Thread: Colt 45 SA Pistol Grips in Buffalo Horn

I made up a set of Colt 45 SA pistol grips for a friend of mine and got the chance to finish them up today.
I'm not a big gun guy so he gave me a set to copy. I Cut and shaped them from Buffalo Horn and did the inlay work.
I'm not sure why but he wanted me to keep the inlay the same on both sides instead of matching it which would have been my thought but hey, its his not mine so...

I just thought I'd share them with you fellows and see what you thought?

I think they are awesome! NICE JOB! I like that the inlay isn't a mirror thing!

Heh. I was expecting grips for a 1911.

Really nice job on the inlay. A picture of the model would help me to judge if it's an accurate representation or not.

Now lets see a picture of them fitted to the pistol...


Mick

Very cool!!

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Originally Posted by MickR

Now lets see a picture of them fitted to the pistol...


Mick

Are you guys still allowed to look at this sort of thing?

Those are pretty slick looking. I've been thinking about getting a set made for one of my Blackhawkss with crossed straight razors for an in lay.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Are you guys still allowed to look at this sort of thing?

Believe it or not mate, it's actually not that hard to get a pistol here. You need the appropriate licence and we have a waiting period apply while paperwork is sorted by the powers that be. Pistols (including revolvers when I say that) just need have a minimum barrel length of 3" and a calibre no greater than .50 if I remember correctly. So you can have your Desert Eagles and such. It's the long-arms that the silly bloody government applied the majority of the bans to. Pistols have had some i.e minimum barrel lengths but very little else. Pistol licences are just more rigorously enforced, most states have a minimum range attendance requirement and may all the gods help you if you get a call from the Office of Plod asking why you aren't on record as having met them. Not a hard thing to attend the range though. I used to go every week when I was into pistol shooting. Been out of it for a few years now and sold my pistols. I save my money for feeding my rifles, as they need it (Less often than the pistols = cheaper). Mostly I just have a snake gun around when I'm on the property. I would never be legally allowed a pistol on the property which is kind of silly when you think about range and trajectories of pistol vs rifle but that's the law for you.
Western Australia I believe has exemptions in place for property owners to obtain pistols, about the only sensible thing that has come out of that state with regards to firearms.
(No offence Gordon [Heelaru] if you read this. I'm only speaking from my experience there, some years back now)


Mick

If I read that right: they'll let you own a pistol, but they won't let you take it home?

You can take it home, yes. Provided you have it stored away in a firearms safe, designed with pistols in mind. The requirements for a pistol safe are more stringent than those for a long-arms safe. What you choose to do is up to you, but if the authorities catch you doing the wrong thing, the repercussions are quite severe. I could have a pistol on the property, I just wouldn't be legally allowed to use it on the property. Pistols here are a shooting range only thing. Pistol hunting, protection from snakes etc, is just not on. Except, as I said, WA has made some common sense laws with regard to using a pistol on the land now and the Northern Territory also has some common sense practices as well from what I've heard, but then your dealing with serious crocodile country there, as well as being border-line wild, wild west, cowboy mentality up there.


Mick