New Grips

I didn't like the grips on my Tanaka/Colt Single Action Army airsoft pistol and have been looking for wood grips to replace them. Searching on line and a few gun shows did not turn up anything. Today, I went to Braverman's in Wilkinsburg and spoke with Buddy Savage. He looked through some boxes and found a pair of Colt grips, with the actual Colt medallions.

$50.

More than I wanted to pay but probably the best price I would be likely to find anywhere. People pays hundreds of dollars for authentic Colt grips. They even pay good money for just the medallions.

Buddy was surprised that the grips fit the Tanaka almost perfectly but Colt licensed Tanaka to produce the replicas so I would expect them to keep as close to spec as they could. These particular grips were off just a bit so I had to take a knife to an alignment hole to make it fit. I also happened to break the mini-screwdriver on my Swiss-Tech multi-tool tightening the screw. That must be replaced.