Latest Acquisition - Colt Government Model with ? Stocks

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jcs

Discussion Starter · Aug 10, 2013

I picked up this NIB Colt Government Model .45 ACP yesterday, Matching box, 3 mags, two sets of stocks and all paperwork. At first I thought the stocks were Sambar stag, but after looking more closely I'm not sure. Could they be Giraffe bone? I'd appreciate your expert opinions.

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surjimmy

· #2 · Aug 10, 2013

There uglier then sin, send them to me so I can get rid of them for ya.
That is one nice looking gun. Congrats.

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Coltman

· #3 · Aug 10, 2013

Nice looking XSE. Great looking grips whatever they are.

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ace

· #4 · Aug 10, 2013

they look like stag to me.

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Ozeanjaeger

· #5 · Aug 10, 2013

I'm pretty sure that's antler. The spongy, bony core ring on the bottom is a dead giveaway.

Beautiful pistol!

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jetspeed8

· #6 · Aug 10, 2013

Like those grips

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Vintage Racer

· #7 · Aug 10, 2013

I don't think I've ever seen any with the Colt medallion on them.

Very nice.

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Colt75

· #8 · Aug 11, 2013

I think they are Sambar Stag. Beautiful stocks.

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royal

· #9 · Aug 11, 2013

Stag.

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rhmc24

· #10 · Aug 11, 2013 (Edited)

Congrats on beautiful gun. There are so many nice 1911s I don't often give one a 'like' as I did in this case. I join the others and vote Stag on the grips. Not being really a 1911 person, I only have one, but with stags. Family gun, sort of, belonged to my cousin 12 years older than me & I bought it from his estate. As a kid in the 1930s it was a wore-out $5 gun that we shot up a storm with, one of his ranch hands brought back a nail keg of loose .45 ACP from National Guard Camp, plus a package of US Army internal overhaul parts. Few years ago I paid his estate $140 for it in its beater condition and put in the DIY effort it has today. Just couldn't resist this 'show & tell' opportunity.