Nice little find

[dickttx]

Through a long process, I recently came into possession of some items that belonged to my wife's late uncle.
Thought these were pretty neat.

 

[Don P]

Where is the rest of the gun?

 

[dickttx]

You put them between two fingers of your left hand, then use a hammer in your right hand to fire them.

 

[Jim Watson]

Funny. Ha ha

Kind of neat, really. I never saw a cased pair of Savage Four-Tenners before.
Do you think it is a factory set or a box added by Unk?
Certainly cheaper than a set of Purbaugh or Briley tubes.

 

[dickttx]

I am pretty sure he made the box. He was a very artistic craftsman. I have two sets of blank grips he had in his workshop. My wife said he had made several revolver grips for people. (See photo below) I am guessing these are probably inletted for S&W K Frame.
More interesting items to come when I get a chance to take some photos.

 

[PetahW]

IMO, more likely for a J-Frame

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[dickttx]

Right, J Frame.
I already tried them on a K Frame.

 

[dickttx]

Finally got a chance to take some photos of the other items that belonged to my wife's late uncle.
1st: Ithaca Feather Weight 20ga. He made the stock out of a nice piece of walnut. Serial # 619xxx-2.
2nd: Remington Model 11, 12ga. He also made the stock on this one. Serial # 359xxx.
3rd: Closeup of the carving he did on the Remington stock.
Haven't had a chance to try to find info on the serial numbers.

 

[Barber2678]

I like that Model 11 stock! What is on the other side?

 

[carguychris]

Right, J Frame.
I already tried them on a K Frame.

Could also be for a pre-1952 I frame or J frame, which had a 1/4"-shorter grip frame than the later models. Custom stocks (grips) have become hard to find for the early "short grip" guns. (For the uninitiated, the I frame was the shorter predecessor of the J frame, which was lengthened to allow a .38Spl cartridge to fit. Compact S&W revolvers in .22LR, .32 Long, and .38S&W were originally I frames. S&W dropped the I frame in the early 1960s.)

I'd like to see the outside.

 

[dickttx]

Barber: The other side is plain, with her face being the point of the comb.
Carguy: They are just inletted blocks with screw and nut?(can't remember what you call the counter sunk nut).

 

[Scorch]

(can't remember what you call the counter sunk nut)

Escutcheon.

I like that Model 11 stock!

There is something unconventional about the lines of that stock . . . very attractive. What kind of birds are those?

 

[dickttx]

Right!!!
And what birds?

 

[bop]

Wow. It seems the world lost a true craftsman. Beautiful work. I sure hope you intend on keeping them in the family.

 

[gyvel]

The grips also look like they might fight an Iver Johnson or Harrington & Richardson top break revolver, or another similar make of top break of that era.