caryc said:
...Medallions come out real easy with a pin punch. What I did was take a paper back novel and drill a 5/8 hole in it about an inch from one edge with a flat drill. I place the grip with the medallion face down over the hole and knock it out with the pin punch.
My first post of (minimal) content, other than the obligatory 'new guy' post, but this information was exactly what I came here for: how to remove medallions.
I had no idea whether they had some sort of fastener, or -- as I've heard on some posts (which didn't seem to match what I was seeing) some sort of glue. But your method, changed a bit to suit what I had on hand, was the cat's pajamas. Thanks! (They popped out with no damage to medallions or grips!)
Changes: I used a wood scrap rather than a book, since I didn't have one. And I made sure that things were aligned, to avoid broken stuff, by drilling the hole in the middle of a big (multi-inch) crosshairs, so that I could be sure that the medallion was centered over the hole in the less-forgiving wood.
Yeah, paper-backs are an inspiration, and I wish I'd had one. But it worked out fine this time.