Bill Akins
New member
Yesterday my lanyard ring came in that I ordered to replace the missing one on my commercial S&W 1917. I got a brand new old stock one that isn't a reproduction. It was easy to replace. All I had to do was remove the grips and gently drive a pin out, place the lanyard ring into the hole in the grip frame bottom, then drive the pin back in.
Before lanyard ring....
After lanyard ring install....
While I had the grips off I heated a paper clip red hot with my torch lighter and touched it to the back of one grip. Made a tiny melt spot, so I know the grips are plastic, but they are also polished wood around the sides of the plastic and have a metal insert in them too that goes up into the round portion of the grip frame. You can see that in the photos.
It was hard to see what the lettering on the grips said because when it was stamped it kind of smeared. But eventually I was able to make out what it said.
It said....21, and either 36744 or 38744, (couldn't tell if it was a 6 or 8), heavy duty outdoorsman, highway patrolman.
No other printing of makers name or anything. Does anyone here know who made them? I like them a lot even though the stag portion is plastic. They are very well made with nice polished wood all around the inside edges of them. Here's a few pics....
Left grip...
Right grip. Someone had scraped some of the wood off the top section at one time. Not sure why. There wasn't anything it had to clear...
This pic shows the polished wood around the bottom outside of the grips.....
Based on the information I provided, does anyone have any idea who made these grips and how old they might be?
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Before lanyard ring....
After lanyard ring install....
While I had the grips off I heated a paper clip red hot with my torch lighter and touched it to the back of one grip. Made a tiny melt spot, so I know the grips are plastic, but they are also polished wood around the sides of the plastic and have a metal insert in them too that goes up into the round portion of the grip frame. You can see that in the photos.
It was hard to see what the lettering on the grips said because when it was stamped it kind of smeared. But eventually I was able to make out what it said.
It said....21, and either 36744 or 38744, (couldn't tell if it was a 6 or 8), heavy duty outdoorsman, highway patrolman.
No other printing of makers name or anything. Does anyone here know who made them? I like them a lot even though the stag portion is plastic. They are very well made with nice polished wood all around the inside edges of them. Here's a few pics....
Left grip...
Right grip. Someone had scraped some of the wood off the top section at one time. Not sure why. There wasn't anything it had to clear...
This pic shows the polished wood around the bottom outside of the grips.....
Based on the information I provided, does anyone have any idea who made these grips and how old they might be?
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