Wheel guns and leather

[indiucky]

A Clark 445, period cross draw, with a first gen Colt.

Love that stag leadeye...Beautiful...Elk or sambar??? I am thinking sambar but I may be wrong...

 

[Leadeye]

Was told sambar when I bought it, I've got an elk gripped gun, the material looks whiter.

 

[indiucky]

Was told sambar when I bought it, I've got an elk gripped gun, the material looks whiter.

There's a guy on the S&W forum that is making elk stag grips with no bark and I swear they look like ivory....I have been tempted to get a pair for my Ruger New Vaquero Birdshead 3.5 45 ACP for a while now.....Here is a pic of a couple "no bark" from Grashorn on the S&W forum....

I love them long time...Me so antlery...Me so antlery....

 

[BE Mike]

Was told sambar when I bought it, I've got an elk gripped gun, the material looks whiter.

I think it is polished human bone.

 

[indiucky]

I think it is polished human bone.

Right...That's what he said...Dude's name was Sambar Singh out of Calcutta...He was a little fellow so his bones ain't cheap....

 

[Leadeye]

Gotta do something with the bones, those grips do look sharp Indiucky.

 

[71silverbullet]

Smith and Wesson 610-3, 10mm shown with a Safari Land holster.

 

[indiucky]

I really enjoy this little New Vaquero and the rig I made.....It's in 45 ACP and I just got some shot loads for it so I can start carrying it around the farm for copperheads and such.....45 ACP is a joy to shoot in that platform....

 

[RustyHornet]

Very nice, Rick. I see a .45 ACP wheelgun in my future very soon.

 

[Leadeye]

Here's some old Heiser leather, and a Colt.

 

[indiucky]

I have had a hankering for one of these S&W Terrier's in .38 S&W for awhile and I picked up this little jewel last week...There was a burr on the crown where it may have been dropped...I hand polished it with a fine stone and got it out...Surprisingly accurate...I have got a small 8 inch steel target and I put all five in it D/A at 20 yards as fast as I could pull the trigger...It's in 38 S&W (not to be confused with .38 special) and is a fun little gun to shoot...It's about a 1950 I believe...Improved I frame...I since put some very cheesy (which means I love them) plastic fake jigged bone grips on her. She would look right at home in a B&W 1950's film noir detective film...The 38 S&W as loaded is very anemic due to ammo manufacturers loading a load that would be safe in the many top breaks made for this round...Buffalo Bore has come out with some ammo that is good to go in all swing out cylinder .38 S&W's along with the Webley Top Breaks, which Buffalo Bore says are more than tough enough for the new loads...I may pick some up and carry this one day if only to aggravate BBI....I got a real nice vintage Stetson fedora that would go good with this little jewel...





Here's the link for the Buffalo Bore ammo....

https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=350

and a review....

GunGator's Gun Blog: Ammunition Review: Buffalo Bore .38 S&W Ammunition

 

[Leadeye]

Nice, I like it.

 

[walt o]

the Terriors are sweet little guns . Is yours an "I" frame With leaf main spring, or the improved "I"frame with coil ? I sometimes carry mine in an ankle holster

 

[indiucky]

the Terriors are sweet little guns . Is yours an "I" frame With leaf main spring, or the improved "I"frame with coil ? I sometimes carry mine in an ankle holster

Improved with the coil but it still has the old style front sight...Kind of a transition piece I reckon....Have you tried that Buffalo Bore ammo out yet????

 

[MindfulMan]

Your photos are always fabulous, indiucky.

 

[Leadeye]

Your photos are always fabulous, indiucky.

He does do a good job of that.

 

[indiucky]

Thank you both......

It's not that I take good pictures but that an early 20th/late 19th century Southern Indiana farm house nestled in the hills makes for a nice back drop for the kind of guns we like...

But thank you kindly leadeye and mindful man...

 

[Shoots4Fun]

Kimber K6 in a DeSantis Mini Scabbard (sorry it's not classic or old-school like many of the others)...

 

[indiucky]

Kimber K6 in a DeSantis Mini Scabbard (sorry it's not classic or old-school like many of the others)...

No need to apologize good sir....You insinuate it's not "classic" or "old school" and I beg to differ...

Nothing wrong with a modern incarnation of a classic design....Very nice revolver...Notice how the vintage blade doesn't look out of place with your weapon????

That makes it a classic...Thanks for posting...I love this thread...

 

[indiucky]

Colt Police Positive 38 (in 38 S&W)...No leather yet...Looking for a beater vintage holster for her if anyone has one for sale...





And ya'll've seen this Smith model 19 before (but not since I got new grips)....This gun has been a grip dilemma for me...Someone duracoated it and try as I might I could not get any grips to look "right" on it...I tried fake ivory, fake pearl, factory targets, even (gasp!) Pachmyers but nothing clicked...And then someone traded in a vintage Model 15 in and these VZ grips were on it....I changed the grips out, took them home and put her on the Smith and danged if she don't look alright with them on her....