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Old 04-28-2012, 05:30 AM
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I try to keep period correct grips on my guns if and when possible. It gets harder the older the gun is it seems. I may seek to have a set made in the roper style. First i will try to hunt for a pair of bekeart type targets just to see if they will do the job. Never held a pair in my hand so it will be interesting to see how big they really are.The gun is from the early forty's so i may look for a pair with the medallions in them.
Here's a set of period Ropers that came on my son's 22/32 Heavy Target and are perfect in my hand. They even look better than the Smith ext. target stocks on a 4" Kit Gun. Keith Brown currently doesn't make these as yet but my son plans to send these to him for reproducing:
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