I ordered a Phoenix Trinity Evo steel grip to replace the plastic grip on my Akai a couple weeks ago. I was told it was a 3-4 week wait, but was pleasantly surprised to find that it only took a week before my name was at the top of the list. I placed the order on Thursday and was told it should ship out Friday. I never got a tracking number, so I figured it didn't go out, then it arrived in my mailbox yesterday. I also received the Geppart trigger and DAA PT holster insert to go along with it.
Unfortunately it wasn't a slip-on fit like I hoped.
I ordered some Dykem from Amazon last week, but it was backordered and hadn't shipped as of last night, so I canceled the order and used a sharpie instead. I almost got the dremel out, but I figured it would be a lot safer to just go slow with some files.
Who needs Dykem or Prussian Blue?
After about an hour of slowly filing the parts that showed interference, I got to this point. I could have tapped it all the way on with a mallet, but I didn't want the fit to be too tight.
Another 20 minutes or so and I got it to where I can squeeze it all the way on with my hands, but it feels like a good interference fit. I'm going to have to take it back off again a couple times to adjust the trigger pre-travel before I loctite all the screws, so I'll make sure I don't need to do any more filing or sanding on the grip while I'm going through that process.
It's pretty heavy, and the grip is AGGRESSIVE, but I'm sure I'll get used to it with a little dryfire.
Unfortunately it wasn't a slip-on fit like I hoped.
I ordered some Dykem from Amazon last week, but it was backordered and hadn't shipped as of last night, so I canceled the order and used a sharpie instead. I almost got the dremel out, but I figured it would be a lot safer to just go slow with some files.
Who needs Dykem or Prussian Blue?
After about an hour of slowly filing the parts that showed interference, I got to this point. I could have tapped it all the way on with a mallet, but I didn't want the fit to be too tight.
Another 20 minutes or so and I got it to where I can squeeze it all the way on with my hands, but it feels like a good interference fit. I'm going to have to take it back off again a couple times to adjust the trigger pre-travel before I loctite all the screws, so I'll make sure I don't need to do any more filing or sanding on the grip while I'm going through that process.
It's pretty heavy, and the grip is AGGRESSIVE, but I'm sure I'll get used to it with a little dryfire.