The Vernon Austin walnut grips for my Smith & Wesson 78G arrived

[AirNGasman]

This is my third set of V.A. walnut grips, and they pretty much put the icing on my 78G cake!

Here's the link to the rest of my 78G story-

https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/vintage-air-pistol-freaks-wet-dream-come-true/

 

[biohazardman]

Congrats, Vernon makes beautiful grips for sure. The 78 is well worth the upgrade. I have a 78 and 79 both need the caps resealed but I never getaroundtoit.

 

[marflow]

now that looks great, I'm going to have to break down and order some grips I guess, I have been resisting

the caps take a 006 for the small O-ring------113 for the large one

the valve take 2- 006 rings and 1--012 ring and I made valve seals out of 1/8 urethane sheet goods with leather punches 

all should be urethane

just some info

 

[dan_house]

Have 2 sets of his.... both for my crosman pistols....

red lam and blue lam, great color, deep glossy finish.... Vernon's work is awesome

 

[biohazardman]

marflow,  Thanks for the info

 

[ba49]

I have Vernon's grips on several different pistols including a beautiful set of Birdseye Maple on a S&W 78g and his work is amazing and very reasonabley priced. All mine are ambi as I'm a lefty.

 

[Pale_Rider]

Airngasman,

Is Vernon the same guy that sells them on eBay?

 

[AirNGasman]

Yes, L.A.

 

[Pale_Rider]

Thank you Gasman

Have you tried converting your 78/79g to run on HPA?

 

[AirNGasman]

As you might know, I've converted other Co2 pistols to HPA; but have no desire to convert the Smith. Assuming a certain individual/outfit offers the correct chamber-cap to accept a hangy-tank or umbilical arrangement, it would be easy to do. But I consider both options no longer a pistol, and actually enjoy the advantages of disposable Co2 cartridges that some folks consider disadvantages.

 

[Pale_Rider]

Yes I remember those awesome 2240 builds you shared.

If you get the desire to convert the smith to HPA, Mac 1 Airguns makes an adapter for the crosman mark 1 that fits the smith. I bought a 10 ci HPA bottle for mine that will mimic the LD pistol that Tim is known for.

Either way, the smith is one of the most fun and accurate pistols to shoot!