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Post by Bear Claw Chris Lappe on Jun 5, 2010 15:12:04 GMT -5
I recently picked up a NIB Taurus Gaucho in a trade, blue with color case finished hammer and trigger. Not alot of money in it, so I decided to have some fun and found someone on Ebay that makes polymer "faux" stag grips to give it that 50's western movie look.   |
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Post by sackpeterson on Jun 5, 2010 16:58:09 GMT -5
Nice gun. Ya know, when I was younger, and stupiderer, I was a grip snob and hated plastic grips like that. I like em quite a bit now. They represent a time and place. Theyre cool.  |
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Post by Bear Claw Chris Lappe on Jun 5, 2010 16:59:49 GMT -5
Nice SA!
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Post by brettov on Jun 5, 2010 22:31:48 GMT -5
Probably will be fun to shoot .
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robl
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These were the good ole days!
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Post by robl on Jun 6, 2010 0:47:04 GMT -5
I have an old 38/44 Heavy Duty, had a good trigger and a welded on trigger stop... and a pair of Franzite fako plastic stags. It is one of my favorite guns it belonged to a Texas lawman and he liked it that way.
My grand dad's 5" M&P was purchased by my dad and grandmother in Phoenix circa 1952 with franzite stags on it. He wore it in the Parada Del Sol for years.
When I was just getting into guns at 14 I just HAD to have a set of Magnas on the M&P no way was I going to be seen with those obviously fake plastic jobbers on my gun.
I am glad that I didn't toss them.
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carl
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Post by carl on Jun 6, 2010 7:12:33 GMT -5
  Franzite and Pointer Pup grips. The Pointer Pups had two grip dowel locations; one for SAA and one for Ruger XR-3 Carl |
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Post by 2 Dogs on Jun 6, 2010 10:22:20 GMT -5
These are some of the coolest plastic grips I have seen. They fit my hand really well.... This is a older 5 screw 38 special Outdoorsman along with a 1955 45 caliber barrel I have as a project sixgun.  |
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Post by peacemaker on Jun 7, 2010 0:42:51 GMT -5
I got a few pair of SAA Franzite grips, and each of them is warped. Did I just get unlucky, or is that par for the course on them after all these years?
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carl
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Post by carl on Jun 7, 2010 5:32:46 GMT -5
Yes, the plastic grips are prone to warp. Here in the west one of the vendors at most of the gun shows is "Dorothy, the Grip Lady". She mentioned to me that one can soften up the warped grips by letting them set on the dashboard of your car for a while in warm weather. One can reshape them a bit then cool 'em down. I've not tried this, however.
Carl
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Post by Boge Quinn on Jun 7, 2010 8:45:47 GMT -5
I recently acquired this nice Triple Lock, and have been wondering what to do about the grips. But dern it, I LIKE 'em!  |
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Post by Bear Claw Chris Lappe on Jun 7, 2010 9:47:38 GMT -5
Boge, that be one slick sixgun!!!
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Post by Boge Quinn on Jun 7, 2010 9:54:06 GMT -5
Yeah, I was TICKLED to get it!
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johnm
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Post by johnm on Jun 7, 2010 10:02:00 GMT -5
Heck, Boge,
Hollywood & TV prob'ly kept them in business, when it came to SAA-style re-gripping.
Weren't Franzite stags good enuff for Marshall Dillion?
I have a set of faux-pearls I put on Martha Anne's little 632 snubbly, and it looks just .... well...just kinda liked I pimped the ride. But they sure is flash-purty, in their own 1950's way. Like a Caddy's tail-fins or '59 Chevy gull-wings. Taste does NOT enter into period nostalgia, cause it's just what it was, at the time.
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