Pearl handled Colt SAA .44 Special and home made holster

Wyatt Burp · Jan 18, 2022

This is a 1982 Colt .44 Special I traded a Winchester 1895 and some $ for last year. It came with box and papers. I think it looks pretty snazzy with these pearls on it. About fifteen years ago I took in a couple years worth of beer cans and got eighty bucks. I then went to the gun shop and bought these grips for $95. They sat there for a couple years but no one bought them 'cause the escutcheon screw was blown out, but I fixed that well enough.
The holster was right out of the Tandy book over twenty years ago but I made up my own carving/stamping pattern.

BigMuddy · Jan 18, 2022

Looks GREAT! My favorite gun in my favorite caliber. Really nice leather work too. My 71/2” 44 Special wears walnut that I made. Mine is from 1980.

Dan

jtcarm · Jan 18, 2022

Nice [emoji6]

Are you a lefty?

Wyatt Burp · Jan 18, 2022

BigMuddy said:
Looks GREAT! My favorite gun in my favorite caliber. Really nice leather work too. My 71/2” 44 Special wears walnut that I made. Mine is from 1980.

Dan

My gun was from the period (1982-83) where fit and finish was sometimes horrible, but it was just fine, though case colors rather dark. Your slightly earlier gun was a consistently better era, IMO. I recently found a pair of 1980s Colt/Winchester Commemorative grips and put them on my blue worn 1958 .44. They only have a screw hole on the right side, the left is blank. This was a rare time when being left handed helped. Because the screw went in the right side, right handers ignored it and they were onlt $35. Post your gun if you have a chance. I'd like to see your grips.

Heinz · Jan 18, 2022

Nicely done

lestert357 · Jan 18, 2022

Looks like you’re doing some very nice fitting on those grips……no way they fit like that without some help.

gregintenn · Jan 18, 2022

Very nice! I sure envy your tooling ability.

ruger 22 · Jan 18, 2022

Absolutely beautiful! Love those pearls.

bigmoose · Jan 18, 2022

Great looking gun and rig. Thanks for sharing. A 7 1/2” barreled SAA is on my list.

BigMuddy · Jan 18, 2022

Don’t know why I thought it was a 1980. It’s a late 1978 gun.

Dan

Wyatt Burp · Jan 18, 2022

BigMuddy said:
Don’t know why I thought it was a 1980. It’s a late 1978 gun.

Dan

1978 is even better. Those grips are excellent. And that holster is so perfectly worn in it looks straight out of the 1880s.

Wyatt Burp · Jan 18, 2022

jtcarm said:
Nice [emoji6]

Are you a lefty?

Yeah, and the good part is, so is my son. So he’ll actually have use for all these lefty holsters I have piled up. Including three Ojala’s.

BigMuddy · Jan 18, 2022

Thanks Wyatt. The rig was built a long time ago by Circle Bar T when Bart Ballew owned the business. Has a matching left hand holster

Dan

Wyatt Burp · Jan 18, 2022

lestert357 said:
Looks like you’re doing some very nice fitting on those grips……no way they fit like that without some help.

Actually, I lucked out on the pearl grips because they fit a couple guns perfect as is. The wood grips look perfect in the picture but are very slightly under size along the back strap. I just oiled and darkened them a little.

sigp220.45 · Jan 18, 2022

Weird. I don’t see the picture.

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