The Ultimate Sanderson Stock Appreciation Thread (Post Your Stocks!!!!)

The only J frame Sandersons to surface here, so far... and shown in the original post.
I purchased then from Kris a few months back but could hardly stand the orange color of the cherry wood. I also have a problem with Sanderson checkering not being pointed up to the borders. But that is the way they are...
My workshop associate Dan Kleber needed to practiced his checkering so I put him to work recutting these with diamonds pointed up to the borders, with no over-runs.
I stained and refinished and mounted on my 32 Kit Gun.
I think they look a whole lot better...


 
Chuck24 said:
How do you I.D.? By style? Could not see a name or logo in the pics
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Style, quality, I ask 410 bore :D

Also, this number on the back is diagnostic:

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I picked up a couple sets of Sandersons recently; another set of N frames with thumbrest and these;

by far some of the best grain I've seen on any that I have owned, and a fairly scarce variety, J frame round butt. I have only seen a few sets of J frame Sandersons. I WISH I could find a set of N or K frames styled like these; it seems most have thumbrest.









 
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410bore, I clicked "LIKE" because there is no button for "LUST." I would absolutely love to have a pair like that on my Model 60-4... not original or "period correct" but wow, would they work great!!! Congrats on a great find.

Froggie
 
I picked up a pair of grips last month at a local gun show. Aside from fitting a square butt K-frame, the seller had no other information about them. They don't have numbers stamped inside, nevertheless, I believe they are Sanderson grips. Opinions are welcome.

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I could be 180º off, but they sort of remind me of some early Herretts I've seen. The numbers inside the grips (to keep pairs together) have been present in all of the Sanderson grips I have seen.

Froggie
 
DocJohn said:
I picked up a pair of grips last month at a local gun show. Aside from fitting a square butt K-frame, the seller had no other information about them. They don't have numbers stamped inside, nevertheless, I believe they are Sanderson grips. Opinions are welcome.
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Definitely Sanderson grips. Not all his grips had numbers inside, I have/had several pair that don't. The checkering is a dead giveaway. Look to the borders, the diamonds are never pointed all the way to the border. That with along with the shape of the grip leaves little doubt in my mind.
 
Green Frog said:
I could be 180º off, but they sort of remind me of some early Herretts I've seen. The numbers inside the grips (to keep pairs together) have been present in all of the Sanderson grips I have seen.

Froggie
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Thanks. This is why I asked for opinions. Based on my research, the style, checkering, front strain screw cut-out and so forth are all consistent with other Sanderson grips I have seen. However, as you noted, there are no numbers stamped inside (which, if present, would basically confirm them as Sanderson grips).

So my question now is did every set of Sanderson grips have stamped numbers inside or are there, in fact, some known sets of Sanderson grips in existence without stamped numbers?
 
gdogs said:
Definitely Sanderson grips. Not all his grips had numbers inside, I have/had several pair that don't. The checkering is a dead giveaway. Look to the borders, the diamonds are never pointed all the way to the border. That with along with the shape of the grip leaves little doubt in my mind.
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Thank you! Everything you have said here corresponds with my own online research concerning Sanderson grips.
 
I totally forgot that I had never uploaded any pictures of my Sanderson's.

Here you go for your reference and enjoyment:

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N Frame Maple (Tiger Maple?) Interesting little side note, these are stamped 53 as are the beat up pair shown below, maybe that is significant for those of you that collect these that the number may have nothing to do with the particular model they fit.





I believe the next 2 sets are for a 1911









And just got these for $15 on e-bay. Figured they'd be a fun little long term project and a chance to practice some checkering. They are somewhat worn, have some modifications, a big bald spot in the checkering, and need some serious work. The right panel was covered with some sort of filler that came off after soaking in Tuolene for a couple days. No clue what they are for. Any ideas?





And then there's these but they probably belong in the mystery stock thread because I don't believe they're Sanderson's but they do have the same type of hardware and grip screw. Too bad there lefty.



 
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Daniel, that last set of "customized" Sandersons fit a High Standard pistol. Or used to, anyway.
 
I saw it said here that the numbers on the inside of the grips were to keep pairs together during the making of them. Does that mean the lower the number the earlier the grips?


ETA: I found this on a Colt forum.

"I have been in contact with Janet Snyder who is Lew Sanderson's grand daughter and Don Sanderson's daughter. I had asked her if she could shed any light on the numbers that were stamped on the inside of the stocks. She checked with her brother who worked with her dad making the stocks. Here is her reply:



Cam

Just an update on your question about the numbering of the grips. I spoke to my brother and he said the grips were given a number which coincided with the purchasers name. So it was two-fold — identified left/right grip and who ordered the grips.

Straight from my brother who worked on the grips with my Dad.


Jan"




My set that came on a Model 14 no dash from a California pawn shop.




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I initially thought that there had to be more than 99 unique customers/pairs as most stamped numbers were two digits. I am now thinking it was to identify unique customers/pairs while they had orders in the shop, so once an order was completed, the two digit number could be re-used.
 
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