Sure are a lot of reviews that it doesn't stay in place.
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Useless product installed correctly and it fell off within a month would not recommend
This product will come off/loose after range usage even if you tighten it down good to the grips. Don't waste your time and money in this item. Wilson combat supposedly good products but not this item. Now I have to waste my time returning it back for refund
not very useful product. Doesn't stay in place very well.
Would not fit well on my Springfield. It is just a cheap piece of stamped thin metal. No way to make it flush against the front strap.
Threw it in the garbage.
Does not fit Springfield Range Officer Champion very well. The small amount under the stock grips will slip out under use, so plan on going with grip tape instead, until I can get a real checker job done.
Not even close to fitting right slipped off after 150 rounds
Do not waste your money!!!
Junk
Garbage. It looks good when installed but would come off during actual shooting.
Put this on with some VZ grips, it's held in by the smooth parts you can see being under the VZ grips.
Just shooting around, no problem.
Went through a couple of classes working draws and firing, no problem.
Last night went through a course requiring offhand use, manipulation, repeated mag changes, general abuse.
Long story short, one side popped out, I pulled on it and the other came out, and I'm going to grip tape.
As for this checker piece, as another reviewer stated, it slips down during firing. It may take a couple of hundred rounds for it to slip, but it will. I suppose you could glue it down somehow, but then you'll be dealing with the glue later on.
Unfortunately, unlike other excellent Wilson products this one is a fail. The major flaw is that their is not enough material on the sides to hold to the grip. Perhaps a piece long enough with a hole to hold onto the bushing would surely work. The product loosened to the point of being unusable after about 5 magazines.keeping it centered is very difficult. The holes would solve that problem.
Checkering is nice, but it's just a thin piece of metal foil that doesn't really conform to the front strap. It's supposed to be held in place by the grips, but it is barely large enough to be secured by them.
Does not fit the Rock Island 1911a1 due to the grooves on the front of the frame. just slid around and scratched up my cerakote
Looks and has a great feel but it will slide down after a box of shell. Think I will go back with grip tape.
It was worth a try. I wanted to get a feel before I permanently have my gun checkered at the custom shop. The crimped edge on one side did not fit perfectly on my full size 1911 frame (Springfield RO Champion), so I needed to flatten it out. Based on other reviews, there is no solid seating when the edges are only held by the pressure of the grips. It's cumbersome to try and get a tight fit. I decided to use Glue Dots (removable glue dots) which work to hold the checkered strap from sliding up and down the frame. It works. My gun is now at the custom shop getting a nice checkering.
Yea, always read the reviews. Not all are accurate; but in this case the reviews were spot on. I thought that I would give it a try and yup, this is a cheap horrible design. There was no way that I could make this work well. Maybe for an air soft pistol, or B.B. gun. Not for a defensive firearm that I trust.
This product do not stay on and or come loose after range usage even if you tighten it tight to grips. Wilson combat on this product is terrible. Don't waste your time and money
Sub-standard product from Wilson Combat. Poorly finished edges and if you don't add some sort of protection between this front strap and your 1911... It WILL leave surface marks on your frame!
This is not the quality that I would expect from WC. This part is a stamped out $0.25 piece of tin (or something along those lines). The texture is non-existent and while only $10, not at all worth it. Save your money...
Does not stay on the gun well enough to be practical
Does not work without bonding to frame first. Can get loose without superglue
This part is totally worthless to me. Total waste of $10, and I should've sent it back but I waited too long. I would not put this part on any 1911 I own...it just looks plain old cheap! Really shocked that a Wilson Combat piece is this crummy!
JUNK
The checkering is nice and the hand grips well to it but the issue is that there isn't enough slack to place under the grips and o e can definitely tell that it is an after market strap because the SS is rather bright and not a flat color SS.
Will scratch your gun and is very cheaply made. Just get a good grip. Great seller though.
The idea is cool. But it does not stay in place. It needs hooks that can connect to grip screws so it will stay in place..mine is constantly moving around and eventually comes off its a pain in the ass. I no longer use this..if w/c improves the design I'd give it a go but this one does not work in my opinion
Definitely has a nice grippy feel, problem is it won't stay in place with just tightening the grips.
Okay , Slides up and down but does its job.