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Colt SAA 1st gen. Pistol grips
murphsmustangs
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All right boys and girls, I am a little confused #129335;#8205;#9792;#65039; and get more confused the older I get.
Anyway, I recently acquired a Colt SAA 38WCF manufactured 1903 1st. Generation and has plain walnut checkered grips. I would like to aquire some original grips for it.
My confusion come as to which ones are correct. I have seen guns and grips listed as 1st generation shown with just the rampant stallion or with both the stallion and the eagle.
Also are they supposed to be checkered or not and hard rubber or Bakelite.
Am I correct in that 2ond & 3rd generation grips won?t fit the 1st generation?
All help appreciated. Mike
Anyway, I recently acquired a Colt SAA 38WCF manufactured 1903 1st. Generation and has plain walnut checkered grips. I would like to aquire some original grips for it.
My confusion come as to which ones are correct. I have seen guns and grips listed as 1st generation shown with just the rampant stallion or with both the stallion and the eagle.
Also are they supposed to be checkered or not and hard rubber or Bakelite.
Am I correct in that 2ond & 3rd generation grips won?t fit the 1st generation?
All help appreciated. Mike
Comments
To this day, all SSA grips must be hand fitted to the grip frame. At Colt, new grips are screwed to the grip frame & the grips & grip frame are ground/polished as a unit; once that is done, the grip frame is refinished, then the entire gun is assembled. I would think that you can buy an oversized walnut grip that could be fitted to a 1st gen gun by careful sanding.
Neal
editI don"t know if they are still in business but nutmeg sports used to sell both fitted and un fitted IVORY grips I bought a number of pairs every one likes real Ivory even if not original to the pistol
On a Colt Historical Letter for a Single Action of that vintage, if it shows "Type of Stocks: Not Listed", then it would be a safe bet that it left the factory with the standard hard rubber stocks. If other than standard, then it will usually be listed.
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