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Post by bullseye on Feb 6, 2022 16:13:06 GMT -5
Don't see these everyday...However, the sellers starting bid is apparently an indication of what he's been smoking... www.ebay.com/itm/224824571462 |
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Post by theshootist1894 on Feb 7, 2022 10:24:16 GMT -5
He may get it, I have sold checkered farrants on the Bay for 6-700 in past years
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Post by Longhunter1750 on Feb 8, 2022 16:37:42 GMT -5
There aint a set of grips on this planet worth that much, not to me anyway.
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Post by cubrock on Feb 8, 2022 21:30:46 GMT -5
There aint a set of grips on this planet worth that much, not to me anyway. I'd love to find a honey hole of Persinger SAA ivories for $700-$800 a pop.  |
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Post by bullseye on Feb 9, 2022 12:42:39 GMT -5
I sold a set of Farrant grips on eBay that came on a M-66 that I came into for $275 dollars a few years ago. Unsurprisingly, they went back to their place of origin, Southern California...I started them at a much more reasonable price & that's why this set has gone through numerous relisting cycles unsold...Pretty limited market & most have never even heard of these or the maker before.
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Post by cubrock on Feb 9, 2022 15:21:58 GMT -5
I sold a set of Farrant grips on eBay that came on a M-66 that I came into for $375 dollars a few years ago. Unsurprisingly, they went back to their place of origin, Southern California...I started them at a much more reasonable price & that's why this set has gone through numerous relisting cycles unsold...Pretty limited market & most have never even heard of these or the maker before. I can't count the number of Farant S&W stocks I have sold on gun show tables for $15-$20 over the years. |
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Post by tdbarton on Feb 9, 2022 16:47:51 GMT -5
Who is this Farant and why is he so fuzzy?
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Post by kooz on Feb 9, 2022 16:54:09 GMT -5
I don't get it ......is there no one else on the planet that can shape a set of grips to match them .
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Post by Longhunter1750 on Feb 9, 2022 23:16:19 GMT -5
I don't get it ......is there no one else on the planet that can shape a set of grips to match them . But why would you want to, they may be one of the ugliest set of grips I've ever seen. Although I do have a set of K frame Mustang grips that are damn near as ugly. |
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Post by leftysixgun on Feb 10, 2022 6:22:58 GMT -5
I will never claim to be a S&W guru. Ive never heard the Farrant name before. What makes those grips “worth” that much? Are they no longer made?
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Post by cas on Feb 10, 2022 20:49:12 GMT -5
I'm well familiar with the name, but for the life of me I wouldn't have been able to tell you what they look like. (probably would have pictured some mottled Franzite grips)
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Post by bullseye on Feb 11, 2022 15:58:11 GMT -5
He was an LAPD officer who made grips on the side in the 60's & 70's...That's about the extent of my knowledge on the subject.
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Post by seminolewind on Feb 11, 2022 19:27:15 GMT -5
I have a set from my PPC days for a K frame Smith made of Cocobolo if I remember correctly. Finger grooves, palm swells, checkered, open backstrap. They shrunk and developed a gap down the front seam. I took them off my match gun, put Pachmayers on and haven't seen the Farrant grips again in decades. They are in a storage box somewhere.
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