The semi-automatic pistols are usually carried on waists under the belts or with any special holder or case. Carrying a semi-automatic Colt pistol using a shoulder holster requires the correct handgun grips to ensure its easy access. The handgun grips of any handguns are the most banged and most susceptible to wear and tear among the external parts of the pistol. They get banged or scratched on chairs, doors, or any hard objects especially when carried on the waist. The pistols are made with a full-metal frame and the only non-metal component is the handgun grip or colt pistol grip. The grips are usually made of plastic, wood, or any durable materials. These materials are the first to surrender when the pistols are dropped on the floor and hard objects.

Your colt pistol grips may experience some damages caused by mishandling or sometimes excessive firing. If you got one, you don’t have to worry. Broken handgun grips won’t require you to replace your colt pistol with a new one. All you have to do is replace the broken handgun grips with a new colt pistol grips. The two share common features and serve the same purpose—to give you comfort in holding and better control in firing your colt pistol. The grips also protect some internal components of the pistol.

Some owners of a semi-automatic colt pistol do not only buy new colt pistol grips to replace broken ones. They change even their good working handgun grips with a new one to add provide a new design to their semi-automatic pistols. Doing this is also advisable unless it does not interfere with the other features of the colt pistol. Using a new handgun grips must not affect the safety levers and other mechanisms such as the magazine release and the gun’s ambidextrous safety.

The Colt 1911 and other semi-automatic pistols have a wide variety of available grips ranging from simple colt pistol grips to the most famous 1911-A1 grips. These handgun grips were originally made of hard plastics but later productions used a special material to make a softer grip. There are also pistol grips made from exotic wood such as Bloodwood, Bubinga, Burl, Cocobolo, Coralwood, Ebony, Kingwood, Leopardwood, Maple, Osage, Rosewood, Sapele, Walnut, Zebrawood and Ziricote.Special colt pistol grips designs were also made depending on the pistols bore axis and muzzle. The Browning and Colt pistols in particular usually raise their muzzles due to its low hand position. Some pistols experience muzzle flipping due to its high bore axis. The SIG Sauer and the Beretta both have high bore axis but the Beretta has a low muzzle flip than the SIG. Better performing handgun grips can be used to correct your semi-automatic pistol’s bore axis and muzzle flipping.