Originally Posted by buckstix
... So who was Shaws? ...

As a guess, "Shaws" was a stockmaker from California. The 1971 Gun Digest in the "Directory of the Arms Trade" within the category "Stocks (Commercial and Custom" lists the following:

Shaw's, 1655 S. Euclid Ave., Anaheim, Calif. 92802

I did not check issues before or after 1971.

--Bob