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Ah, the joy of Maple

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I’ll admit it: I do sometimes like to dress up my guns. I’m a grip guy first and foremost. Odds are, if a gun’s grip panels can be swapped out or otherwise upgraded (not stippled, don’t even get me on the soapbox about that abomination!) on a long enough timeline, it will happen if the pistol is in my collection long enough.

One of my latest is a set of curly maple panels for 1911s that I picked up from Bill Griffith (Griff’s Grips) for my Kimber Rapide 10mm.

Gotta say, they both feel great and look awesome. Judge me if you will…

Happy first day of Spring!

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Here’s to putting the cold grey of Winter to bed with the prospect of the color and sunshine of Spring, against the odds.

In the past few days– besides washing the first two layers of skin off my hands and playing the sort of a reverse “Where’s Waldo” that is social distancing– I’ve been trying out Kimber’s new Rapide (Black Ice) 10mm M1911A1 platform for a T&E review. I’ve also been busy in the garden, working on my expanded veggie and flower plot.

With that, nothing quite says 1st Day of Spring like a nice 10mm semi-auto and some purple/white variegated carnations.

Photo: Chris Eger

Be safe out there, guys.