Strange in appearance, the Unique-Grip forms to the shooter’s hand.
Before the recent rise in popularity of retro AR-15 rifles and components, I’ve long since been a fan of the M16A1 pistol grip. Not just because I love the Vietnam retro vibe, but also because the A2’s finger shelf is about as comfortable as a rock in a distance runner’s shoe.
I have smaller hands than most guys, and because of this I perfect so-called featureless grips on my rifles and pistols. Occasionally I’ll get lucky and Hogue will get the shape just right. But for the most part, any molded grips don’t fit me perfectly. This means I have to modify my shooting grip, and this impacts the muscle memory I built from running other guns from being directly applied.
One solution would be to get a custom-molded grip from a custom shop. Either wood or polymer, these aren’t cheap, and if a shooter decides they don’t like the grip shape after the fact, they’re stuck buying something else. So when I heard a company was rolling out a new fully-user-customizable grip, I was pretty psyched.
Enter, the Unique-Grip
The aptly named Unique-Grip is a new product from Unique-ARs. This fairly simple grip design arrives looking like a 1980’s futurist’s concept of the perfect pistol grip for the Sasquatch; the thing is truly that massive.
Before compressing the discs, the Unique-Grip looks massive. Note the oversized grip screw.
But there’s a reason behind the grip’s immensity – modularity.
The grip consists of nearly 50 independently spring-loaded discs. These discs are contained by a massive grip screw that runs the full length of the grip, and protrudes skyward. This screw then interfaces with the lower receiver and when fully tightened, locks the
