Grip tape legal?

[Needle-Nose-Tom]

I was wondering about grip tape on the butt of a 73. Don't really want a full leather cover. It would be cut out and stuck to the metal crescent back only. Legal?  

 

Or even gluing a strip of leather on? 

Edited November 17, 2025 by Needle-Nose-Tom

[Boggus Deal #64218]

Gluing a piece of leather on is legal. Grip tape, I could be wrong, but I don’t think it’s legal.

[Stump Water]

Negative.

 

Chamois.  

 

No, not shamwow.  The real stuff.

[Blackwater 53393]

You can remove the butt plate and wrap it with “roughout” leather. Then just screw the butt plate back onto the stock.

 

It works really well and won’t come unstuck at an inopportune moment!!

[PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L]

2 hours ago, Needle-Nose-Tom said:

I was wondering about grip tape on the butt of a 73. Don't really want a full leather cover. It would be cut out and stuck to the metal crescent back only. Legal?

 

Contemporary rubber grips, modern target grips, grip tape, and the like are not allowed.

SHB p.35 - Stocks and Grips

 

2 hours ago, Needle-Nose-Tom said:

Or even gluing a strip of leather on?

 

A piece of leather or similar natural material may be attached to the butt-plate or butt-stock. 

SHB p.35 - Stocks and Grips