The Suarez stippling package is custom to what you want. This service is for any pistol with a polymer pistol frame, as long as there is not a rubberized texture over the frame like an SCCY.
This is an ever evolving product, meaning we are constantly working on imporving the service, but we promise, any changes will be to continue to give you the best possible stippling service we can on your polymer framed pistol.
Below you will find a description of the options available in this service, how they pertain to your frame, and what the modifications do to enhance your grip.
Undercut Frame:
- No Undercut - we leave the frame as is where your stronghand middle finger rests under the trigger guard. Good if you have very small fingers, not great for recoil management as it does not allow you to get your hand up in the frame and closer to your bore axis.
- Single Undercut - this is a great modification, that we would recommend for and polymer framed handgun. We remove material allowing you to get that higher grip on the frame, bringing your hand closer to the bore axis and helping to mitigate recoil. This is also a great modification that alleviates the issue of "Glock knuckle" so that the frame will no longer rub the side of the knuckle of your middle finger. The area is polished and left smooth so as not to generate friction against your finger.
- Double Undercut - this modification is done on the flat portion of the bottom of your trigger guard and includes the single undercut. It's a reverse saddle cut that gives your support hand a consistent resting point when shooting two-handed. A textured "pad" can be left as an indexing point in the center of this cut. **This service is not available to micro carry pistols such as a Sig P365, Springfield Hellcat, or Glock 43/43X/48 as there is not enough material on the triggerguard to accomodate this modification while maintaining the ingrity of the frame.
Scallop Mag Release Area: this service is only available to frames with a single sided mag release, ie: gen 1-3 Glock. This is a good modification for folks with thumbs on the short side as it gives a tangible "path" for the users thumb to the release. The cut area is polished and left smooth. The majority of frames with an ambi or swappable mag release (gen 4-5 Glock) rely on a wall of material to maintain the release's position and movement, scalloping the area around one of these would allow for the release to move forward and rearward in the frame causing issues with both releasing and locking in a magazine.
Index Points: these are textured "pads" on your frame that give you a reference point for finger placement whhile not firing and firing the pistol. They can be done to single sides, both or none at all. As an example, for a right handed shooter, wanting somewhere to place their index finger when not firing, they would choose a right side index point. For the same shooter looking for a place to position their support thumb, they would want a left side index point, and vice versa for a left handed shooter. Both sides give you the best of both world, and since no material is added, these options do not affect how they sit in holsters.
Frame Circumfence:
- Decrease the Circumference - for this option we typically remove material from the front and backstraps of the frame, as well as the corners. On Glocks, the rear hump of the pistol is removed to give the pistol a flatter profile and grip angle like that of a 1911. The top of the frame that rests in the webbing of your strong hand is also slightly reduced. Removing fingergrooves as well as our "First Groove" modification will allow for us to further reduce the circumference of a pistol that has fingergrooves from the factory.
- Increase the Circumference - for this modification, we permanently build up the backstrap of the pistol to fit larger hands. If you're looking for palm swells to be added to your frame, please see our Grip Master service, all of the same options are available, but with the addition of palm swells, to fill your hands.
- Interchangeable Backstraps - depending on the pistol, there are a couple ways we can do interchangeable backstraps. On pistols like the S&W M&P the backstrap is an integral portion of the frame and thats ok, just make sure you have the one you want on there and we will blend it in to the rest of the frame work. it will be left as a removeable component in case it needs to be swapped out down the road. On pistols like a Glock where back staps are an added piece, but not integral to the design of the pistols frame, the backstrap can be left as a removeable component, where the frame underneath the backstrap is stippled, and the backstrap itself is stippled, but can still be taken off or the backstrap can be made into a permanent addition to the frame.
Fingergrooves:
- Left as is - sometimes the fingergrooves work for folks, if thats you, there's nothing wrong with that. Nothing removed, nothing added - sometimes. If your grooves have a deeper factory texture in the trough, like a gen 3 Glock, we'll grind it down and smooth it over so we have an even surface to work off of for stippling, otherwise we'll just work right on the existing surface.
- Removal - this is pretty straight forward, we get rid of the fingergrooves. This option allows you as the shooter to make the determination of where and how to place your hands and gives a very uniform feel to the frame. While giving you complete freedom of grip, this will also slightly reduct the overall diamter of the pistol as the material making up the factory grooves is completely reduced down to an even surface so as not to leave any uneven lumps prior to stippling, however its negligable unless you want the overall circumference of your frame reduced.
- First Groove - this is personally my favorite modification and the best of both worlds in my mind. For this modification, we leave or add (yep, we're doing that now) the groove for your primary middle finger and get rid of lower grooves. If you've had to draw under duress or shoot competition, you'll understand why, for everyone else, I'll go over why this modification is my favorite. Between your middle finger and thumb, you have your strongest grip points than any other combination of your thumb and fingers. Under stress, while the goal is to obviously have that perfect grip on the draw, we know tha's not always the case. As long as the placement between the thumb and middle finger is in a manner that allows the strength between those two to control and guide the rest of your grip, meaning, yes, you absolutely can do a two-finger draw from the holster and correct the rest as you come up on target. I'm not telling you to only draw with two fingers, rather stating that under duress this modification will allow for some leeway in your holster draw, with enough strength to time to fix your grip as you go.
Suarez "Get A Grip" Stippling Package
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Please include (1) magazine with your frame and either a printout of your order confirmation or your order number on the outside of your package.
Ship to:
Suarez International
430 N. Mt Vernon Ave STE 11
Prescott, AZ 86301
If shipping from an FFL, please have your FFL contact us via email for a copy of our license for shipment: FFL.suarez@gmail.com