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10-31-2023, 12:08 PM
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Mustang Grips with factory checkering?
I've seen and owned a lot of Mustang Grips over the years since the early 1970s, but this is the first pair that I remember seeing with checkering. These don't have the traditional letter code like SD for K frame square butt but instead have a very faint #2 inked on the back of the right panel just above the screw. I love the palm swells ala" Cokes "and tapered down at the base ala Fuzzy Farrant's.
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10-31-2023, 01:00 PM
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I was a huge fan of Mustang combat grips, especially on Colt Pythons.
I’ve never seen them with checkering, either; perhaps done aftermarket..?
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10-31-2023, 01:05 PM
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I don’t know I’ve never see them checkered but I love it ! Did you just purchase those here in classifieds ?
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10-31-2023, 01:54 PM
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Yes, I believe Mustang did make grips with checkering. Here is a set I got my hands on but unfortunately couldn't get the owner to part with. I'm not certain about the OP's set though, the checkering is much more refined.
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10-31-2023, 03:05 PM
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A couple of ads from 1974/75 and catalog pages from 1965.
Note that the 1974 ad touts the advantages of not being checkered but the 1975 ad offers "English" checkering.
Designed by grip maker David Wayland who passed away about 20 years ago. Red says that owner Al Lang was a friend of Bianchi so early Bianchi catalogs sold the grips and used them in catalog pictures in the same way that Safariland featured Farrant.
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10-31-2023, 06:52 PM
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I knew someone would have a catalog. Thanks.
Yes, I bought them off this forum from a fellow whose father had them stashed away.
My understanding is that "English Checkering" is a finer line checkering.
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10-31-2023, 10:42 PM
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Very nice! I like how the checkering goes all the way around the back. I am not a fan of finger grooves for my own use, but I do think those grips are just gorgeous.
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11-28-2023, 10:41 PM
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I found a 1975 ad announcing their new "English Checkering" that the ad explains is indeed flat top checkering.
The advantages of checkering with lessened abrasive qualities.
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