The pictured revolver is a S&W ... that has been worked into the cross section of the grip, as well as the full coverage checkering pattern. These Sandersons are fine specimens of the gripmaker ...

So, he set out to write a CNC program that would true up the receiver of any 1911 pistol before he started cutting the intersecting lines that form the checkering pattern. With that done ...

To roughen up the slick surfaces of polymer stocks and pistol frames ... To improve your grip on smooth metal actions and frames, machined or hand cut checkering patterns are often employed.

Performance Center enhancements are rounded off by a finer, thirty line per inch checkering pattern on the pistol’s blue G10 laminate grips. Smith & Wesson’s series of handguns based on the ...