Stocks by Hurst

[BAM-BAM]

No,no flair at the bottom, both sets taper to the bottom below the palm swell. After yesterdays exchange, I did some more searching and am 99% sure thay are Farrant's. 100% sure they are his style, based on what people are posting as Farrant's. Now I know why Spegel is signing his grips.

Will try to post pics.

 

[OIF2]

Post 'em. Farrant had some peculiar features that were neat. They were very nicely made, fit the frame well and did what a custom grip is supposed to-make the revolver more comfortable to grasp and shoot better scores.
Bob

 

[BAM-BAM]

I have the pictures but I'm having trouble with linking to the forum, can I e-mail the pictures to someone to post?

Thanks

Brad

 

[bsaride]

first four of BAM-BAMs grip pics

 

[bsaride]

Last four of BAM-BAMs grip pics

 

[bsaride]

Well I want first dibs on the filled upper backstrap one.
Bought a pair last month that postal employee stole from
a member and I still NEED a pair.

 

[OIF2]

Very nice Farrants.
Bob

 

[BAM-BAM]

bsaride thanks for the help in posting.

Hope I'm not oversteping, but my research hasn't turned up many of these being sold/traded in the open market. Can you help me establish an idea on the value of these Farrents so I can offer them in the classifieds.

I want to find them a good home with a Forum member. Otherwise I'll be forced to go look for 2 early stainless k -frames to .....which would not be good for my domestic tranquility. My wife is really pretty good with my hoby purchases but I'm not sure she will understand my buying guns because I've got grips. She knows I have a big box of grips.

(don't worry bsaride...you have dibs)

 

[HEADKNOCKER]

You may be able to explain to your wife your hobby when you sell a couple of sets of grips & are able to buy a new revolver with the proceads..
I'd like dibs on the K/L Square Butt grip, If I can afford them That is..
Those could be N frame?? Kinda hard to tell??
Thanks
Gary/Hk

 

[BAM-BAM]

Headknocker,

It's one thing to buy grips for guns its another to explain buying guns to fit a set of grips. They are k-frames....I checked them on a 66-0 and a pre 17 this weekend. I don't know if its oversteping here with requests for dibs... so drop me a private message.

 

[153]

How about a picture of Farrants on a Model 15?

 

[HEADKNOCKER]

BAM-BAM you shouldn't have much trouble selling those K frame Square Butt grips for $150 IMO..
I will have to pass as currently I am broke but you should get someone who can't live without them, besides you don't come across them very often & when you do the price is usualy more like $200, like the set I saw last weekend at the 2100 table gunshow in Louisville..
Great Thread
Gary/Hk

 

[robbt]

Stark grips ???

hi guys , Hi bob , Stark grips please tell me more ??
robbt

 

[SG-688]

From Jeff Cooper's 1961 Complete Book of Modern Handgunning:

Photos in this book are sometimes clearly mislabeled, leaving doubt about others. This is supposed to be Hurst. The profile at the top of the grip is rather like my pair for the Colt MKIII.

Not clear from the caption if this is Stark or Farrant. The rear angle and the diamond are different than any known Farrant I've seen.

The Stark stocks - as ID'ed by Mike Priwer - on Chief Davis' K-38 pictured in the 1996 Faintich auction catalog looks like just like Farrants, but with a more pronounced recoil shoulder.

 

[MKT]

Finally getting around to showing my 547 with Hurst grips.. This set of grips has a fully expose backstrap.

 

[OIF2]

Very nice Hurst stocks... the open back style was very popular with most patrol coppers and sold well at the Academy store. I used to have a set on my 6" M68.
Bob

 

[MMA10mm]

First off, THANK YOU, Bob for starting this thread and sharing pics of those Hurst stocks!

Very nice Hurst stocks... the open back style was very popular with most patrol coppers and sold well at the Academy store. I used to have a set on my 6" M68.
Bob

Second of all, are you kidding me?!?!?! I was born too late and too far East. Unbelievable that you could buy Hurst/Farrant/Stark stocks in the freakin' acadamy store!!! Those were the days!


So, Bob, considering that I'll never be able to drop several hundred dollars on a set of Hursts, who do you recommend as a modern-day grip maker who could make something very much like Mr. Hurst's grips?

Sounds like some people are suggesting Craig Spegel is very close to Fuzzy's, so I'm betting with a little nudging, he could come really close to Hursts.

Thanks again for sharing. This is great stuff. Congratulations on owning his personal PPC revolver. You must've been good friends.

 

[robbt]

lefty farrants

howdy guys , i just found a set of Farrants ( leftys too , sorry bob i 'll keep them, OIF2 ), odd as they have a a little thumb rest on the right sight side and a heavy over hang so your grips does not side up on the left, will try to post a few pics , opps its for a Colt Python or Officer model.
robbt

 

[OIF2]

Let's see them!
Bob

 

[Bullet Bob]

These were advertised as Farrant's when I bought them for $5.00 from eBay a few years ago:

No, I don't want to double my money

They're for a Colt, and not wanting to grind the grip frames of the one's I already owned, I bought this holster worn Official Police just to put these grips on:

However, the Herrett's on it are so comfortable for me, that I haven't done it yet. Someday I will, though.