Fitz Pistol Grips
Yes there is a LOT of history since 1920 when Fitz grips were invented to assist Officers and Target competitors to shoot better and especially since the thumb rest and palm swell plate was patented in 1924.
As a Marshal and Competitor I met the company owner and was really enthused over the grips and soft ammo boxes that were in Sporting Goods stores and Gun Shops worldwide. The offices and storehouse were a slice of history along with the California Saeco Company factory and especially the Star factory which were all nearby when I was competing and attending gun shows.
I got along famously with the elderly owner who in very poor health conveniently lost an extremely valuable gold-diamond necklace given him by a very high Catholic leader for me to find and for him to give me the company for my honesty.
My last grips production run before the price of the nylon-plastics skyrocketed in 1979 was for a thousand J frame Gunfighter grips that the Egyptian Govt. insisted be installed on a batch of WW2 officers pistols our Govt was selling them. My plastics and wood supply was cut off, over half the gun shops in the country went out of business owing me money and I was injured making my small display inventory go into storage until 2002 when I recovered enough to get on the internet. The Bullesye list has been very good to me.
I normally only had small displays of everything and produced orders for dealers. What I have been selling is my display models and production samples.
Smith, Colt, Ruger and High Standard only.
You are welcome to ask for information on my remaining display Vintage, Gunfighter, Target, Olympic-ISU Grips, lifetime soft ammo boxes and powder funnels. Thanks for asking.
Paul Jones