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Letter Day, and BOY WHAT A DAY!
Half Target M&P, Update: Another Police Gun!
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Very cool letters for a great gun.
Can you post a photo of the top strap? Did it end up getting checked? If I read the sequence of the correspondence correct, it looks like he sent in the $4.50 to get it done?
Very cool letters for a great gun.
Can you post a photo of the top strap? Did it end up getting checked? If I read the sequence of the correspondence correct, it looks like he sent in the $4.50 to get it done?
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Nope, if you go down through the thread a bit you will see some pictures of the top strap. No checkering.
And thanks, I'm super jazzed. I knew the gun was neat, always loved it, and always thought it had history. Didn't expect so much, or it to be a police gun however.
The Historical Foundation is amazing.
And thanks, I'm super jazzed. I knew the gun was neat, always loved it, and always thought it had history. Didn't expect so much, or it to be a police gun however.
The Historical Foundation is amazing.
... ah ha! I somehow missed this post in my quick reading...
I wonder what happened to the top strap checkering, or if that "top strap" refers to the top of the grip back? There seemed to be some confusion in the correspondence about the top and bottom of the area to be checked...
Very fun stuff and I agree that the SWHF is doing a great work!
My sentiments on your fantastic historical records search results (nothing short of magnificent that I am in awe):
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I liked this revolver when I first saw it nearly three years ago, and I like it even more now with the amazing documentation of its early modifications.
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I missed this last year.
COOL gun!
Three cheers for the SWHF!
That is very odd about the topstrap not being checked since the letters show he paid for it. I wonder if he got a refund.
COOL gun!
Three cheers for the SWHF!
That is very odd about the topstrap not being checked since the letters show he paid for it. I wonder if he got a refund.
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Now where's that 44 half target he started asking about (if it ever got the work done)?
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No idea, but I someday hope to acquire it.
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Bit of an update. Getting a set of stags has had me sorting out my grip collection and trying to see what goes where.
When I got this gun it was wearing (as per usual) rubber. I had tossed (as I am sure some of you noticed) incorrect era Service Stocks on it (as those were the closest thing I had at the time to being more right then Hogue rubbers). With all this fishing through stag however I was inspired to put these on there when I came across them in my grip pile:
I still don't actually possess a decent set of the correct era service stocks (domed non-medallions I believe). The set I do have is really in poor condition. Not sure I care too much to find a set, I have a feeling after reading Mr. Watts' letters that he would have probably had put some actually target stocks on it. Something like Ropers or Sandersons maybe. I have some Ropers that I put on there, but they just didn't seem right, and the only non-thumbrest Sandersons I have, while a favorite set of mine, were certainly modified to remove the thumbrest and also don't look quite right.
The thing that looks the best so far is these Stags.
What do you guys think? Any suggestions for what might belong on the gun that I haven't thought about yet?
When I got this gun it was wearing (as per usual) rubber. I had tossed (as I am sure some of you noticed) incorrect era Service Stocks on it (as those were the closest thing I had at the time to being more right then Hogue rubbers). With all this fishing through stag however I was inspired to put these on there when I came across them in my grip pile:
I still don't actually possess a decent set of the correct era service stocks (domed non-medallions I believe). The set I do have is really in poor condition. Not sure I care too much to find a set, I have a feeling after reading Mr. Watts' letters that he would have probably had put some actually target stocks on it. Something like Ropers or Sandersons maybe. I have some Ropers that I put on there, but they just didn't seem right, and the only non-thumbrest Sandersons I have, while a favorite set of mine, were certainly modified to remove the thumbrest and also don't look quite right.
The thing that looks the best so far is these Stags.
What do you guys think? Any suggestions for what might belong on the gun that I haven't thought about yet?
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