Could These Stocks be from Rex Firearms?
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I can't help you but I am envious. They are gorgeous!!
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Great looking set! Congrats!
They certainly look like the illustration in the ad. I have a Rex pinto pre 27 with the 3.5" tube... it came with non relieved rosewood targets... FWIW. Stunning grips you found. RKMesa has a Rex pinot engraved like the ad. I cannot remember what grrips came on his. Hopefully he'll pop us shortly to show us.
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Hopefully, I cant find any pictures anywhere. Any that were posted were hosted on Photobucket and are not viewable
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Thank you for the eye candy, gorgeous guns!I believe the grips in the ad have ivory diamonds. Here are a few examples...
If I recall correctly, all four of these guns shipped to Rex.
They all look like they used factory stocks as the base stock to be modified, and none use a hidden screw nut.
Now i'm not so sure if my stocks came from Rex. Highly unlikely.
The search for the mystery stock makers continues.
Richards 3rd picture, showing a pair of Harry-Jarvis-engraved revolvers, have very rare front-sight blades. They are Seldom seen. The blade is named 1/8" Blanchard Red Ramp blade. It has a very interesting, if short story.
The blade first appears in the 1952 Centennial Catalog. Here is a picture of front of the catalog, and the page describing the blade.
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Right after the catalog was printed, a problem developed between Mr Blanchard and the factory. The resolution of the problem required redesigning the red insert, and reprinting the 1952 Centenniual Catalog. Here is a picture from the 2nd printing, showing the new design and description of the blade. Everything else is identical to the first printing.
Interestingly, Rex Firearms had published a one-page flyer, during the period of the dispute. It features the Blanchard front sight blade.
Regards, Mike Priwer
The blade first appears in the 1952 Centennial Catalog. Here is a picture of front of the catalog, and the page describing the blade.
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Right after the catalog was printed, a problem developed between Mr Blanchard and the factory. The resolution of the problem required redesigning the red insert, and reprinting the 1952 Centenniual Catalog. Here is a picture from the 2nd printing, showing the new design and description of the blade. Everything else is identical to the first printing.
Interestingly, Rex Firearms had published a one-page flyer, during the period of the dispute. It features the Blanchard front sight blade.
Regards, Mike Priwer
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They arrived and they sure are pretty. I'm not so sure I have a pistol worthy enough to put them on haha
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Absolutely stunning! What frame size are they?
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K-Frame square butt
Beautiful. Do not know about Rex Firearms though. The ones in the ad show the screw tip and threaded bushing showing in the right grip; makers usually stuck with doing things a certain way.
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Yeah, once I saw the Rex pics above, I knew they couldnt be Rex
