Its NOT C&R but....

[yellowsled]

I think it would be more appreciated in here than the handgun forum.....

Picked up this Hungarian FEG 7.65mm AP~MBP that has matching numbers a few months ago for about $100 with no grips... It was sitting in my safe for a while and I got tired of trying to find replacements for it at a discount price, so I located these Rosewood grips from a seller in Thailand. They were about $10 more than original replacements were going for on GB or Ebay, so it was worth it I think... Thoughts?

 

[reverendbeer]

...I located these Rosewood grips from a seller in Thailand.

Does this Thai seller have grips for other models to offer?

 

[yellowsled]

When I get by a pc, ill get you his info. They are very nice feeling.

 

[Mooseman]

They are nice looking grips. You have all the cool toys.

 

[Sev89]

Something about that wood and bluing being as worn as it is in that area just looks right. Pretty neat little pistol

 

[28Shooter]

Nice grips and definitely worth the little bit of extra money.

 

[reverendbeer]

Nice grips and definitely worth the little bit of extra money.

Fact.

 

[cantstop]

Part of me thinks you should bleach/age them to match the patina of the gun...

Part of me thinks you should re-blue the gun to match the grips...

Pretty sweet just like it is, too...

 

[yellowsled]

Gonna take it shooting on Friday, if its a good shooter I may refinish it or bring it to bollingers. If its nothing special, ill throw it back in the safe and prolly forget about it.

 

[mopar92]

That pistol only cost $100 bucks. Sounds like a Saturday night special or throwaway to me.

 

[yellowsled]

Hungarian ppk version. FEG knows how to make good guns.

 

[Wojo]

I figured yellowsled had someone whittle some grips out of a mosin stock he had lying around...

 

[AC MkIII]

Nice piece

 

[reverendbeer]

Gonna take it shooting on Friday, if its a good shooter I may refinish it or bring it to bollingers. If its nothing special, ill throw it back in the safe and prolly forget about it.

I heart this sentiment SOO much.

I'm not a big one for the "OMFG orginaaallll" fetish. I understand it as long as it's not a detriment to the operation or spirit of the weapon, but when a weapon is still actionable, I give zero f***s for "patina" or "history of the model." Nothing disgusts me more than a rifle or pistol left to wear away solely because it "needs to be kept original." Can you shoot it? "Well, no...that would ruin it's..." *COMMENCE BEATING*

I look at it like this: Imagine if the original maker/designer of that weapon showed up 100 years later and found in the depths of your safe an unkempt gun with its finish worn away and its action loose. He would look at you like you were a madman. "WHY HAVE YOU ALLOWED MY GUN TO GET IN THIS STATE???" "Well, _I_ didn't, but now, you see, it's a collector's item."

He would look at you like you'd been dropped as a child.

Unfortunately, most people have equated the necessity for conserving and collecting singular items of historical or particular note (such as individual weapons used in singular acts, or prototypes and other intensely individual items--the keeping in an unadulterated state, I completely agree with), with anything bearing any sort of age.

Nevertheless, the fact remains that if I have an M1911 refinished at Bollinger's, it is a travesty of nature; but if I but if I buy a CMP-refinished M1, it's acquiring a piece of American History.

 

[reverendbeer]

*COMMENCE BEATING*

Wow....sorry everyone....I got a little out of hand there....

 

[yellowsled]

 

[stu929]

I love it.

Would also be interested in seller info.

 

[marko12]

Looks great just the way it is.

 

[BlackBart]

Should you run out of room I'll take it off your hands. I'll even pay half the xfer fees!

 

[yellowsled]

The seller on GB is SunCrafts

Here is the grips I bought...

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=340198627
Total was $42 shipped. I consider it a fair price since reproduction originals and OEM grips sell for $30-$35 shipped.