Show your Roper grips

[Hammerless-12]

I have an older 22 Smith & Wesson 22 cal. revolver. I believe these grips are Roper grips and I was told they are Roper grips. I can not find any that are like them anywhere on the internet. I would like to know if any of you folks have seen any Ropers with the finger groves like these. I love the grips but have to change out the grips to shoot the gun as my hands and fingers are to big. Please show me your Ropers. Thanks again.

 

[Hammerless-12]

Here is what they look like on the inside. The number scratched on both inside panels do not match the revolver, but I believe they will match another revolver I received from the same person I got the 22 outdoorsman from.

 

[bettis1]

Yep, I think that they're Ropers and nice ones.

The design of the Ropers is pretty distinctive, as is the small square "jig" hole on the inside.

The wood that they used usually lacks any figure or distinctive grain and the actual carving is a little coarse on the Ropers.

We all love and covet them, however, the materials and execution of the patterns is found lacking when they are compared with the work of folks like Keith Brown and a few others.

Bob

 

[BlackAgnes]

The new...

...and the original--

 

[bettis1]

Tim,

Those original Ropers on your Colt are outstanding.

Bob

 

[BlackAgnes]

Thanks, Bob.

They currently reside on a full King Super Target conversion of a 6" Official Police. I'll take some pix and post them.

 

[Toyman]

Ropers with thumb rest on Colt TargetMaster 38 special.

K frame Ropers

 

[Hammerless-12]

Hi bettis1,
I have been looking at the KB web site. You are so right. The work he is doing with the grips is nothing short of amazing. I will need to have a set for one of my "N" frame guns, or maybe three or four.

 

[digi-shots]

Very nice looking grips! KB does great work!

Here are the only Ropers I have at the moment...

These came with a Colt Trooper. I sold the gun and kept the grips. I'd like to put them on a pre-war Officer's Model Target when I find one:

Here's a pair I found on ebay a year or so ago:

Linda
S&WCA #1965

 

[JayCeeNC]

Linda, the Roper's on that <STRIKE>.45</STRIKE> Colt are just awesome!

 

[Hammerless-12]

Those Ropers on that Colt 45 are out of this world. Thats the first pair I have seen on a auto before. I actually had a set on another K frame S&W many years ago, but did not at the time realize what I had or what they where. I would love a set of those for my 45 Colt auto. Thanks so much for sharing. Know what I will be looking for now.

 

[Hammerless-12]

OOOPs I spoke before I looked very close, must be a 9mm Colt auto, even nicer. I like.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Originally posted by BlackAgnes:
The new...

...and the original--

Angus, I have seriously thought of cutting my 25-5 down to five inches. The S&W name would be centered which is cool. And there you have one. Looks perfectly balanced. Who did it for you?

 

[Wyatt Burp]

OOPs! Tapered barrel! And recessed. You have something more exotic here. Mine's a 25-5.

 

[Clyde from Carolina]

Beautiful grips. I would love to have a set of Ropers one of these days.

 

[digi-shots]

Originally posted by JayCeeNC:
Linda, the Roper's on that <STRIKE>.45</STRIKE> Colt are just awesome!

JayCeeNC,

Yes, they are pretty unusual & good looking!
You don't see Lighweight Commanders in 9mm too often.

 

[BlackAgnes]

Wyatt--

That .45 Colt, my friend, is a Model 26-1, which is an un-badged overrun of a commemorative made for the Georgia State Patrol a few years ago.

They made 39 of them!

The original configuration is smooth magna grips and a lanyard ring. It's basically like a 5" M27 in .45 Colt.

Very cool gun!

Tim

 

[Michael Stern]

I am certain those are Roper stocks. I've never seen a set with finger grooves, but Roper does have an illustration of some in his book, Pistol and Revolver Shooting:

 

[piebiter]

+1 on beautiful...wish I had a set like that on my Outdoorsman.

 

[Hammerless-12]

Thanks Michael Stern, The gun in the illistration does have allot in common with my grips. The finger grooves do appear simular. The person I got these revolvers from said his father had do give measurements of his hand, but was not sure if the gun had to be sent in as well. I have big hands and these grips are to small for me-darn it. But they are well crafted and beatiful works of art. If you look close you will see the two grips are different as in the location of the diamond. One diamond does not have the bottom point. I guess because these where hand made. Thank you for posting that illistration.
Jim