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Travis, met him a couple times.. He was an outstanding person.. You would have enjoyed his company, I think.
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Travis, met him a couple times.. He was an outstanding person.. You would have enjoyed his company, I think. Did he have portraits of himself? Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Only in his underwear.....probably in a logging camp.
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Just look at it this way, having your face on your grips is like having a "GFY" on the buttstock....
He was the original.
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I must have seen that pistol in Cabelas, but mostly he had a steers head on them .. That one may have been some special deal from S & W.. To me Elmer wasn't the kind of guy who would have designed that.. Maybe I am wrong..
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Just looked again at the photo of that Smith.. He got stuff from guys who wanted to show the quality of their work.. That is one of the perks of being a gun writer I guess.
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I'm not trying to slander the man.
I just find having a self-portrait on your six shooter a little...ummm.... odd.
Travis
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He had his initials in gunstocks and inlaid in the metal.
They did a lot of stuff like that then.
I have three Sakos with a guys name etched in the action with the guys SSN....painted in gold.
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Grips on my Model 629 4 inch ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v378/bea175/649smith.jpg)
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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He had his initials in gunstocks and inlaid in the metal.
They did a lot of stuff like that then.
I have three Sakos with a guys name etched in the action with the guys SSN....painted in gold.
GFY A portrait? Of yourself? On your six-shooter? Whatever floats one's boat I suppose... Travis
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bea,
What are those?
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IF I can get Eagle to ship me some maux faux ivories, I'll scrimshaw a portrait of my COCK.....
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Nothin' wrong with wrappin' your hand around that.
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Ok.
I'll order an extree set for your 14......
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Look like Hogues. These are from John Culino, a boot-like grip he used to make, on my 4" P&R'd 629. A bit shorter than typical. They have a nice "coke" shape to them. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/boxhead61/Guns2011034.jpg)
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Yep, they are. Nice 14 by the way. Those were good shooters......
That thing is incredibly accurate. It's got mini-'flave written all over it. He really enjoys shooting it. Travis
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bea,
What are those?
Travis Hogue i think
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I like John Culina's work ("Kurac" on S&W forum). These are Osage Orange on a Model 57: ![[Linked Image]](http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac13/GF1_bucket/KuracsampModel57003_zps391f6a7c.jpg) They have the old "Coke bottle" shape of the '50s and '60s factory target grips
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On a DA 4" .44 mag with full power loads, rubber is kinda nice, just doesn't always look nice. With reduced loads, wood is just fine.
For a single action, it's always wood. Rubber hurts like hell on a SA. Wish I'd seen this post back in 1975 before I tore a dime size piece of skin off my right thumb with a pair of sticky rubber grips on a Super Blackhawk. Small Pachmayr Presentation grips on S&W heavy recoil N frames work for me. I use the nice coke bottle grips on my 29-10 with light loads, scurry back to Pachmyers before hunting season. My small grip Ruger 3 screw .41 Magnum 6 1/2" is about as much as I can stand with heavy loads without getting a Bisley model out to play with.
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On a DA 4" .44 mag with full power loads, rubber is kinda nice, just doesn't always look nice. With reduced loads, wood is just fine.
For a single action, it's always wood. Rubber hurts like hell on a SA. Wish I'd seen this post back in 1975 before I tore a dime size piece of skin off my right thumb with a pair of sticky rubber grips on a Super Blackhawk. Small Pachmayr Presentation grips on S&W heavy recoil N frames work for me. I use the nice coke bottle grips on my 29-10 with light loads, scurry back to Pachmyers before hunting season. My small grip Ruger 3 screw .41 Magnum 6 1/2" is about as much as I can stand with heavy loads without getting a Bisley model out to play with. you must have had awfully tender hands
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