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[DeaconKC]

Hi, I believe that White Oak Armament will make one of those in most colors. I was at the Tulsa Wannemacher show a few years back and they said that built a complete Purple AR-15, all of the metal AND all of the plastic were dark purple. I guess the guy wanted to be able to find it at Camp Perry, and who'd steal it?

Later

Don't know who would steal it, but my wife would sure like it!

 

[Fibber Mcgee]

This is the majority of mine.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Big collection there.

 

[Oldsarge]

Well the Henry slide action arrived today. Unfortunately, the mounts I bought don't fit so I had to order another set. But once I get the whole thing together and some ammunition to take to the range i'll see just how my proposed 'coon-callin' gun works. Not really vintage but definitely in the spirit. My daddy had an old Stevens hammered pump .22 that I tried to take apart and put back together again. i failed. This time I'll just not disassemble it from the get-go.

 

[jkingrph]

in pretty good shape, some belt buckle dings, but OK.

I have one of those, 20 ga also, that I picked up at the Izmir, Turkey NATO rod and gun club back in 1973. Mine is still all original, no recoil pad. It is one of the best handling shotguns I have.

 

[MikePotts]

"I have one of those, 20 ga also, that I picked up at the Izmir, Turkey NATO rod and gun club back in 1973. Mine is still all original, no recoil pad. It is one of the best handling shotguns I have."

This one's a 'skeet' did they have a factory pad? - I dunno.

 

[MikePotts]

Ain't these cute!

'Andean Elder' from Esmeralda O'Sheehan

Esmeralda's site:

https://www.esmeralda.cc/

 

[Bolero]

'Andean Elder' from Esmeralda O'Sheehan

Esmeralda's site:

https://www.esmeralda.cc/

Too pretty to shoot...Beautiful Esmeralda Grips...Best CC gun ever made, IMO.

 

[Oldsarge]

Damned pretty! But too pretty to shoot? I dunno. Once i get to a "shall issue" state that is the model I want for those unlikely occasions when I want to carry concealed.

 

[MikePotts]

I kinda intended to shoot it quite a bit, get some rich colour into that wood. Might talk someone into believing it's mammoth ivory!

 

[Kirk H.]

'Andean Elder' from Esmeralda O'Sheehan

Esmeralda's site:

https://www.esmeralda.cc/

Very nice!

 

[MikePotts]

Thank-you Sir, I forgot to take a pic. from the stern but they are quite the hand filler!

(and if that isn't a candidate for the 'taken out of context thread' I don't know what is!)

 

[Landman]

Beautiful grips Mike.

Here are a couple of my Smith & Wessons with polished stag grips. A Model 65 in 357 Magnum and a Model 60 in 38 Special. You can't tell from the picture but these grips are slightly oversized and feel great in your hand. They are handmade by a gentleman in Colorado. I have bought quite a few sets of grips from him over the years and every set is amazing.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Stag handle Smiths
Top....44 mag, .357, .38, .22

 

[MikePotts]

Too cool guys, too cool. I have a T Grip for that Mod.60 and keep looking for a 'deal' on some stag panels. Maybe one day.

 

[DeaconKC]

Superb posts gentlemen! My 642 just has factory grip on it, so I will not post it here, but WOW, these are all gorgeous!

 

[TPD166]

Beautiful grips Mike.

Here are a couple of my Smith & Wessons with polished stag grips. A Model 65 in 357 Magnum and a Model 60 in 38 Special. You can't tell from the picture but these grips are slightly oversized and feel great in your hand. They are handmade by a gentleman in Colorado. I have bought quite a few sets of grips from him over the years and every set is amazing.

Beautiful Mike - a man after my own heart (but my grips aren't nearly that nice)!

 

[TPD166]

Too cool guys, too cool. I have a T Grip for that Mod.60 and keep looking for a 'deal' on some stag panels. Maybe one day.

We may be the last two people using T-Grips.

 

[TPD166]

'Andean Elder' from Esmeralda O'Sheehan

The Model 60 was the first gun I bought when I became a Deputy Sheriff in 1981 & I carried it daily as a back-up or off-duty gun for almost 25 years. One of my all-time favorites.

 

[plain old dave]

The good old .30-30 and .30 Remington (like my Model 14 and the Model 8 upthread) are signal proof of the old proverb that better is the enemy of good enough. Here in East Tennessee, a long shot is 50 yards. So a decent sized exit hole and modest recoil are much more important than sectional density or anything of that sort. The .30-30 class of cartridges are fine killers of deer-sized game. Of all the many vintage hunting rifles in his safe (including Winchester 95s, 92s, 1907s, 1910s and one each Models 86 and 71) a dear friend's first choice is his Model 94. He's been hunting since the 80s with the gun and I want to say he's killed over 30 deer with it.

I'm less than enthralled with cartridges in the 30/30 and .30 Rem class despite the millions of deer they've taken. Still, I have to admit that the .35 would qualify very nicely as a Pacific Northwest woods gun. Within reasonable range it has plenty of knock-down and frontal area for elk and black bear and more than enough for blacktail deer. And despite the excessive enthusiasm for 'beanfield' cartridges these days the vast majority of big game in North America (and Africa I might add) is still taken at under 150 yards, probably under 110. Frontal area and long-for-caliber bullets still rule just as they did in the days of black powder cartridges. Hunting to me still means stalking or learning enough woodcraft that you can be where the game will be before it gets there.

Of course if everyone agreed with me all the major firearms manufacturers would have long gone out of business. A well cared for gun lasts for generations and there would be little market for the new ones. The biggest enemy of the firearms business isn't anti-gunners, it's the used gun market!