First the Disclaimer: The grip on your gun is a totally personal thing. What works for you works only for you.so the information below is only from a personal point of view, which needs to be imbibed as per your needs.
Ok so here is the update on the change over.
1. The rink grip is a painful process to get to, in terms of patience. If you order a grip there is a waiting time of 6 weeks. They dispatch it exactly on the date committed. Then there is the postal service and custom that adds three weeks so all together 9 weeks of waiting before you can take off your original Steyr grip and fit the Rink.
2. When Rink comes back to you and asks you to scan your palm and send the image to them - PLEASE do. The benefits are enormous. My advise would be to scan your hand anyway and email it to them at the time of placing the order itself
The grip for me is a perfect fit. There is no other way to say it, it is much more comfortable than the steyr original, the sights align naturally without effort and holds are much more stable and consistent. The reason are manifold, first is because you send them an accurate scan of your hand. Second is because of the approach to design (which will be clearer in the pics below). In the last one week of holding , the biggest benefit for me has been the consistency of getting the same grip hold every time , the grip is cut such that you cannot grip it in any other way, your palm fits naturally into one holding pattern only. your trigger finger is placed exactly on the same point on the trigger. Hats of to these guys.
Here are the pics
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The screw that came with the Rink grip is noticeably smaller than the Steyr. Rink includes an allen key with the same to allow you to fix it on the gun.
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Here you can see the difference in approach to design, the Rink grip has a more curved overhang both over the middle finger grip area and the back portion that goes over the web of the palm. you have to hold the grip to realise how snug it feels when you hold.
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A more clear image of the overhang at the back of the grip. Also notice that the base plate on the steyr angles downward where as the RInk is slightly inclined up, to me this made a huge difference in comfort and natural feeling hold
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My Grip is angled 7 degrees to the right, as i am a left eye dominant and right handed, notice the thicker wood at the base (where the thumb base rests) This is something i had modified on my Steyr Grip with m-seal to get the same effect (see my other post) Rink wins hands down in the comfort point here again
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View from the opposite side. Important points - see the thumb rest area - again Rink has it angled upwards and Steyr downward, With the rink grip when you are holding the pistol and align it with the shooting area your hand normally drops into a comfortable and natural feeling hold. It locks the wrist so to say.
Second the overhang at the back of the grip is more pronounced from this angle, third is the counter screw for the base plate, once you loosen this the base plate moves up and down as you desire. tighten the screw again to lock it in place.
Based on my initial week of using the new grip and the experience, this has been a great choice for myself.
regards
Bishu57
