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COLT 1911 ORIG. DOUBLE DIAMOND&CHECKERED WD GRIPS

big mango
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF AN EARLIER POST :

the two grip panels (l&r) , about the same color of walnut wood, i think , right one a little darker than the left one , have between 5 to 7 lines of checkering between the large diamond points. they are small and i mean small lines, but that's the count i got.

i'm not sure if thats right or wrong for original colt or clone 1911 grips or not.

should there be any kind of marking on the back of the grips that might tell me or lead me to believe they are original or are they pehaps repro grips?

thanks for the help so far and waiting to hear back from our resident guru's on this subject.


big mango
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  • big mango
    I CAME ACROSS A SET OF THESE THAT CAME OUT OF A LARGE STORAGE TRUNK FROM A RECENTLY DEAD RELATIVE. IT WAS FULL OF PAPERS AND OTHER STUFF THAT I STILL HAVEN'T SORTED THRU YET.

    HE DID SERVE IN WW ONE , FRANCE , BUT NOT SURE IF THEY CAME OFF HIS WEAPON , A PICKED UP ONE FROM OFF SOMEONE ELSE OR ANOTHER COLT, OWNER INKNOWN , OR A COPIED COLT .45 A.C.P. MADE FOR WW ONE. HE WAS IN THE ARTILLERY DURING THE WW ONE POSTING. LATE 1917 TO BE EXACT.

    THEY SHOW NO SPLITS THAT I COULD FIND , EVEN AROUND THE GRIP SCREW HOLES , CRACKS, GOUGES , OR BADLY WORN AREAS , THE HAVE FAIRLY SHARP DIAMOND POINTS THROUGHOUT BOTH OF THE GRIPS AND THE OVERALL WEAR APPEARS TO BE EVEN FOR BOTH L&R GRIPS.

    ANY ONE KNOW WHERE I COULD FIND A BOOK THAT WILL HELP ME BETTER I.D. THESE SO I CAN FIGURE OUT IF THEY ARE THE "REAL MCCOY" OR IF THEY ARE GOOD , GOOD COPY OF 1911 WOOD CHECKERED DOUBLE DIAMOND GRIPS THAT HE MIGHT HAVE PICKED UP SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, SO TO SPEAK. ANY DIRECTION ON THIS REQUEST WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THIS ??? WAS ALSO SENT OFF IN EMAILS FOR POSSIBLE HELP TO SOME OF THE OTHER TOP COLLECTORS OF COLT ITEMS.

    big mango
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  • jsergovic
    Post crisp close-up photos.
    You need to borrow a digital camera, take a few shots (sunlight?) from different angles, check and pick on your computer, post them on a server, (villagephoto.com will give you free access - crop your shots if necessary to minimize the file size), then maybe someone can comment.

    When I photograph a firearm or accouterment, I might take ten pics, or a hundred, to get two or three good ones.

    I've sometimes takes more which yielded none.
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  • hunter7737
    A good book is "Collector's Guide to Colt .45 Service Pistols" by Charles Clawson. Page 86. You may also find a Colt 1911 web site that posts the same photo's and onfo.
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  • nmyers
    Colt, Remington, & Springfield Armory made walnut stocks for the M1911. There were also many commercially made copies.

    Until you get the digital photos for us, it may help if you give us the count of the number of rows of checkering there are between the large diamonds.

    Neal
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  • big mango
    fellow gb users:

    thanks you three for the replies and the info. from one of you on the book i asked about.

    i have a digital camera and had planned on doing the photos and then posting if the book doesn't tell me what i need to know .

    in the meantime , i'll go ahead and count those checkering lines between diamond points in the grips checkered area and post that later.

    thanks again for the help.

    big mango
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  • big mango
    the two grip panels (l&r) , about the same color of walnut wood, i think , right one a little darker than the left one , have between 5 to 7 lines of checkering between the large diamond points. they are small and i mean small lines, but that's the count i got.

    i'm not sure if thats right or wrong for original colt or clone 1911 grips or not.

    should there be any kind of marking on the back of the grips that might tell me or lead me to believe they are original or are they pehaps repro grips?

    thanks for the help so far and waiting to hear back from our resident guru's on this subject.

    big mango
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