[Logwood]

I have stag on my Colt Commander; they provide as solid a grip as checkered walnut - and look nice (to me). If you like your grips, stick with them. They look fine to me. You're the only one they really have to please!!

 

[BC in TN]

Just fitted some faux pearl grips on my 45 Gold Cup.

I'm undecided whether they look better, or worse, than the original wooden grips.

What do you guys think?

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Kinda

 

[skwcoltguy]

I don’t mind them.....first thing I’d change out is the trigger; I always replace triggers that have those holes in them. Always looks wrong to me.

 

[reach147]

Do mother of pearl grips look "too gay"?

Jeez, I dunno. (insert eye roll here) What about those gun belts and holsters with pretty flowers carved on them? Too gay? And cowboy boots...those made from exotic leathers and dyed in vivid colours like the pair shown below. Whooo-e-e-e! And lookit all them colored flowers and leaves and stuff! Ain't them purty? How gay is that?

And Patton's quote about mother of pearl grips. If I had a dollar for every time I saw that posted on gun forums, I'm confident I could buy myself a nice vintage 1911A1. Patton was a brilliant general at times, and he said a lot of stuff (some of which got him in trouble). But he either forgot or was ignorant of the fact that Colt and other major gun manufacturers often installed mother of pearl grips at the factory.

I'd be the last person to call Audie Murphy's Bisley Colt a "pimp's gun", even though it does have custom made mother of pearl grips. Oh, and by all accounts, Audie Murphy was not a pimp, nor was he gay. The gun came from Gary Cooper, by the way. Kinda don't think Cooper was a girly-man, either.

I don't know what "gayness" has to do with any of this stuff, but I reckon if someone looks hard enough and long enough, they can find some "gayness" in damn near anything.

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[Florey55]

I swap around grips all the time..part of the fun for me...variety is the spice of life! (something like that)

So do I ! And there was I thinking that I was the only "grip idiot" !

 

[Florey55]

Do mother of pearl grips look "too gay"?

Jeez, I dunno. (insert eye roll here) What about those gun belts and holsters with pretty flowers carved on them? Too gay? And cowboy boots...those made from exotic leathers and dyed in vivid colours like the pair shown below. Whooo-e-e-e! And lookit all them colored flowers and leaves and stuff! Ain't them purty? How gay is that?

And Patton's quote about mother of pearl grips. If I had a dollar for every time I saw that posted on gun forums, I'm confident I could buy myself a nice vintage 1911A1. Patton was a brilliant general at times, and he said a lot of stuff (some of which got him in trouble). But he either forgot or was ignorant of the fact that Colt and other major gun manufacturers often installed mother of pearl grips at the factory.

I'd be the last person to call Audie Murphy's Bisley Colt a "pimp's gun", even though it does have custom made mother of pearl grips. Oh, and by all accounts, Audie Murphy was not a pimp, nor was he gay. The gun came from Gary Cooper, by the way. Kinda don't think Cooper was a girly-man, either.

I don't know what "gayness" has to do with any of this stuff, but I reckon if someone looks hard enough and long enough, they can find some "gayness" in damn near anything.

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Damn nice boots !

 

[Florey55]

Thanks for your witty, and mostly unhelpful responses guys !

As a reward, you may feast your eyes on one of my other 1911s. Colt Custom Shop Bright Polish 38 Super - with genuine elephant ivory grips made for me by Mike Poulin about 12 years ago -

 

[Florey55]

Just out of Curiosity, what color is your your Prius ?
It’s your firearm do with it as you wish.

Hahaha - don't have a Prius !

 

[Jermil]

How about these? Apologies they are not Colts,

 

[SHOOTER13]

Thanks for your witty, and mostly unhelpful responses guys !
As a reward, you may feast your eyes on one of my other 1911s. Colt Custom Shop Bright Polish 38 Super - with genuine elephant ivory grips made for me by Mike Poulin about 12 years ago -

^^ NOT ^^ gay at all Mate...!!

My Colt GCNM with genuine African Elephant Tusk Ivory

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[ElkHunter]

^^ NOT ^^ gay at all Mate...!!

 

[ElkHunter]

To the best of my knowledge these are the original grips to my 1932 .38 super, so if they're considered gay, I guess that speaks to the early '30's.

 

[Florey55]

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Definitely "gay looking" !

 

[norcal77]

I think they’re pimptastic, I love mine, get you some fire blued screws to really make it pop!

 

[highway08]

I like pearls, or just about anything, with nickel but on a blued gun, jigged bone, ivory or wood. That super .38 looks awesome, I’d swap
Grips between them though ivory for shooting and Pearl for looking at on the .38.

 

[Daz Paris]

Just fitted some faux pearl grips on my 45 Gold Cup.

I'm undecided whether they look better, or worse, than the original wooden grips.

What do you guys think?

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Faux is simply another name for FAKE.
your gun deserves REAL IVORY or the originals. IMHO

 

[REP1955]

If that thing were pointed at me, the last thing I would be thinking is, " wow, that dude's carrying a gay gun ".

 

[oldcorps76]

I have a Kimber Ultra CDP and Colt SAA with aftermarket elephant ivory. Everything else is stock. As for pearl, Frank Hamer had pearl on at least one of his Colt Single Actions. I would not call him gay even standing at his grave. I might have to explain what it meant when I get to wherever he is.

RARE ENGRAVED HISTORIC AND DOCUMENTED COLT SGL ACTION ARMY REVOLVER THAT BELONGED TO FAMOUS TEXAS RANGER, CAPT. FRANK HAMER WHO SUCCESSFULLY TRACKED DOWN BONNIE AND CLYDE. - James D. Julia, Auctioneers

Lot 4170. RARE ENGRAVED HISTORIC AND DOCUMENTED COLT SGL ACTION ARMY REVOLVER THAT BELONGED TO FAMOUS TEXAS RANGER, CAPT. FRANK HAMER WHO SUCCESSFULLY TRACKED DOWN BONNIE AND CLYDE. (56959)

www.morphyauctions.com

 

[GRI]

H&R Hammerless Bicycle Gun in .32 and introduced in 1899. A product of the Gay Nineties when someone yelling, “Mad Dog!,” was more than calling for a drink.

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

Just fitted some faux pearl grips on my 45 Gold Cup.

I'm undecided whether they look better, or worse, than the original wooden grips.

What do you guys think?

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Just fitted some faux pearl grips on my 45 Gold Cup.

I'm undecided whether they look better, or worse, than the original wooden grips.

What do you guys think?

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On a GOLD CUP? On a 1911/1911A1, OK, a matter of taste. The GOLD CUP is a target pistol, worthy of target grips.

Nope, no, nada.