Lonestar grips.
08-05-2016, 10:00 PM
a while back I picked up my first flat top 44spl. before long I was in love (well, except for the hammer and trigger!) the fit and finish are perfect, the action was pretty smooth and the BC gap is almost non existent. I haven't had a chance test it on paper yet, just steel. but so far I couldn't be happier.
after a while I decided it needed a good set of stocks and a holster. first I dug through my Ivory box and found an oversized, 40 percent roughed out SAA panel I got from Boone trading when they were selling off all their Ivory. then I found a large cutoff from a tusk I worked with a while back. most people would probably have called it junk and scraped it since it was cracked at the top but these stocks will see a lot of use so I didn't mind the cracks. it's just character. I did fill the cracks with clear Epoxy so they won't get any worse though.
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5138m_zpsl7ejixmm.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5138m_zpsl7ejixmm.jpg.html)
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5139m_zpsfcpxens4.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5139m_zpsfcpxens4.jpg.html)
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5137m_zpslpitog7m.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5137m_zpslpitog7m.jpg.html)
after fitting the stocks I started on the Holster. this is the second one I've made and while it turned out better than the first I still need some practice. it's Threepersons style I took from Will Ghormley's 1911 pattern. interestingly the dye I used on the holster was Tapadera's N-35 gunstock stain. it's meant to replicate the color used on vintage Winchester Rifles.
gun belt made by http://www.rgrizzleleather.com/
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5151mm_zpswbvrwlvk.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5151mm_zpswbvrwlvk.jpg.html)
I couldn't decide which picture I liked best so just posed them all lol.
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5130mm_zpsu5vxw3fr.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5130mm_zpsu5vxw3fr.jpg.html)
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5135mmm_zpsxmk0ohim.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5135mmm_zpsxmk0ohim.jpg.html)
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5148m_zps6iizdje4.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5148m_zps6iizdje4.jpg.html)
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5146m_zpsbn5zvr2b.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5146m_zpsbn5zvr2b.jpg.html)
after a while I decided it needed a good set of stocks and a holster. first I dug through my Ivory box and found an oversized, 40 percent roughed out SAA panel I got from Boone trading when they were selling off all their Ivory. then I found a large cutoff from a tusk I worked with a while back. most people would probably have called it junk and scraped it since it was cracked at the top but these stocks will see a lot of use so I didn't mind the cracks. it's just character. I did fill the cracks with clear Epoxy so they won't get any worse though.
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5138m_zpsl7ejixmm.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5138m_zpsl7ejixmm.jpg.html)
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5139m_zpsfcpxens4.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5139m_zpsfcpxens4.jpg.html)
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5137m_zpslpitog7m.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5137m_zpslpitog7m.jpg.html)
after fitting the stocks I started on the Holster. this is the second one I've made and while it turned out better than the first I still need some practice. it's Threepersons style I took from Will Ghormley's 1911 pattern. interestingly the dye I used on the holster was Tapadera's N-35 gunstock stain. it's meant to replicate the color used on vintage Winchester Rifles.
gun belt made by http://www.rgrizzleleather.com/
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5151mm_zpswbvrwlvk.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5151mm_zpswbvrwlvk.jpg.html)
I couldn't decide which picture I liked best so just posed them all lol.
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5130mm_zpsu5vxw3fr.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5130mm_zpsu5vxw3fr.jpg.html)
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5135mmm_zpsxmk0ohim.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5135mmm_zpsxmk0ohim.jpg.html)
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5148m_zps6iizdje4.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5148m_zps6iizdje4.jpg.html)
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/duanem1953/IMG_5146m_zpsbn5zvr2b.jpg (http://s428.photobucket.com/user/duanem1953/media/IMG_5146m_zpsbn5zvr2b.jpg.html)