i want chrome 9mm with mother of pearl handles... help???

[agoutihead]

i know this isnt the proper thread... but hey when you find a bunch of very knowledgable guys... its hard not to pick their head.

im looking at getting chrome/nickel plated 9mm guns. they also must have mother of pearl hand grips. i would prefer real mother of pearl.

im going to go with the 9mm caliber because i have smaller hands and thus will be easier for me to handle.

a few questions....

i know taurus makes a nice set of nickel plated with pearl handles and gold fittings.... looks REALLY sharp!

my question... are taurus' good guns? im pretty sure the pearl is not real mother of pearl and probably a plastic mold... but looks really cool. i relaly like the gold fittings too.

what would be a better nickel plated 9mm gun that i could add mother of pearl grips onto? can i then add my own gold fittings... or do i have to buy the gun already with the gold fittings on them?

does anyone know of any website that sells real mother of pearl hand grips?

i do understand that you cant shoot the guns with the mother of pearl grips on them and that you need to swap grips when you go to the range.

any help would be appreciated!!

thanks guys!!

 

[ColGlock]

Sounds like you should stick with your High-point 9mm.

 

[class3JB]

Mother of pearl grips

Real Mother of Pearl grips will crack if the gun is fired alot. Also, the new pearl grips I've seen seem dead and dull compaired to older grips (prewwII) I'd contact Ajax grips or some other company for Faux (plastic Copies)

 

[chili17]

I would look for a mexican colt in .38 super. I used to see them at shows quiet a bit. Without engraving expect about 1k. To me they are kinda neat, but I do live in TX so they do hold a unique perspective to me.

 

[K.O.A.M.]

At least they're making them specifically for the Mexican buyer now. There's nothing sadder than seeing one of the prewar Super 38's that looks like it's been through "Pimp My Sidearm".

 

[Patriot]

Chrome w/mother of pearl grips? Wassamatter? Not enough bling in your rings? Heavy D 'an 'da boyz won' git down wit'cha fo' dat!

 

[dchi]

You must have seen Pulp Fiction. I believe Star made those for a time, pretty cheap too. I'm fairly sure thats what they used in the movie not 1911 .45's. You could always buy a blued one and have it chromed for about $450-500 total. The guns are only about $225. I think CZ made a cz75 chromed too. Anything colt or to have a good 1911 chromed will be expensive.

 

[TrippHammer]

I personally think Taurus makes throw-away's.

I had a 1911 copy about 20 years ago split open like a cartoon at the range. I was lucky no one was injured.

 

[agoutihead]

yeah im probably not going to buy the tarus' and get a good quality chrome gun and just add the grips on it.

what about the gold fittings? can you add them on after market?

 

[Grayfox]

do a google search...the S&W model 59 is a nice crome, ajax has the grips, find the gold on your on.

 

[Oswald2001]

You can get a good quality 9mm and have it chrome plated.

You can also have whichever parts you wish gold plated.

You might even have custom mother-of-pearl (faux or otherwise) made.

It won't be cheap, but, if "Bling Is Your Thing"...



Personally, if I really wanted a pimped out gun like this, I would go quality since it is likely to cost a bundle for a pimp job on even a cheapo 9mm if you have custom work done to individual components.

YMMV

 

[sportster]

Star BM in 9mm--My Pimp Gun

Here is a Star model BM I picked up for my other half. She likes pearl grips!

 

[agoutihead]

yeah that looks pretty sweet... they even look better with gold fittings.

 

[Grayfox]

are you going to put it in a case or shoot it.? Why the "bling".....

 

[Endless Steven]

I'm not really sure what help we can provide here...

 

[sportster]

Guys,

The gun was a police confiscation gun. My police supply dealer buys them and sells them to LE. I bought it as a joke for my other half knowing she likes pearl grips. The polished chrome look was thrown in for a good laugh.

I took it home and gave it to her. You would think I gave her a winning lottery ticket. We cleaned it and took it out shooting. It is really a good shooter.

I guess Interarms, who made the STAR, is out of business and parts are hard to find if you would break something. You can break firing pins if you dry fire it, so I tell everyone who touches it not to. I keep snap caps in it just in case.

 

[Endless Steven]

I'm 99% sure that a Star like that was usedin Pulp Fiction for the assassins.