks to get them done) replay me.

I need International shipping so I bet that my possible choices are tighter then US guys, but was really surprised that there are a lot of manufacturers are out of the game as I get no response from them till this time. Maybe someone have better luck.
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: crossliner on October 26, 2012, 02:16:38 PM
Quote from: 1377x on October 24, 2012, 11:39:57 AM
joshua a absconded with guns, custom grips from other makers no longer around and peoples funds
hell grips just dropped out of sight also
you can try and get ahold of someone on this page
http://airgunartisans.com/AAStockGripMain.htm (http://airgunartisans.com/AAStockGripMain.htm)
i want to get some grips like chongmans purplehart wood grips but in a different wood and some rb grips for my phase 2 1377

From grip maker to grief maker  :-X
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: droid on October 26, 2012, 03:22:12 PM
Quote from: cshooter on October 25, 2012, 07:01:45 PM
Well... after some research I found that only GMAC (have in stock), SD Custom Design (need wait for some weeks) and Crooked Barn (RBGrips international representative, can pre-order and wait for some weeks to get them done) replay me.

I need International shipping so I bet that my possible choices are tighter then US guys, but was really surprised that there are a lot of manufacturers are out of the game as I get no response from them till this time. Maybe someone have better luck.

To make it worse, though it may now be sorted, the last time I dealt with Jim at crooked barn (about a month ago) he was not able to accept Western Union so I had to send dollars over. Took ages.

Gary
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: 1377x on October 26, 2012, 05:11:48 PM
western union is the fasted way to get gauranteed cash funds, yet no one wants to accept it and it can be done electronically with no fee to the recipient from the comforts of home
way better than paypal and if you need the cash now you just go get it from any western union station world wide
Title: Re: Who are the Grip makers still left ?
Post by: Colt25 on October 27, 2012, 11:18:27 PM
Tuffthumbz from youtube might be able to make some custom grips out of G-10.
Though he does knives, he might do grips.