Tyler T Grip company shutdown - shipping again

[Hobie]

A modern resin grip adapter could be color matched (fairly closely) to the grips rather than to the gun as with the previous generation. I've seen a wooden grip adapter that looked really nice.

I was another pondering the value of grip adapters in the house.

 

[Walter Rego]

I like the idea of a cast resin adapter. It would be just as functional and probably require no polishing or buffing after removing from a mold as a cast aluminum one would. You would have to find a supplier for the clip and screw to attach the clip to the adapter but that shouldn't be that difficult. You could even make the adapters in a marbled walnut color to match the wood stocks or in a silver color to match a stainless frame for example.

 

[lkelly]

With an order placed in December of last year and another in January of this year, Tyler has cashed close to a hundred buck of my checks with no delivery of product. I hate stories that end with "a fool and his money are soon parted" because it seems to often my role in life

 

[wrangler5]

I like the idea of a cast resin adapter. It would be just as functional and probably require no polishing or buffing after removing from a mold as a cast aluminum one would. You would have to find a supplier for the clip and screw to attach the clip to the adapter but that shouldn't be that difficult. You could even make the adapters in a marbled walnut color to match the wood stocks or in a silver color to match a stainless frame for example.

My expert agrees that, using the type of mold system I described, the finished product comes out with a surface that perfectly matches the original in smoothness. (Not sure how a silver/aluminum colored resin would shine, though, which might be important to some customers.) He also says it probably would be possible to cast the attachment tabs into the back of the adapter, rather than attaching them with a rivet as Tyler does, although there may be some advantage to the flexibility of the copper tabs in accommodating any slight variations in frames.

Marbled walnut - you're gettin' way ahead of me there.

 

[labworm]

With an order placed in December of last year and another in January of this year, Tyler has cashed close to a hundred buck of my checks with no delivery of product. I hate stories that end with "a fool and his money are soon parted" because it seems to often my role in life

After reading the thread I decided to join you and ordered one last Friday. See what happens, I will not buy one on that auction site.

 

[Broker50]

Guys, Tyler's may not be as popular as you think. I put one (J frame) on eBay yesterday with a starting bid of $19.95, no bids yet. The prices on Tyler's on eBay lately are CRAZY! I didn't like 'em when they were four or five dollars. Oh, well................

 

[Sebago Son]

MIM a possibility...

No, seriously! This would be a pretty good application for sintered or powdered metal techology...

The Tyler's that I have are obviously sand cast with lost wax and require a good deal of hand polishing and some additional machine work. In short, 1950's processes... Most all of that would be negated with a MIM part.

Another possibility for those of you thinking about wood would be MDF. Bonded under pressure, MDF is stable, light and tough...

Drew

 

[Murphy2000]

Tyler T Grips update.

I called the Oklahoma Attorney Generals office this morning to see if I could get it confirmed as fact they had indeed shut down the Tyler T Grip company.

After leaving a message, I recieved a call from one of their staff in regards to the Tyler T Grip company.

The Attorney Generals Office of Oklahoma has not shut down the Tyler T Grip company. I was told they have received numerous calls in regards to the company. The parties who called to file complaints were all referred to the U.S. Postal Service. The U.S. Postal service will be the investigating agency due to the fact the U.S. Mail was used in what may be fraud and so many states being involved.

Where it goes from here who knows? I guess it's a wait and see proposition now.

Hopefully this was of help to some of you.

Murphy2000

 

[luis]

Guys, Tyler's may not be as popular as you think. I put one (J frame) on eBay yesterday with a starting bid of $19.95, no bids yet. The prices on Tyler's on eBay lately are CRAZY! I didn't like 'em when they were four or five dollars. Oh, well................

Tyler is very popular. After many years purchasing on ebay I have found that if the items is popular people wait until the last day of the auction trying to avoid the price going out of control.

I have also noticed that the highest prices paid for for T grips goes to dealers that are willing to ship overseas. I do not remember if Tyler ever offered shipping outside of the USA.

 

[Marine24]

Lack of response to e-mails and phone calls, plus this BBB review gives me reason to wait and see.

Tyler Manufacturing Business Review in Oklahoma City, OK - Central Oklahoma BBB

 

[Beancounter81]

The U.S. Postal service will be the investigating agency due to the fact the U.S. Mail was used in what may be fraud and so many states being involved.

Oooooooh - now it really gets interesting. Mail fraud is a Federal offense. For their sake, I hope they have a good explanation for the Postal Inspectors.

 

[luis]

Oooooooh - now it really gets interesting. Mail fraud is a Federal offense. For their sake, I hope they have a good explanation for the Postal Inspectors.

I also hope that they can explain what happened. Several of the family are LEOs and it would ruin them.

 

[TheTinMan]

Guess I won't hold my breath waiting for them to ship the grip I ordered back in December.

 

[sandspur6]

I sent Tyler's a check about three weeks ago and it was deposited within a couple of days. I have their grips on most of my revolvers and will keep buying them if they keep making them. I actually bought my first T-Grip from Melvin Tyler himself at a gunshow in Houston, Texas about forty years ago and have been a faithful customer ever since. I just saw on another forum that the poster recently received a call from Tyler's in response to a letter he sent them. The caller told him that the owner has died after a long illness and that the kids are trying to get things up and running. He was assured that all orders WILL be filled and was asked to "just be patient". I really hope that it all works out.

 

[OK Hog Shooter]

Well... I'm reporting back on my field trip to the Tyler T-Grip Company. I recently acquired one that came in an original box and had their address stamped on one end. I drove over there this afternoon and found the building with their address now houses "Aunt Pink's Pet Salon"... which was apparently out of business. Now before everyone blows up I believe it was mentioned in this thread or another one that the company has moved, so I wasn't surprised. I was hoping there might have been some kind of sign or notice on their re-location, but there was no such thing. I'll try and make some local calls and see if I can find out anything else. I'll report in later.

 

[boykinlp]

Well... I'm reporting back on my field trip to the Tyler T-Grip Company. I recently acquired one that came in an original box and had their address stamped on one end. I drove over there this afternoon and found the building with their address now houses "Aunt Pink's Pet Salon"... which was apparently out of business.

How old is your T-grip? If it is really old, it might be one that Melvin made. Since his death, they may have moved more than once. Thanks for trying.

 

[OK Hog Shooter]

I'm not sure how old it is. The box appears to be slightly discolored and has "#20A-3 POLISHED" stamped on the top of the back. I have a few ideas I'm going to follow up on to try and locate his heirs. There has to be a way to resurrect this company. If I can locate any children and get them to respond, if there is a way I can help them I'll see what I can do.

 

[photoman]

Here's one address I found...

3804 S E Ave
Oklahoma City OK
73129

...and another...

1326 West Britton Road
Oklahoma City OK
73114

 

[OK Hog Shooter]

Thanks for the info. I checked out the Britton Road address this afternoon. I'll check out the other address as soon as I can get loose.

 

[luis]

How old is your T-grip? If it is really old, it might be one that Melvin made. Since his death, they may have moved more than once. Thanks for trying.

May be the BBB has a new address?

If memory serves me right, the company has moved 3 times. T grips in two piece boxes were made back by Melvin. Later generations of the two piece box did not have an address. Right before Melvin died the company started shipping grips in a one piece box with side flaps. Sometime arround 2008/9 they started using a clear plastic bag with a stapled topper.