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A coworker of mine heard about my woodworking addiction and asked if I would be interesting in creating a custom wooden handle for a pistol he had. When I started thinking about it I thought that maybe it was a Colt 1911 and I could simply make some custom grips that screwed into the metal handle. Turns out he had a Taurus Judge designed to have a full wrap around handle that is screwed onto the metal tang. This was going to be a tough custom wood pistol handle.
I told him I would take on the challenge and came up with a game plan. When creating this custom wood pistol handle I knew that I will have to shape the wood to fit comfortably in either hand and also have a slot for the metal tang that would fit tightly. There was little room for error because the handle couldn’t rattle in the slightest. I picked up a piece of yellow-orange maple burl and set to work.
Using the original Taurus Judge handle I cut the basic shape out on my bandsaw, routed the inside, then shaped the handle with my Dewalt Orbiting Sander.
I posted a little tutorial with more pictures here:
More photos on my personal site: http://www.M1C2.com
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Jim Crockett (USN Retired)
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#1 posted 813 days ago
Beautiful wooden grips – I’m sure he was mighty pleased with the workmanship and the gorgeous wood. Is that pistol tooled for .410 ga shotgun shells – that is what it looks like?
Again, great job on the grips.
Jim
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Don Johnson
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#2 posted 813 days ago
Lovely job!
If your coworker is a member of a club, you could be inundated with similar requests !
-- Don, Somerset UK, http://www.donjohnson24.co.uk
Barrett
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#3 posted 813 days ago
It does take those shotgun shells. The term “hand cannon” comes to mind :)
cam1297
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#4 posted 813 days ago
The “Judge” shoots .45 long colt and .410 shot shells. There are quite a few different loads now made in both calibers since the judge is around. My father-in-law has two Judges. The Circuit Judge is a carbine and he just got the hand revolver in 3in cylinder, 3in barrel stainless steel. Very heavy gun, but they’re a blast to shoot.
SplashMaster
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#5 posted 813 days ago
Thanks for the tips in the blog I might try this one day and It looks great!
carrasco
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#6 posted 767 days ago
Hi my name is Greg Carrasco I would like to find out if you would be willing to make me a grip for mine I loved your work and would like one on my Taurus judge if you would like to contact me directly my number is 910 237 8512
Roger
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#7 posted 352 days ago
oh yes for the fine grips, and oh yes for a fine pistol. AND, oh yess for top-3 congrats
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net
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