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Posted: 6/7/2019 7:12:35 PM EDT
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Fulton Armory Pistol Grip, A1, New Commercial, AR-15 / .308 AR, part number FA-AL-082-T-NP, $10
Fulton Armory Link Brownells Retro A1 Pistol Grip, part number 078-000-347WB, $15 Brownells Link The Fulton Armory Grip comes in a plastic bag, no screw. It has a flat textured surface. I rounded the corners of the section under the trigger guard on this one before I remembered to take pictures, sorry  The Brownells grip comes in a nice box with a hex screw and washer. It has more of a polished or shiny surface.  Fulton on the left, Brownells on the right 
The only significant difference I can tell is that the Fulton grip is a bit thicker than the Brownells At the maximum width, which is towards the bottom of the grip, the Fulton Armory measures 1.275" and the Brownells measures 1.175", so a tenth of an inch difference.  Both appear well made. Both installed without issue. Sorry Coldblue, but I'm moving away from the duckbill. |
| I bought an A1 grip from a vendor on here. It's too thick at the top where it meets the receiver, leaving about one-eighth or one-sixteenth of an inch of grip protruding instead of mating up flush with the back of the receiver. It's also too short at the top, so there's a gap between the top of the grip and the receiver. It looks like the Fulton grip, but vendor said it was made by Tony's Customs. It is nice and fat, though. How does the Fulton fit? |
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Newbie question here---I have tried searching for the answer on the forums and in the Retro Black Rifle Guide... which models were fitted with the "skinny" vs "fat" grips?
From the above, it looks like the skinny grips (reproduced today by Brownells, 1.175" wide) were used on the 601 and 602. Does this mean the fatter 1.275" grip (reproduced by Fulton) was used on the 603 (E1 and A1) and all the way into the 1980s? Is there any data on what year this change from skinny to fat grip occurred (do we assume with the first intro of the 603 series), or if there was a transition period? Would most of this info come from observation on surviving rifles, or from some written technical source? FYI, I see that the original 601, 602 grips for sale at AR15Sport give the measurements as 1.160" for the skinny, versus 1.270" for the "later colt grips." Just for comparison, anyone know the width of the A2 grip? I'd think it's close to the "fat" grip. Thanks for helping to provide more info. |
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A follow up to my original question of whether it was just the 601 and 602 that used the skinny grip... Anybody know what type of grip the Colt SP-1 used? Thanks |
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