They are too shiny, someone covered them in lacquer or similar.

I would just buy a set of reproductions from Deer Hollow for less money.

 

Agreed, the checkering doesn’t look “crisp” and they are way too shiny...

 

Uhhhh....yeah......Nice wood, but not for that kind of money. The guy woulda been better to leave 'em the way he found 'em and sell 'em to someone with an equally slightly used gently beat up revolver. They would be perfect for something like that, for a lot less $.
Why do people do such things? Do they just not know? Or are they tryin' to break the back of the first sucker who sees 'em and likes 'em?

 

If they are genuine Colt stocks then someone sprayed them with some high gloss coating...not how they would have left Hartford. It would take some effort to strip them back to the original finish.

This is a case of the orange not being worth the squeeze.

 

Would pass at that price.

 

My ‘57.... this is what they’re supposed to look like

 

Here’s a pic of the back. Again, it looks like a re-varnish as you can discern the over spray so to speak....

 

The original grips had a dull oil finish and not a bright gloss finish.
They could be restored by stripping the finish and refreshing the checkering.

Unless you just have to have a set, I'd pass at that price, but note that prices on the First Issue actual Python grips are going up and up fast.

 

Why don't you ask the seller about them?
He's a member of this Forum and uses the same Forum handle.

 

Hi these are stocks I am selling the way I bought them years ago. The price is in Canadian dollars so roughly U$ is about a bit over U$300. I posted very high definition pictures so there is no pretending what they are. Thank you for your posts. Will ship to US if we agree on terms. Cheers

 

Aha! So that is more in line with what anybody might see in US dollars. For the money, those could be ('dis-en')-rehabilitated to go on a suitable old shooter.

 

I also have some grips that need to be identified!

 

March 1956 for both - 1139 and 1141. One silver colored medallions and one gold colored medallions. Both all original and correct: