Auction ended and these grips sold for over $400. Am I wrong here or do these Cokes look like the bottoms of them have been shaved off? I know there are a couple of variations in Cokes but I don't recall this being one of those variations. Please tell if I am wrong here or did someone just pay top dollar for a shortened set of Cokes? I hope I am wrong and these are righteous as I would imagine they may have been purchased by a forum member. Just trying to understand these particular Cokes.

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I saw them on ebay too and wondered the same. . I only own two sets of Cokes, for comparison, but they don't look like the ebay ones but I believe they may be a tad shorter than my other diamond targets??

Rod

Definitely shortened. Although target grips fit me better when shortened.

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Jim
S&WCA #819

Cokes were definately modified on base and no mention of it in description.
Buyer was short changed or short butted.

The frenzy on Fleabay continues even in a poor economy. Sometimes hard to figure.

Longone

Yes, i was watching them when they were at $150 for the past few days....thought about throwing $200 or so at them but that would have been it.....guess someone wanted them....its a shame they were shortened because they have exceptional grain

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Kris
OGCA, NRA LM

I was watching those too. I asked the seller if he thought they were shortened and requested a photo of the butt. The seller told me he didn't know and didn't offer any photos. I THINK they were shortened, but there was a good amount of manufacturing variation in the distance from the checkering to the butt on Cokes. Hopefully, Doc44 will chime in.

Caveat emptor.

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"I also cook."

I, too, was surprised those brought that much. Note also the mis-shaped diamond on the right-side stock. We've all seen less than perfect diamonds on stocks but that one is really out of whack.

I saw these stocks when they were first listed on ebay. I didn't give them a second look because they had been shortened. Apparently, the winning bidder had no idea they had been altered significantly.

Bill

Looks like a lot of us were watching those. When I saw what they sold for,I felt sorry for the buyer. We've all made expensive mistakes while pursuing this hobby of ours. Hopefully the buyer will learn from his.
f.t.

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I saw these go on ebay for $275 the other day. Were they unaltered cokes? Sold on 17 April...item number 390407662605.

Okay, so my mind didn't decieve me this time. I have to admit that the recent Cokes I posted about with the question whether they were Rosewood or GA were purchased off e-bay were for around $250. It was me and one other bidder. They were listed as K frame grips. I knew better.

Those ones looked okay to me other than the crack on the back.

They appear to have possibly been "shaved" a little toward the toe,and of course the crudely-replaced piece of wood at the rear.
f.t.

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