Colt 1911,1911A1 & Commander Wraparound Grips

New, never mounted on a gun. Made by Radical Concepts in Oregon, USA! The official supplier to Colt Firearms of 1911 moulded grips since the 1980's. In the late 1980's,  Colt came to RC and wanted a wraparound grip for the 1911 line that would improve upon Pachmayr Signature grips . A ribbed design was developed that got rid of the heavy steel insert in the Pachmayr side panels and lightened the grip & thinned it . Santoprene was selected to duplicate the look & feel of pre-war Colt rubber grips but w/o the cracking, warping & shrinking they were prone to. Superior to neoprene which oxidizes and discolors with age, exposure to UV and solvents, & is so strong, no gripscrew washers are needed.  Colt loved them & put them on all the high end 1911 line like Delta Elite & Combat Elite Models. RC then designed their own logo & moulded it into the side panels in place of the Colt medallions & marketed them under their own name. Retail price in 1990 was $19.99, 5 bucks less than Pachmayrs & Hogues, but the stranglehold the big boys had on the distributor network made it impossible to sell in volume to the retail trade. 16 line per inch checkering on the side panels, 24 l.p.i. on the frontstrap. Will fit Colt clones as well.  AMT, Kimber, Taurus, S&W, Rock Island, Auto Ordnance, Charles Daly, Springfield Armory....Government and Commander models.