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Post by kings6 on Jul 7, 2022 22:45:46 GMT -5
I posted pictures of this old 4 screw Model 29 no dash gun before but since then I decided to have the ivory grips worked over. First I had Zane remove the extra 3/8" off the bottom of the extended grips. Next I sent a piece of the trimmed ivory along with the right grip panel to Emily at Nutmeg Sports with instructions to plug the right side screw hole with the extra ivory that me of the bottom then I wanted an Elmer Keith style steers head carved by one of her carvers. When the grip came back I could see a definite outline of the round plug but I preferred that to the open escutcheon hole. I was somewhat disappointed in that the carving was pretty shallow without much relief or contour. Shortly after the grip came back a member of the Colt forum posted pictures of carving he had done on other customers grips so I contacted him about deepening the carving of the steers head. Off the right grip panel went and in just a few weeks it came back in a much better manner, at least to my eyes. While my Bowen #5 is definitely a EK tribute gun, I classify this gun and its carved El Paso Saddlery holster and EK inspired gun as well.   |
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Post by mike454 on Jul 8, 2022 1:11:36 GMT -5
I like It!
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Post by cable on Jul 8, 2022 6:37:15 GMT -5
superb !
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Post by taffin on Jul 8, 2022 7:36:54 GMT -5
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Post by harveylogan on Jul 8, 2022 10:02:25 GMT -5
Final results look GREAT!!!
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Post by 45MAN on Jul 8, 2022 14:04:23 GMT -5
THE GRIPS TURN THAT PLAIN BLUE MODEL 29 INTO A BBQ GUN, AND THE HOLSTER COMPLIMENTS THE GUN AND THE GRIPS, QUITE A RIG!
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Post by squawberryman on Jul 10, 2022 7:02:35 GMT -5
Whereza rubies?
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Post by COR on Jul 10, 2022 10:05:10 GMT -5
Gemstones… now we are entering Jelly Bryce territory.
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Post by dougader on Jul 10, 2022 10:26:50 GMT -5
Gorgeous results, Robb!
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Post by taffin on Jul 10, 2022 12:15:45 GMT -5
JELLY BRYCE: Delf A. “Jelly” Bryce was one of those seldom encountered natural born shooters and in fact one of the best instinctive shooters ever known. By instinctive is meant shooting without sights, shooting from the hip with almost unbelievable speed. His law-enforcement career began in 1927 with the Oklahoma State Game and Finish Commission. One year later he joined the Oklahoma City Police Department where he would spend the early 1930s.
Delf Bryce’s nickname came about because of the way he dressed. Three-piece suits, a vest, spats, and a hat with a turned down brim was his normal attire. Older shooters will recall this is the way George Raft dressed in most of his movies and in fact many saw the resemblance between Raft and Bryce. At the time anyone who dressed to the hilt was known as a "jelly bean" and the name Jelly stuck. Throughout his career he would continue to be a fastidious dresser and in fact when he later joined the FBI this became standard operating procedure for agents who were dissuaded from ever being seen without their suitcoat.
The Roaring 20s was the decade of Prohibition and the rise of some of the most famous criminals the United States has ever known. With the coming of the automobile bank robberies and fast getaways became commonplace. At the time law enforcement had several choices as to sidearms. Both Colt and Smith & Wesson produce standard .38 Specials with the Official Police and Military & Police respectively, the 1911 chambered in .38 Super arrived in 1929 and was then followed by the Smith & Wesson .38/44 Heavy Duty in 1930. Jelly passed over all of these and his choice for duty use was the Smith & Wesson Model 1926 chambered in .44 Special. This was the model ordered by the Texas distributor Wolf & Klar in late 1926 which restored the enclosed ejector housing to the Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejectors. It was said Jelly could trigger off five shots so fast they sounded like one and he could hit when he was aiming from the hip. In fact, in one episode when he opened the door looking for criminal he came upon the bad guy with a semi-automatic in each hand; the bad guy never got off a shot.
In 1934 Jelly Bryce joined the FBI and apparently got along famously with J. Edgar Hoover. One year later Smith & Wesson brought out the .357 Magnum and legend at least has it Jelly Bryce had one of the first examples, however there are no records to substantiate this. We do know that the first 8-3/4” Registered .357 Magnum went to Hoover and then shorter barrel versions became the favored sidearm of the FBI agents.
These were the formative years of the FBI and Jelly Bryce developed the firearms training program for agents. Who knows how many agents owed their life to the training they received at the hands of Jelly Bryce. In the mid-1940s Jelly Bryce was featured in Life magazine twice with photographic evidence of his speed with his .357 Magnum sixgun. He developed a special holster for his use and it was said he could not only beat the “drop the dollar” which really means starting with a silver dollar on the back of the firing hand and then draw and fire before it hit the ground; Jelly could draw and fire before it passed the level of his holster.
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Post by kings6 on Jul 10, 2022 12:32:43 GMT -5
No ruby eyes for this old guy. Wouldn’t be appropriate for this old poop pumper.
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Post by 500fksjr on Jul 10, 2022 18:19:33 GMT -5
Very Well Done!!
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Post by KRal on Jul 10, 2022 20:59:17 GMT -5
Very nice!
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Post by rWt on Jul 11, 2022 9:37:43 GMT -5
Sweet!
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