Before & After
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- Ysabel Kid
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Before & After
Been working non-stop this year, including most weekends, but finally got around to upgrading the grips on one of my revolvers.
Here is the "before":
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And here is the "after":
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No, this isn't exactly the gun Clint Eastwood used as "The Man With No Name" in the movie, "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", but it is close. It is a Richards-Mason conversion of the Colt 1851 Navy. However, the one Clint used retained the cap & ball reloading ram (lever) and did not have a cartridge ejector. This one doesn't have the former and does have the latter - making quite a bit more functional!
One project down, hundreds to go...
Here is the "before":
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And here is the "after":
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No, this isn't exactly the gun Clint Eastwood used as "The Man With No Name" in the movie, "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", but it is close. It is a Richards-Mason conversion of the Colt 1851 Navy. However, the one Clint used retained the cap & ball reloading ram (lever) and did not have a cartridge ejector. This one doesn't have the former and does have the latter - making quite a bit more functional!
One project down, hundreds to go...
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Re: Before & After
I like the "don't tread on me" grips....
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- 2ndovc
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Re: Before & After
Way cool!!
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Re: Before & After
I like the old ones.
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Re: Before & After
Isn't one of them supposed to have slippers though...???
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"first do no harm" - gun control LAWS lead to far more deaths than 'easy access' ever could.
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Re: Before & After
Good one, Doc!!
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Re: Before & After
Hey Kid....something about a new set of grips and how they change the whole look....almost the same as putting mag wheels on the truck/car.........looks nice.....can I have them? I see the old grips were one piece...can't see a screw hole on the newbys.---6u
Re: Before & After
Very nice. What does it shoot now, .38 S&W?
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Re: Before & After
I guess I'll need to retake the photo!
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Re: Before & After
They are still one-piece grips. I just added the rattlesnakes to the existing grips.
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Re: Before & After
I actually found the rattlesnake medallions on Amazon one day! I've had them for over half a year, but didn't have the time to install them, and was a bit hesitant to drill into the original grips. Finally did it; it took about a half an hour for each side to drill, bend and fit them. Then I epoxied them in place.
Now I. Thinking of doing a 3:10 To Yuma "Hand of God" grips.
Re: Before & After
Looks great! GO FOR IT Jay!Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:07 pm Now I thinking of doing a 3:10 To Yuma "Hand of God" grips.
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