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Offline TheHowler

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Dad's Pistols
« on: June 18, 2019, 10:43:27 AM »
1st Gen 32-20.  My Grandfather bought it in New Mexico in the 50's.  Colt Archives say it was shipped to the Witte Hardware Co in St Louis in 1922.



2nd Gen SAA in 357 Mag, Couple of Frontier Scouts, and a 38 Super


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Dad made and sold custom stocks/grips (as you can probably tell..lol)  He loved these old wheel guns, especially the Colts.  Just sharing...
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2019, 10:45:56 AM »
Very nice iron there! I'd be proud to own any of them.
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2019, 10:50:58 AM »
Oh my! Those are all gorgeous!! Your Dad definitely had a flair for making grips. I'd be very proud to have any or all of them.

Thank you for sharing them with us.
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2019, 11:01:28 AM »
You're well equiped. Just saying. L@J
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2019, 11:10:17 AM »
Love the grips on the 1st gen.
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2019, 01:32:59 PM »
Thanks guys.  A pic of Pop from a magazine article.  He was a lawman down in Mississippi.  I still have his service pistol too (not pictured).
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2019, 01:50:22 PM »
That's cool as hell.
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2019, 02:02:28 PM »
Thanks ShotgunDave.  I came by my love of these smokewagons honest.  Is there anything better?  I'd love to shoot the 1st gen 32-20 but I'm a little afraid that the pearl grips will fall apart.  I have a rule that I won't own anything I can't shoot.  I might just have to switch that bull head out with some black rubber and give her a spin.
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2019, 02:05:00 PM »
Quote from: TheHowler on June 18, 2019, 02:02:28 PM
Thanks ShotgunDave.  I came by my love of these smokewagons honest.  Is there anything better?  I'd love to shoot the 1st gen 32-20 but I'm a little afraid that the pearl grips will fall apart.  I have a rule that I won't own anything I can't shoot.  I might just have to switch that bull head out with some black rubber and give her a spin.

You think just like I do. No safe queens in my house! Every gun has to earn it's keep.

I'd do just what you're suggesting. If the old grips are a little fragile, I'd get a pair of "gutta percha" grips and burn powder in it.
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2019, 04:34:16 PM »
Quote from: TheHowler on June 18, 2019, 01:32:59 PM
Thanks guys.  A pic of Pop from a magazine article.  He was a lawman down in Mississippi.  I still have his service pistol too (not pictured).


Whereabouts in MS? Be careful taking those grips off.
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2019, 02:38:09 AM »
Oh my ... that first gen 32-20 is exquisite. She shows the care that has been given. Very nice collection for sure. Like you ... I would put the grips on display and replace em with plastic or wood, prolly wood. Shoot her ... she was meant to shoot.

Thanks for sharing. That pic of your dad is a keeper.
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2019, 06:57:58 AM »
Hawg, He was a Deputy Sheriff in Clay County, MS.
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2019, 07:02:45 AM »
Yeah, Dad always said they might fall apart if they were taken off.  Scares the hell outta me. 
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2019, 08:12:28 AM »
Awesome pic, Howler. You should have that made into a full-size poster. I would.
Agree with the guys; guns were made to shoot. Swap out the grip sand burn out that barrel.
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Re: Dad's Pistols
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2019, 09:53:13 AM »
Very impressive!!
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