I wouldn’t feel too bad about getting extras, it gives you options (if you ordered the right quantity, you might’ve gotten the cracked one). Plus you can fleabay the extras. You might be surprised by what people are willing to pay even for damaged original parts. I once offered up a relatively crappy Kar98k stock from an RTI project rifle when I got a decent replacement stock. The bidding on the crappy one went much higher than what I paid for the nice one… and based on the feedback, the winner was extremely happy to get it.
Coswell's Electroless Nickel plating kit for the S&W. ALso good is the Black Nickel for that exotic look. The trick is to polish the base steel to a high degree of polish before plating or bluing. That's the secret to getting amazing blue or plating. A old gun will have lots of dings and deeper gouges on it but you can still do a halfway decent job on it.
Triple K sells new reproduction grips for the MAB model D. Yes, they're not original, and the fit is fair. Also, for grip screws check Jack's First Parts.
no screws for the MAB grips ? if they are made of baquelite and worp you can not put them back to shape ,if they are hard rubber tipe gutta percha you migth get lucky to steam them up and flatten them between some soft wood plates in a vice but you have to be super cautious because you just can and will snap them, they look britlle and dried out . if they are made of buffalo horn you can heat them up or steam them and will be much easier to straigthen them up with a similar method as the hard rubber ,,, its a gamble .. myself, i wont even try . just put on the best ones and keep the rest as back up. the S&W looks much better with its original grips ..
Don't be too hard on yourself, its always good to have extras. Plus, you were able to pick out (2) good sets. I bet they both will come out nice.
I wouldn’t feel too bad about getting extras, it gives you options (if you ordered the right quantity, you might’ve gotten the cracked one). Plus you can fleabay the extras. You might be surprised by what people are willing to pay even for damaged original parts. I once offered up a relatively crappy Kar98k stock from an RTI project rifle when I got a decent replacement stock. The bidding on the crappy one went much higher than what I paid for the nice one… and based on the feedback, the winner was extremely happy to get it.
Coswell's Electroless Nickel plating kit for the S&W. ALso good is the Black Nickel for that exotic look. The trick is to polish the base steel to a high degree of polish before plating or bluing. That's the secret to getting amazing blue or plating. A old gun will have lots of dings and deeper gouges on it but you can still do a halfway decent job on it.
Guess you’ll just have to buy the guns now you have the spare grips 😂
Was that mod 10 a C&R?
Triple K sells new reproduction grips for the MAB model D. Yes, they're not original, and the fit is fair. Also, for grip screws check Jack's First Parts.
no screws for the MAB grips ? if they are made of baquelite and worp you can not put them back to shape ,if they are hard rubber tipe gutta percha you migth get lucky to steam them up and flatten them between some soft wood plates in a vice but you have to be super cautious because you just can and will snap them, they look britlle and dried out . if they are made of buffalo horn you can heat them up or steam them and will be much easier to straigthen them up with a similar method as the hard rubber ,,, its a gamble .. myself, i wont even try . just put on the best ones and keep the rest as back up. the S&W looks much better with its original grips ..