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Posted: 4/16/2006 8:33:14 AM EDT
Checkering the front strap (or any other part), which do you prefer?
Link Posted: 4/16/2006 8:39:26 AM EDT
[#1]
I voted, all five choices.    


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Link Posted: 4/16/2006 9:24:32 AM EDT
[#2]
I dont like a checkered front strap
Link Posted: 4/16/2006 9:56:58 AM EDT
[#3]
any front strap checking is nice!

i prefer 30 myself
Link Posted: 4/16/2006 11:07:43 AM EDT
[#4]
30lpi. Anything less is too rough.
Link Posted: 4/16/2006 1:09:10 PM EDT
[#5]
I prefer 25LPI. Work with my hands so thats probably why. I can barely feel 30 and 20's like holding on to a cheese grater. Wierd how 5 little lines makes the difference but hey its all subjective/relative anyway.
Link Posted: 4/17/2006 8:32:29 AM EDT
[#6]
20, and sharp!
Link Posted: 4/17/2006 9:29:54 AM EDT
[#7]

Quoted:
I dont like a checkered front strap



+1 I shoot both and have not noticed a difference.  
Link Posted: 4/17/2006 10:14:31 AM EDT
[#8]
Link Posted: 4/17/2006 10:36:23 AM EDT
[#9]
25-30 both work fine.  20 seems too sharp for me.  I am not a wuss by any stretch, but I don't see the point in impaling my callusses to get a better grip if the finer bumps do the job just fine.
Link Posted: 4/17/2006 10:28:01 PM EDT
[#10]
I picked 30, but actually prefer the feel of stippling.  Checkering looks better though.
Link Posted: 4/18/2006 11:21:58 AM EDT
[#11]
im poor, but skateboard tape seems to work for me tho.
Link Posted: 4/19/2006 8:21:51 AM EDT
[#12]
Stippling
Link Posted: 4/19/2006 11:11:20 AM EDT
[#13]
20 LPI, or Golf Balls.
Link Posted: 4/19/2006 3:14:04 PM EDT
[#14]
25 LPI for shooting, 30 for admiring, and serrations for carry.
Link Posted: 4/20/2006 12:50:44 AM EDT
[#15]

Quoted:
im poor, but skateboard tape seems to work for me tho.

Link Posted: 4/20/2006 4:02:16 AM EDT
[#16]
I personally don't care for checkering so I didn't vote. I like vertical serrations and have them on all my 1911s and I also like the scallop/scale treatment that Chuck Rogers offers. But if I had to go with checkering then I'd go with 25LPI..
Link Posted: 4/22/2006 6:21:11 AM EDT
[#17]

I've always done 20lpi,  here's a pic of one I did.




I Did My Kimber Compact in 25lpi,  it's getting refinished,  so I don't have a pics,  but I like the 25 too.

Checkering a front strap is alot of work.
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