Great Western 22

Here is a Great Western 22 I bought recently. I believe it was made around 1955. It looks to have factory one piece walnut grips.

Neat-lookin' piece. There were some quite interesting "modern" single-actions sold at the same approximate time as the early Rugers. This was one of them. Some were quite good quality, some . . . um . . . weren't.

The one pictured appears to have the two-piece grip frame similar to the Colt design, which would allow for one-piece grips. You can see the line of separation betwen the front and rear halves just above the lower corner on the front of the grip frame.

Thanks for sharing.

This is one of the better GW's I've come across.
Ale-8, you are correct, this has a grip frame like the Colt.

I will place a minor bet, the back 142,000 acres of the ranchita , that those stocks ARE NOT factory issue. They were FAR too cheap to have stocks like that on the GW sixguns of any caliber.
NOW.... I might be wrong....I was wrong once back in '66 and have not heard the end of that sumbiscuit yet.

As Wil has stated;



I believe the GW's used the Pointer Pups.....

flatgate

PS Wil, damn, your ranch seems small. Did you "barter" off a few parcels?

He swapped some acreage to JT and Mrs. Dot last year in exchange for meals and ammo! :lol:

Pointer Pups on a two-piece grip frame?

Yes, Great Western's standard stocks were two-piece plastic faux stags, despite the 2-piece grip frame. Don't know if they used Pointer Pups or some other brand.

If I am not mistaken, you could special order fancier stocks.

I have a set of real pearls that are Pointer Pup marked(decal) and they cam eoff an Engraved Single Six.......... Have a similarly marked set of PP stags......... 8)

Brules, nice looking GW. That's the ONLY one that I have ever seen with one-piece walnuts.Bring it out next time so I can take a look at it...............and bring the Hammerli too!

klhill said:

Brules, nice looking GW. That's the ONLY one that I have ever seen with one-piece walnuts.Bring it out next time so I can take a look at it...............and bring the Hammerli too!

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No problem klhill. I'll try to bring it along with the Hammerli in May or June. I need to take the grip frame apart and see if there are any markings on the inside of the grips. I believe they are factory one piece walnut grips. I know most GW's came with the fake stag grips.

LIKE those guns saw a display of Great Western's at a show in Birmingham, Al. years ago the KICKER was most of them had aftermarket Micro-Sights on them the big bore guns had HUGE micro's on them :shock: made the ones on RSS's look SMALL--never seen such large front and rear sights :shock:

americal said:

LIKE those guns saw a display of Great Western's at a show in Birmingham, Al. years ago the KICKER was most of them had aftermarket Micro-Sights on them the big bore guns had HUGE micro's on them :shock: made the ones on RSS's look SMALL--never seen such large front and rear sights :shock:

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Are you sure they were aftermarket? GW used large Micros on their Flat Top Target models. They are a scarce model.

I saw a large GW display at the 2009 January Houston show, including the only Deputy Model I've ever seen in person. Wonder if it was the same collector?

cubrock You could be right about that ----It has been at least 10 years since I saw the display which all the guns were in a large stand-up display case with a glass front. I had been looking for micro sighted RSS's so it really caught my attention---never seen that many Great Westerns in one place :!: Those sights were really neat looking and never forgot how large they looked---Wish someone could post and example of one of these Target guns

Great Westerns?



Incredible Display

flatgate

THANKS--flatgate WOW what a bunch of great looking guns---was straining my eyes to see if any had the micro's

Micro? Yes, I think so. I remember discussing Micro sights with the Displayer. (The RCA display, about 3 tables away, featured Bearcats.)

I've seen a GW revolver here at there at shows but never, ever a real Display of them! It was amazing!

flatgate

flatgate said:

Great Westerns?

Incredible Display

flatgate

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Flatgate, I remember that display...I believe it was at the OGCA show.

I like them also.

Faux stags are most common, and the first were the Pups, but there were all kinds of factory grips.

Here's a Micro sighted target mdl.

THAT is a good example--THANKS for all info. and pictures guys this gun --it looks like rear sight is hanging over the cy.frame and the front sight has been filed down---- but the guns I saw just can't remember the details since I collect RSS microed guns very greatful for ya'll posting all of this --I think I had about 3 or 4 rss microed guns at the time.