I really enjoyed reading this thread, being a lifetime Texan, I have spent time in many of the locations mentioned like Kerrville & Ingram, even "Hunt" Texas. I was searching a gun store website yesterday and noticed that they have two sets of the steer head grips with ruby eyes for sale, I have no ties to the business, just a FYI For the group. They list "two" pair of grips for sale but they look like the exact same pair to me, not sure if they listed the item twice or maybe they do have two pair of grips for sale, I dunno. Maybe someone can comment of these two pair of grips, do they seem like they came from the same place as the original poster's gun?

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