BBQ Guns

[bettis1]

John,

There are no marks on the holster on Sheriff Quillie Clayton Gaddis' .38 Super. No marks on the plain black snap either. It looks a little like the Myres #967 but with a strap and an open toe. However the basketweave on the Myres is diagonal and the one on this holster is vertical so I believe that it may be a H. Heiser.

The 1911 shipped Nov. 14, 1936 to Q. C. Gaddis at Titus County Texas with the ivory grips. (We still have the original box with the tiny IVORY label on the box.) I suspect that Sheriff Gaddis carried it in that holster since he got it.

I'll welcome your thoughts.

Bob

 

[LimaCharlie]

My S&W BBQ gun.

 

[VeritasVincit]

This would be mine now...

Hey Master Chief, where can I get a gun with birds and flowers engraved on it? I've never seen anything like that. I love it! Tell my husband where he can find one for me.

 

[fat tom]

I promise I won't complain if you were to take more pics of this one and post them.

Alas,it is now in the hands of another.
f.t.

 

[hotrod150]

Beautiful gunleather! Thanks for posting.

 

[RKmesa]

Fun to see this thread come around again. Here is a scratched up K-22 Combat Masterpiece that would feel comfortable at most BBQ's that I attend...

I know that I've shown it before, but it seems to fit nicely in this thread as well.

Thanks for letting me share,

 

[RKmesa]

A pair owned by a friend and fellow forum member.

Curtis:

Do you have a larger photo? Those two look spectacular, but my ageing eyes cant seem to pick out the details.

Thanks,

 

[1blindref]

this is as close as I have to a BBQ rig (sorry about it being an "off brand")

and my BBQ BUG. At least it's the correct brand

 

[quinn]

She's been seen before, but here's mine. Wolf & Klar, 3rd model 44, from a 1930s Texas lawman.

 

[29aholic]

Curtis:

Do you have a larger photo? Those two look spectacular, but my ageing eyes cant seem to pick out the details.

Thanks,

Sorry Richard that's the best I can do.

 

[MikeyB]

Wow! These are some really nice BBQ guns. Sadly, the closest thing I have to a BBQ gun is my Colt series 70 1911.

Guess I need to fix that....with a proper shiny S&W revolver.

 

[lawandorder]

Quinn is your nice old tooled holster maker marked?

 

[quinn]

Lawandorder: the holster shown with my W&K does not have a maker's mark It is marked "38-44" on the back but it is not a typical stampling... almost as it it were finely engraved. It know little else as the holster was a surprise gift from another forum member who sent it to me when I first posted a photo of the gun a while back. Beautiful hoster and it loves the gun. I love em both.

 

[lawandorder]

Thanks quinn. Very nice combo and the Jigged bone grips are great also.

 

[DRYHEAT]

My home made rig for '56 SAA. Originally made for S.A.S.S. competition 20 years ago, now just for BBQ duty.

 

[feralmerril]

A couple of mine.

 

[1950jcb]

25-2s

2/3 of my engraved gun collection. Jim

 

[rhmc24]

A repro '51 Navy, my rework into a snub ---

 

[rhmc24]

My .22 RF Pepperbox, almost from scratch, the only gun part used was a .22 Stevens barrel ---

 

[rhmc24]

My Pseudo-Paterson, started life as a '49 Pocket, suffered a fire that melted off its brass grip. I just couldn't let it get thown away, grips real ivory made from SAA grips I had made in Africa 1951 when I was working there ----