Some good news for wheelgun true believers: boot grips to return

[Totem Polar]

From my inbox today, courtesy of M DeBethancourt:

Polymer Spegel Boot Grips – After countless months of negotiations, we finally brought Craig Spegel of Spegel Boot Grip fame on board with a new revolver stock project. Craig has agreed to work with us to produce a polymer copy of his classic Boot Grip. We are currently testing a number of possible polymer materials with the folks helping us with the hammer shrouds (See below). Understandably we need to identify a material that will withstand a lifetime's exposure to gun cleaning solvents and related chemicals. Once we confirm the material we will start on the new scanning.

That is all.

[MolonLabe416]

Please use your influence to have the produce the pre-war three piece S&W grip adaptors. Thanks.

[okie john]

This is truly most excellent news.

Second the need for grip adapters, especially the older Pachmayr type. I'll donate a sample if it helps get things off the ground.


Okie John

[Trooper224]

Oh my. If I could get a set of boot grips from my square butt S&W Model 10 snubby, I wouldn't care if this was indeed the apocalypse.

[camsdaddy]

This is the best thing to happen to the round gun world since the reintroduction of the no lock 642.

[SeriousStudent]

Bobo is a good dude, and has been a guest in my home. I will definitely be sending him some money.

[okie john]

We are currently testing a number of possible polymer materials with the folks helping us with the hammer shrouds (See below).

Can you tell us more about the shrouds?


Okie John

[RevolverRob]

That's great news! Because I honestly cannot be arsed to pay Craig Spegel for a set of custom grips; frankly the wait is way too long for a pair of grips and Spegel's attitude gets on my nerves.

I kind of wish he'd license his designs to VZ and just be done with it. Then we could have all the grips we actually need at a reasonable price, with good quality and quickly.

[Totem Polar]

Folks, I’m just a dude that follows any and everything having to do with snubs. I doubt I could influence DeBethencourt to pour himself a shot of scotch—at least, not without meeting him first.


As to shrouds, they’re doing moulding for retro D-frame Colt hammer shrouds. Just like mom used to make...

[fatdog]

glad to hear it, last time I discussed the shrouds with him he was going to look into the option of 3D printing those