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Colt wood revolver grips?

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#1 ·
Does anyone know if/when Colt made their wood revolvers grips in-house. They did own/operate Jay Scott grips into the 80s I believe. But some later Detective Special grips sold by Sile were identical to those that came on new DS down to the milling marks. And those in Sile boxes said Made in Italy! Were later Colt OE wood revolver (DS) grips made in Italy and provided by Sile?
 
#3 ·
From the 1840's to WWII Colt made grips and stocks in their "furniture" department.
They made grips, stocks, and the massive display cases they used at the big world's fairs and industrial shows to display Colt firearms.

With WWII they began fitting pistols with grips made of early plastics, and when they resumed wood grips in the early 50's they were contracted out.
 
#4 ·
Also, Colt owned a plastics division.

They provided stocks for the WWII Commando and M1911A1.
In the early post war era, they provided stocks over the entire
revolver line and the Government Model.
This was approximately 1948-1954. Beginning in 1955 Colt reverted back to wood stocks, with the exception of
the Government Model. Colt continued to use plastic stocks on this pistol until the introduction of
the Series 70, at which time they switched to wood.