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I recently picked up a 1917 S&W revolver thats going to get the bapty conversion. It did not come with S&W gold medallion grips, so I set about making some.

These are reproduction grips from Numrich and medallions from amazon. The medallions are a little bigger than what was on the real prop I think, but its close. I'll need to weather them a bunch to to make it look like they fit the age of the gun.

That said anyone have a lead on real gold medallion grips? These are really just a placeholder until I find the real deal.

The grips look great!


Regards,

Indiana Jeff

Thanks!

As luck would have it i found a perfect pair of grips on ebay, look just like the bapty grips. Funny how the world works like that.

I'll probably still weather these up to have another pair on hand.

I found the grip with a silver medallion, but kept looking on the Bay, and eventually found a pair.
Just time, or are you saying you found a pair with the right medallion.

Either way, nice piece, now to find the site.

Croft

The grips look nice and the S&W is beautiful! Looking forward to seeing it after the conversion.

Cheers,
Bear

Indiana Croft wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2024 7:56 pm I found the grip with a silver medallion, but kept looking on the Bay, and eventually found a pair.
Just time, or are you saying you found a pair with the right medallion.

Either way, nice piece, now to find the site.

Croft

Sorry I didn't word that very well. Yes I found a pair with the correct medallions on ebay shortly after I started this thread. So now I'll have correct original grips and these reproductions I put together.

I also have one of the ramped sights a forum member on here did a few years back. Its all at a local gunsmith right now waiting to get converted. I can't wait to see the result!

Ohhhh, you snag a site even before find a M1917, that’s awesome and great at them same time.
Can’t wait to see it done.

Croft