Gotta love them Combats......

[Oryguner]

I acquired this set of Combat grips awhile back and although they were in pretty rough shape, I could see that they had potential. Finally got around to refinishing them and I am real happy with the results. I guess they were worth the $35 investment. Should have taken a "before" pic but "after" is what really matters. My Lew Horton 624 seems pleased don't you think?

 

[Oryguner]

I acquired this set of Combat grips awhile back and although they were in pretty rough shape, I could see that they had potential. Finally got around to refinishing them and I am real happy with the results. I guess they were worth the $35 investment. Should have taken a "before" pic but "after" is what really matters. My Lew Horton 624 seems pleased don't you think?

 

[JohnK]

Beautiful.

I've got a set on one of my 3" Model 66's. Looks great, and handles great

 

[GUNKWAZY]

Nice job. They look great.
Thanks for sharing.

Jeff (GUNKWAZY)

 

[sw44spl]

great looking grips.you did very well

 

[dbracin]

Those grips look fantastic. That was a great investment.

 

[NMPinNYC]

Great pair with the knife, well done.

 

[jimmyjoe]

Not bad for $35.

 

[ENH]

One of my dream guns and grips. Very nice.

 

[No30]

Looks like you did a really nice job with the refinishing, and at $35, you certainly made a good investment. I'm curious though, do these fit your hand well? Most finger groove grips hit my hand in the wrong places, so they've never been much of a personal temptation.

Todd

 

[M28]

Nice work....you guys with talent piss me off.

Brian~

 

[Oryguner]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

No30,
I hear what you are saying about finger groove grips. This set of K frame Sq. butt grips (unknown maker) that I refinished at the same time as the Combats, don't fit my hand worth a dang but the N Combats seem to have been made with my hand as reference. Just lucky I guess.

The K's were really hidious to start with, having some kind of dark tinted finish applied to make them look like Rosewood I guess. Pretty wood underneath though and they should make good "tradin stock".

 

[S&W-Keeper]

Nice, good job on finish.

 

[j38]

Congratulations on some very fine work!

Jerry

 

[CH47gunner]

Dang, those came out nice!

I have the same gun w/ grips & another set of Combats on a K Frame, I can't see the difference between mine & yours.

Good job.

Bruce

 

[albanian]

Nice wood.

 

[Oryguner]

CH47gunner ,
I'm on the hunt for a set of K Combats to go on a 2 1/2" 66-1 I picked up recently. Want to set it up to look like the baby brother to the 624.

 

[CH47gunner]

Not Stainless but -
She sure is pretty with the Combats.

I like what you did with the N frame grips. If you're willing to do the refinishing, you should be able to get a pretty good deal.

Bruce

Model 19-6 2 1/2"

 

[Nanook 450]

Combat wood is good! I need to know the refinishing process you followed . . . one set of mine really needs refinishing.

 

[Oryguner]

Originally posted by Nanook 450:

I need to know the refinishing process you followed . . . one set of mine really needs refinishing.

I started out by stripping off the old finish with CitriStrip and then lightly sanding the wood while still attached to the frame to avoid rounding the seam between the two halves of the grip. On the N Combats, I used some dark walnut MinWax stain to darken the Goncola Aves a bit. After that I sprayed 4-5 light coats of the Wipe-On Satin Polyurethane with the little Harbor Freight detail gun. The J frame targets shown in the pic were also done with this last batch.