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Old 06-04-2023, 05:04 PM
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Yeah got bit again.
Serial is in the 675, range.

The grips are really nice.
Not sure of maker could they be Griffin&Howe ?
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That package is pushing my buttons - love the grips and the Outdoorsman AND the HBH. It would have come home with me as well.

Where did you find that one?

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That package is pushing my buttons - love the grips and the Outdoorsman AND the HBH. It would have come home with me as well.

Where did you find that one?

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Just sitting at A local gun store.
Think it has what's named a Call silver bead also.
For less than 750 OTD.....I just couldn't resist.
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Paul you did good!!

Lets see a pic or two of the insides of those grips.

I sold a set or two very much like these and the backs were identical in nature. Curious if yours are also like mine.

Do they use a S&W factory screw?
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Lets see a pic or two of the insides of those grips.

I sold a set or two very much like these and the backs were identical in nature. Curious if yours are also like mine.

Do they use a S&W factory screw?
I'll post a picture for you tomorrow Rich.
Pool night for me.
Your opinion is valued for sure.

BTW ticketed pink about that HBH a first for me.
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Dang ! Nice one !
I had to make sure I still had mine.
Do your stocks have the palm swell ?

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Yes they do have the swell Bruce.
Flair at the bottom also.

Definitely similar

Looks like a HBH on yours too
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I have a set of pre-war Roper's that came on an N frame that look just like your grips, except they have the center diamonds. Check inside yours for the square holder holes common to the Rope grips.

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I think I would try to look up Bob Crabbe especially since you have a date to go along with the name.
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I think I would try to look up Bob Crabbe especially since you have a date to go along with the name.

I found a newspaper reference to a Robert Crabbe in the Holyoke Daily Transcript-Telegram who was a mechanical instructor in September 1941. No "Bob Crabbe" shows up in 1941 in Mass.
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Paul those grips have the same vertical router marks of the two sets I had for Colts! I had a feeling they were made by the same guy/company.

The wood is exceptional and if i remember correctly has a bit of a dark purplish hew.

I would show the colt forum thread but am not sure if its ok with the rules
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For what its worth.....
There are a couple men named Robert Crabbe that I have found. I based my search on the 1941 date and the proximity to Massachusetts.
One was a dairyman and one was a printer. One was from Hampshire and one from Worcester. One was Scottish and one Canadian. Worcester man had a son who would have been 24 in 1941 as well.
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Paul, you rode the time machine back to get that. Bet it shoots as good as it looks.
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You scored a touchdown on that deal!
I'm guessing late production by the large right side trademark.
Btw bet the grips are easily worth 1/3 of what you paid alone.
$500 for a pre war OD I would say the dealer got "bit"....that and the poor fool that probably sold it to him for $100.
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I'm guessing late production by the large right side trademark.
Btw bet the grips are easily worth 1/3 of what you paid alone.
$500 for a pre war OD I would say the dealer got "bit"....that and the poor fool that probably sold it to him for $100.
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They had a 17-3 priced a couple hundred higher than this.
The kicker was it had unrelieved diamond target stocks.
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Thats good to know. I have not seen links to other forums on here in the past. At least in the sections I peruse.

Here is the grip thread for a set of grips I believe were likely made
by the same person or place.

I owned two sets. The other set identical to Pauls but in Colt

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Gorgeous in every way. Could the stocks be Sanderson? Who ever made them sure did some fine work.
What a great revolver at bargain basement price. I am very jealous here.
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What a great revolver at bargain basement price. I am very jealous here.
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It was definitely a lucky find.
The grips don't have the traits we've come to associate with Sanderson
Particularly the checkering pattern/style

It doesn't seem a lot is known about Griffin & Howe grips.
It does appear as quite a few sets have the same attributes as these.
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