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Paul Ray Effinger Art Foundry Fine Arts Foundry • Organic CAD Design • Custom Pistol Grips • Custom Jewelry •

We custom design and manufacture sculpture, jewelry, and pistol grips in our precious metals foundry.

Got my first pewter castings done for my 1911 Marine grips but need fix the design. Unfortunately, I made the banner tex...
10/15/2026

Got my first pewter castings done for my 1911 Marine grips but need fix the design. Unfortunately, I made the banner text too small that didn't transfer from the bronze Masters to the Vulcan mold so well, especially at the bottom where the pewter is at much higher centrifugal force in the spincaster. I'll have to redo everything and use thin light text to make it work I think, a valuable lesson learned. Need to wait till after the Tulsa show though to get them fixed. These handful i will still finish and have them at the show greatly discounted. If you want a pair let me know.

1911 Marine bronze masters ready for vulcan molding to produce pewter copies.
10/12/2026

1911 Marine bronze masters ready for vulcan molding to produce pewter copies.

Excellent bronze castings today for 1911 Marine masters to use for pewter reproduction. Hopefully get the first copies o...
10/11/2026

Excellent bronze castings today for 1911 Marine masters to use for pewter reproduction. Hopefully get the first copies out maybe next week.

1911 Marine waxes sprued and ready to cast bronze masters for pewter reproduction. Probably got to wait for this storm t...
10/01/2026

1911 Marine waxes sprued and ready to cast bronze masters for pewter reproduction. Probably got to wait for this storm to pass though.

First wax print came out perfect. 😘🥳
09/26/2026

First wax print came out perfect. 😘🥳

Marines right grip prepared to go on my wax printer for a 65 hour build.
09/22/2026

Marines right grip prepared to go on my wax printer for a 65 hour build.

Finished my Marine Corps 1911 grip design. Now to manufacture them in pewter, prolly a month from now if all goes well. ...
09/18/2026

Finished my Marine Corps 1911 grip design. Now to manufacture them in pewter, prolly a month from now if all goes well. 🫡🥳

09/11/2026

Sent these out yesterday to Jared in Ohio.

This pair of pewter Marine grips was owned by my late brother Michael. They were made in 1978 by the late renowned Sid B...
08/26/2026

This pair of pewter Marine grips was owned by my late brother Michael. They were made in 1978 by the late renowned Sid Bell and now a collector’s item. My brother always wanted me to make my own version and I'm finally gonna give it a go. Hopefully I'll have mine available for the upcoming Tulsa show and on my eBay store soon.

Making some extra grips for the Tulsa Wanenmacher Gun Show in November 😁
08/25/2026

Making some extra grips for the Tulsa Wanenmacher Gun Show in November 😁

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Leander, TX
78641

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