Originally Posted by Wyatt Burp

In the early 60's a guy took the hard rubber grips off an old Colt .45 then sold the gun. Later he was looking at the grips and saw the words "Bat Mast'on and other names scratched in the grips and told the new owner of the gun who then discovered it was one of a pair custom ordered by Bat Masterson on stationary from the Long branch Saloon in dodge City in 1886. One of the great Americana finds of all time.
Me. I swap grips around all the time and won't change now. But I'm not a famous Kansas lawman either.
Oh. The Masterson grips were reunited with the Colt.