Stag Grip(s) & Colt Franzite ???

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I have been reading about J frame grips,, and decided to change the grips on my 940, 9m to a pair of old stag grips my father purchased long ago..

The stag grips fit the back strap well, with except of a small "bump" at the top of the right side.

The problem is the front strap and heal. There is a 1/16th or more over hang from the inside top near the trigger guard down around to the rear of the heal.

These grips are old,, I am guessing mid 1940t's. My dad was a New York City Insurance claims adjuster type for a while after WW II. I still have one of his NYC CCW permits.

On the inside of the grip is what appears to be the "price",, 5.95....

!)Anyone want to offer some advise or speculation as to the age of the stag grips, could these be "long" I frame????

2)I also have a set of near NIB J frame grips I would like to date. No serial inside.

3)I purchased a set of grips from John Ledgerwood in 1984 at the same gun show as I purchased my 940-1 9mm. Any info?? I google fu'd and found nothing..


Thanks
Jim
 

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3)I purchased a set of grips from John Ledgerwood in 1984 at the same gun show as I purchased my 940-1 9mm. Any info?? I google fu'd and found nothing..

Thanks
Jim

I have an update:

I looked at the receipt for my 940 and the year was 1994, not 1984.

I also received a note from S&W CS with the build dates for all of my weapons. The 940 was built in January 1994.

I do not have any idea why the receipt for the grips is dated 1984..

I found John Legerwood. He currently teaches in North Florida. He is not active in the manufacturing of grips but his partner, Red Morgan is.

I would still like to find out about the stag grips..

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More Stag Grips..

I picked up another set of stag grips and a set of Franzite Bakelite(?) grips for a Colt.

The Colts are marked T\PPS and have been used. Are they useful or collectible??

The stag grips are marked

magna style
21
38-44 heavy duty
38-44 Cut..ars stag (guess, blurred stamp)
357 magnum

As they are marked 38/44 & 357 mag they must date after 1935. They were mounted with a grip adapter, as you can see the green copper stain at the inside top. The top of the left had snapted of and was glued back.

So What do I have?
Are they factory or after market?
More importantly, can they be used or are they display?

Thanks

I also added a back side pic of the J frame grip from my 1st post.. The 5.95 price and 24 are stamped on the right rip.
 

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The Colt is probably the Police Positive Special. Late ones had a short grip frame, I think. Yours are probably for the design as made from 1907 until some time in the 1960's or later.

T-Star
 
The stag grips are marked

magna style
21
38-44 heavy duty
38-44 Cut..ars stag (guess, blurred stamp)
357 magnum

Those are Jay Scotts.
 
Those are Jay Scotts.

These are original Jay Scott Gun Grips Model 21 for the following S&W Model N Heavy Frame Revolvers rendered in RUGGED Laminated Stag:

* .38 /.44 Heavy Duty
* Highway Patrolman
* .38 /.44 Outdoorsman
* 1955 .45 Target
* .357 Magnum
* .41 Magnum
* .44 Magnum
* .41 M&P
* .45 1957 Army
* .44 1926 M&T

These are still sealed in there original package, NEW & UNUSED! JAY SCOTT GRIPS, a Division of COLT FIREARMS, was the top aftermarket grip company in the 1960’s and 1970’s. This company used high grade materials and advanced technologies, eschewing cheap plastic grips common at the time. They used laminated and exotic woods, synthetics in stag, bone and ivory grips that looked and felt real.

Plastic?? Bummer..:mad::mad::mad::mad:
 
If you're ever unsure about whether a stag or ivory grip is real or not, there's the ol' hot pin trick. Steal a pin from your wife's sewing kit and heat the tip up with a flame and touch the back of the grip with it. If they're real, the pin won't press into the material whereas plastic will melt.
 
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