Posted: 3/18/2017 3:09:40 PM EDT
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Wondering if anyone has or has seen Altamont grips on Colt Python. Is this gap at the bottom typical?Attached File |
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Colt factory combat grips are what it should wear. Thanks! |
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Whatever it is it's not acceptable.  And I have done some additional reading and for whatever reason, it seems as though that gap is typical/usual...which is really baffling considering the fitting that the rest of the gun had done by factory gunsmiths. |
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Both of mine are blue 6" with the black factory grips. Quoted:
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Thanks! Are yours factory grips? Any gap with either yours? |
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Thanks for the first helpful reply! Do you mean I should buy some original Colt Python grips or something else? I am not sure I want to spend $300 for original Colt Python grips and I have also heard that it is not easy to find truly authentic grips versus foreign fakes. Thanks! |
| I had the same set that you have in your picture. I thought they fit extremely well. I remember being somewhat surprised at how well then fit. I sold them here on EE when I found a original set of grips. I thought and still think these were even more comfortable then the original grips. @Fox_Hound_MGS bought mine on EE. Maybe he will show up and have some input. I do not remember a gap like that at all, and if I did I would have put something in the ad to point it out. I find that unacceptable. Something does not seem right there, and I would email them. |
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Where the hell are you seeing Original Python grips for $300? I got a guy bugging me to sell an original '68 set for $600, EVERY FUCKING DAY! |
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Where the hell are you seeing Original Python grips for $300? I got a guy bugging me to sell an original '68 set for $600, EVERY FUCKING DAY! |
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That's nonsense unless the Python frames vary a quarter inch over the production run.
A sixteenth of an inch is more than enough for clearance to accommodate recoil, and I'm not convinced it's necessary at all on a handgun. Maybe if the grips are unacceptably loose. I looked at the Nill grip link, and found some match grips for a Ruger MK II; I'm not paying $252 for pistol grips unless I can see both sides and a better view of the hand shelf. Might be just what I want, but I want more info first. |
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I measured and the gap is exactly 1/8". I wish there were some pics on the net of others from the back view for comparison.
Anyway, here is a before picture with the Pachmayr grippers and 2 with the Altamonts.Attached File Attached File Attached File |