Why do some new pistols come with a rubber band on the grip now?

[MarkItZero]

I've seen it from Ruger, Mossberg and Stoeger recently.

They all come with a Lance Armstrong livestrong type band around the grip. Does this serve any actual purpose?

 

[QuietM4]

Bro...if you have to ask....

 

[smithers599]

Never seen that, or heard of it until now.
Why am I always the last one to know stuff?

 

[paulgt2164]

The last several new handguns I have bought didn’t have this.

 

[QuietM4]

They are just a useless piece of swag, like a sticker...they serve no real purpose.

 

[knockonit]

its for your wrist to snap yourself to remind you to load up yer gat and carry it, forgetful don't work, ask me how i know
Rj

 

[MarkItZero]

Example

 

[Noshoot]

Cock ring for the manly…

 

[pneuby]

LMAO

 

[Tenring]

Sigs used to come with paper vs rubber....I always chuckled when I looking at used Sigs and the seller had put the paper ring back on.

 

[Bullzaye]

I've seen it from Ruger, Mossberg and Stoeger recently.

They all come with a Lance Armstrong livestrong type band around the grip. Does this serve any actual purpose?

It's just a bit of advertising, in a sense. Something to make the firearm stand out a bit in a display case full of (what appears to new gun buyers to be) pistols that are virtually indistinguishable from each other.

 

[Crippledtrigger]

To generate internet buzz.

 

[Flash]

Cock ring for the manly…

How come they don't come in the larger sizes?

 

[Boriqua]

 

[delta6]

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Geesch... only Alex could find this sh*t.. :clap:

 

[Noshoot]

Cock ring for the manly…

How come they don't come in the larger sizes?

Can’t have all the mall ninjas feeling inadequate.

 

[mtptwo]

Probably to make it easier to know what gun it is in the cabinet

 

[Racewin]

My guess is advertising and/or a way of marking that it passed all QC's and is ready to be shipped out.

 

[xerts1191]

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Good Info!

 

[azgunowner]

I agree its to pop out in a showcase but I also think its to represent the gun is brand new, since most gun owners would throw it away when they take their gun out. Just a thought.