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  • #16
    rider209
    Junior Member
    • Sep 2013
    • 74

    I don't think those grips are legit.
    Gun is still awesome

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    • #17
      Wyatt Burp
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2008
      • 1317

      Originally posted by rider209
      I don't think those grips are legit.
      Gun is still awesome
      As stated, I found the grips on Craig's List about 13 years after getting the gun. It came with Pachmayr rubbers. After I got the gun I found a pair of $7 Python grips at the flea market and sanded them to fit. I love the feel but now realize that I turned a $200 pair of grips into a $40 pair by doing that. Here they are on the gun in a holster I made for a guy's 8" Python. I swapped out the gold medallions for silver ones.

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      • #18
        nickel plate
        Senior Member
        • Jul 2012
        • 2115

        Originally posted by rider209
        I don't think those grips are legit.
        Gun is still awesome
        What makes you say that? Gen III style is correct for a 1980 Python, grip screw and slot angle look correct, checkering footprint, shape and size looks correct.
        Just looking at the exterior photo and nothing else to go on, I say they are correct.

        OP, on the inside of the two grip panels, are there (usually three or four digits) ink hand written or rubberstamped matching sets of numbers? I say matching because they were inventoried in pairs but it's always possible to come up with a non matched set, usually when purchased from outside of Colt.
        Photos below are of two different Gen III original pairs-inside and out.
        Last edited by nickel plate; 07-11-2016, 9:02 AM.

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        • #19
          Wyatt Burp
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2008
          • 1317

          Originally posted by nickel plate
          What makes you say that? Gen III style is correct for a 1980 Python, grip screw and slot angle look correct, checkering footprint, shape and size looks correct.
          Just looking at the exterior photo and nothing else to go on, I say they are correct.

          OP, on the inside of the two grip panels, are there (usually three or four digits) ink hand written or rubberstamped matching sets of numbers? I say matching because they were inventoried in pairs but it's always possible to come up with a non matched set, usually when purchased from outside of Colt.
          Photos below are of two different Gen III original pairs-inside and out.
          Mine are a little different than yours on the back. As opposed to being flat, they are slightly inletted for no apparent reason, and there's no large circle cut out. I always thought they were right for the gun, though not original to it. And there are no numbers written on the back. Here's the other side.
          thanks for the expertise on them.

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          • #20
            CALI-gula
            Calguns Addict
            • Jan 2006
            • 7057

            Nice. As I'm leaning toward letting go some more of my rare Pythons, I see a thread like this and then get second thoughts.

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            • #21
              TripleThreat
              CGN Contributor
              • Mar 2012
              • 2637

              I "almost" sold my 6" Nickel Python (unfired) out of the blue as fellow CGer offered me $3,500....I was talking about it in passing with one on my friends.... "Are you nucking futs!?! You'll never get a gun like that again!"

              He was right.

              Triple
              Last edited by TripleThreat; 01-31-2016, 1:09 PM.
              1911 "The MILF of handguns"

              LINK: 9mm Shootout: BHP vs 92A1 vs SP-01 vs P-01

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              • #22
                BigPimping
                CGN Contributor
                • Feb 2010
                • 21452

                Super nice OP.....great wife btw.
                sigpic

                PIMP stands for Positive Intellectual Motivated Person

                When pimping begins, friendship ends.

                Don't let your history be a mystery

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                • #23
                  claylakers
                  Veteran Member
                  • Jun 2012
                  • 2807

                  ^ this

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                  • #24
                    TripleThreat
                    CGN Contributor
                    • Mar 2012
                    • 2637

                    This is how you stayed married, sharing lives, not controlling them. I feel sorry for the guys that same their girlfriend won't let them have a gun.....


                    Triple
                    Last edited by TripleThreat; 01-31-2016, 3:00 PM.
                    1911 "The MILF of handguns"

                    LINK: 9mm Shootout: BHP vs 92A1 vs SP-01 vs P-01

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                    • #25
                      dfletcher
                      I need a LIFE!!
                      • Dec 2006
                      • 14789

                      Originally posted by Wyatt Burp
                      Mine are a little different than yours on the back. As opposed to being flat, they are slightly inletted for no apparent reason, and there's no large circle cut out. I always thought they were right for the gun, though not original to it. And there are no numbers written on the back. Here's the other side.
                      thanks for the expertise on them.
                      Until about 1961 the Python used fully checkered stocks. From 1961 to about 1974 the design was similar to that shown on your pistol, however the top checkering border wasn't straight. The top border was in the same location, but it carried a concave "half moon" curve widely following the medallion. The straight top border started about 1974. Python medallions have always been gold.

                      If your Python is 1980 manufacture I would say the stocks are the correct type.
                      Last edited by dfletcher; 01-31-2016, 3:35 PM.
                      GOA Member & SAF Life Member

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                      • #26
                        nickel plate
                        Senior Member
                        • Jul 2012
                        • 2115

                        Originally posted by Wyatt Burp
                        Mine are a little different than yours on the back. As opposed to being flat, they are slightly inletted for no apparent reason, and there's no large circle cut out. I always thought they were right for the gun, though not original to it. And there are no numbers written on the back. Here's the other side.
                        thanks for the expertise on them.
                        Curious as to what appears to be a capitol letter "Z" which is struck on the frame just aft of the trigger guard and partially hidden under the grip. Is that possibly something indicative to the E Nickels? Never seen it before on a blued, standard nickel or stainless Python.

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                        • #27
                          Wyatt Burp
                          Senior Member
                          • Dec 2008
                          • 1317

                          Originally posted by nickel plate
                          Curious as to what appears to be a capitol letter "Z" which is struck on the frame just aft of the trigger guard and partially hidden under the grip. Is that possibly something indicative to the E Nickels? Never seen it before on a blued, standard nickel or stainless Python.
                          I brought this up at Colt Forum a couple years ago and a couple people thought it was stamped on guns that were used for displays or shows and then stamped before being sold to the public. Beats me if that's the case. But I never seen it before.

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