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Old 08-20-2009, 12:00 PM
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I suppose that I'm the only one to do this.

I have bought three different guns- two K's and one .455 Canadian because I had grips to fit these guns, but no guns to fit the grips.

Am I the only one to do that?
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I'll go better than that!

I traded an Airweight revolver for an all steel revolver just because I had a couple of boxes of .38 Special +P ammo and didn't wanna mess up a perfectly good Airweight by shooting the +P stuff through it!

But yes, I too have put the "cart before the horse" and bought a set of stocks, thinking that maybe someday I would pick up that particular revolver that could wear them.
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Old 08-20-2009, 12:27 PM
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I bought a bunch of 75 round drum mag.s for a AK that I didn't have!
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But I have bought holsters I like and then guns to fit them
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Old 08-20-2009, 12:46 PM
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I bought a box for a M37. Now I'm looking for the gun with the same serial number.
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Old 08-20-2009, 02:01 PM
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I've done because of ammo or reloading supplies/equipment - but not grips (at least not yet! )
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Old 08-20-2009, 03:04 PM
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But I have bought holsters I like and then guns to fit them
If it were a pole,
I did this above......+1
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ummm actually a member sent me some mustangs he had laying around and when I got them I realized they were for a j frame, 2 weeks later I had a 638, but man does it look good in those stocks
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I found a set of K frame stags at a yard sale for $15.00 some years back. I didn't have anything that needed stocks at the time so I put them away for a couple of months until I found a really nice model 15 for them.

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I think I need to go out and buy a basket full of stocks.
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I have a decent set of N Magnas, and not a single N frame in the safe. Guess it's time to go shopping.

I bought about 1000 rounds of .40 S&W (over several weeks) when WM had it on sale two or three years ago. I didn't have a .40 yet, but it sure was a good excuse to buy one.
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Years back I had a nice pair of Spegel boot grips but no gun to put them on. Now they're on a 2" model 64.
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I have never done that....

But, when in was in college, in 1971, one of my neighbors in my Apt complex, came over and gave me a magazine for a S&W Mod 39.

He stated, "Do you have a gun to fit this?" I replied "NO".

He stated, "Here take it, one day you will, I can tell."

He was right. By 1975 I had 2 S&W Mod 39's both Nickle.

Which was quite a step [foward, or backward??] for a fella that had been a 1911 kind of guy since 1966.

So I can say, I bought a "gun" to fit a magazine that somebody gave me...

So, I understand the "grip thing".

Seems "perfectly" natural to me...
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Old 08-21-2009, 06:59 AM
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I see no problem buying a gun because you have the grips.

My grandmother gave me a S&W box and holster that belonged to my late Grandfather. I found the correct gun for box and holster. This was my first S&W, now I have.....well plenty! Thanks Grandpa!!! Good hobby.

By the way it was a 34-1 snubbie.
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Not yet, but I have a set of pre-war magna's looking for a new gun...just not having much luck.
To expand my options: did the Outdoorsman and/or Heavy Duty ever get shipped with pre war magna's?
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Whew!!! There are people like me. I was afraid I was the only one who would by a Great looking set of grips or holster....then have to find a gun to go with them. Now I feel better..
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I have bought guns because I had brass that fit 'em.
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YES,I'm looking for guns to fit these now.
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Old 08-22-2009, 10:27 AM
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Yep. Bought a 25-5 in presentation case which had a nice set of Cokes. Swapped those out for a correct set of GA football targets and sold the gun for what I had in it. The Cokes eventually went on a M29 no dash.

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Old 08-22-2009, 11:12 AM
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No, but I once bought a .410 shotgun because I won 5 boxes of shells as a door prize.
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No, I haven't... But only because I never looked at it from that angle before. THANKS!!!

Now I have another reason to go looking for (and purchase) that vintage S&W: "But honey, I needed the metal parts that went between the wooden grips..." or "Look how much more valuable the grips are once I added the rest of the revolver..."

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