These perfectly fitted walnut stocks are shaped exactly like those on early U.S. Available in military style straight grain, beautiful fancy grain, or amazing French walnut. We are pleased to offer this traditional material that has been a part of the Peacemaker legend since Colt issued their first Calvary models for military inspection. You will enjoy this addition to your favorite Colt.įor information on the care and feeding of your ivory stocks, please refer to the Connoisseur’s Corner page of this website. Custom special order Ivory stocks are also available with “Fleur De Lis” Checkering, Custom carving, and Scrimshaw. Ivory stocks are also available with or without medallions. Our genuine Ivory stocks are available in one piece, two piece, or two piece with blind screw on one side. When you hold a Colt with our custom fitted elephant ivory, you will not want to put it down. Of equal importance but not visible in any photo is the feel these stocks have in your hand.
Made from the highest quality pre-ban elephant ivory, these stocks are perfectly fitted to the pistol so as to provide a seamless transition between the metal and the ivory. This rare and elegant material is by far the most popular stock material for the Colt Single Action Army Revolver. Maybe one chance in 150 that they would fit, which is not very good odds.(Do to the laws passed by the Obama administration this product is no longer available) The above is why grips cannot be swapped from one gun to another, with them fitting perfectly everywhere. Then Colt trimmed any overhang off of the grips, to make them fit perfectly. Colt drilled the pin hole in the trigger guard first, then drilled thru that hole into each grip side, with the grip clamped to the straps.
The grips came to Colt with no grip pin locator hole. Even if it was correctly spotted on one side of the trigger guard, the hole may not come out on the other side in the right place. Then when you think about the process of adding some old hard rubber grips to a gun, how can the grip locator pin be drilled in the right place? It is not easy to do. So I go by fit in judging original or not.
There was a serial number scratched or penciled inside these grips, but pencil is easily rubbed off (or hard to see). If these grips fit perfectly all around the straps (not short or overhanging anywhere) and the grip pin hole has not been made larger (or moved and filled with black epoxy), they are original. I could not find this business any later than 1870. Attached is a black hard rubber saloon token from Houston, TX. I might also mention that hard rubber was being used for various products as early as 1870. Merwin & Hulbert fitted some of their earlier models with red and black "swirled" together, but gave up on this process, because the manufacturer was having difficulties in producing the grips with a consistent color mix. Hard rubber came in two colors: brick red and black. Attached is a 35mm advertising piece for Goodyear in NYC, made of brick red hard rubber. records that National India Rubber Company was making hard rubber grips for the early Colt M1877 DA model. Colt, a relative (nephew?) of the then late Sam Colt. The latter company was actually owned by Samuel P. Several companies, such as Goodyear and National India Rubber Company, made grips for the Colt F. The grips were molded with their "Rampant Colt" inside an oval at the top of each stock.Our research has encountered no factory fitted "Eagle Grips" above the 165000 range" (1896).Ĭolt did not make hard rubber grips. He has many photos showing the eagle grips as the standard black hard rubber grips up through at least 1894 and states "Colt began using their second and final style pre-WW II hard rubber Single Action stocks in 1896. John Kopec, in his book "Colt Single Action Army Revolver" has pretty definitive descriptions of all features on the SAA over they years and makes no mention of the transition grip you have described. I would be interested in seeing a photo of your "transition" grips. By about 1893 Colt began using the new rampant Colt hard rubber grips. It was shipped from the factory on Aug 11, 1892. I have an all-original Colt SAA in the 141,1xx range with these transition grips. A transition grip, much the same but no eagle, were then used for a short period of time.
The eagle hard rubber grips were used on the Colt SAA until about 1891.