Lasers are doing the stippling now. The new Springfield Armory Echelon Pro Comp line arrives with a grip texture called LightForged, where precision lasers sculpt and reform the surface of the grip module to create a highly defined pattern with the look and feel of custom hand stippling, but with greater consistency and control. The process allows precise shaping of texture geometry and placement across the grip, and it debuts here with Badlands, an aggressive cracked-earth pattern engineered for confident grip and control.