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My Wilson Combat got some new shoes

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February 09, 2023, 05:44 PM
copaup
My Wilson Combat got some new shoes


I’m digging these grips. Definitely tossed the Wilson into BBQ gun territory. I’ll be swapping them back out for wood when I take it to the range.

Mastodon have been extinct for a few millennia, so I have no guilt.
February 09, 2023, 07:47 PM
cslinger
Jesus that’s a nice looking gun. I have really been liking stag grips as of late. I haven’t traditionally but as of late I’ve seen few guns that are just really fetching with them, yours being one.

Edited- are they really mastodon? Even cooler but they have a stag’ish look


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Chris
February 09, 2023, 08:03 PM
copaup
Yup. Mastodon ivory with just a hint of bark. I flip flopped between these and a solid cream colored set for days before I pulled the trigger. After getting them and putting them in the gun I think I chose correctly.

I’ve got elk on a couple of guns and had a nice set of stag once before it vanished from the market. This is nicer. Not as nice as good elephant ivory, but it’s pretty close.
February 09, 2023, 08:19 PM
copaup
And thanks. That’s by far the nicest gun I own. It’s pretty much my ideal 1911. Super nice trigger, clean old school looks, feeds everything I put in it, and it makes me look like a much better shooter than I am.

I don’t carry it as much as my TRP though. The TRP isn’t quite as nice or anywhere near as good looking, but I’m a lot less concerned about banging it around.
February 09, 2023, 08:38 PM
92fstech
quote:
I think I chose correctly.


You did...you definitely did! Those are really freaking nice, and go perfectly with that gun. I love the character they have compared to what a plain set would have been.
February 09, 2023, 08:40 PM
TheFrontRange
That looks great!

A few years back I was not a fan at all of stag or ivory grips. Pics of guns like yours (and a dose of TV’s “Longmire” series) eventually put me on the right path haha…



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February 10, 2023, 06:09 AM
GCE61
Gorgeous set of grips!
February 10, 2023, 04:37 PM
Rodfac
Wow, those are a dead-ringer for "Walt Longmire's" 1911. My wife and I toured the Buffalo Bill Museum out in Cody WY last summer and got a kick out of the movie guns on display: Paladin, three of the Bonanza Cartrights, Matt Dillon, etc. Fot those that fancy Longmire's deputy, "Vic", her M-92 Beretta is there as well.

I've had a yen for a set of stag grips on one of my pistolas since I was ten years old and that beautiful set you've got there just rekindled the flame! Beautiful set up on a terrific side arm. Best regards, Rod


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February 11, 2023, 03:09 PM
wolfe 21
Very nice. I am really beginning to like the contrast between a black/deep blued pistol and a nice ivory/stag grip. I would really like a hackathorn special, but price of entry is too steep for me.


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February 17, 2023, 06:39 PM
Pappabear
That is a very clean Wilson, not a bunch of crazy writing on it. And nice grips is huge plus.

PB
February 17, 2023, 09:18 PM
LincolnSixEcho
Nice look! Makes me think of Longmire. Loved that show and he had a 1911 with some sweet stags.
February 18, 2023, 12:46 AM
abnmacv
A dressed up clean 1911 is something to behold.


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