I know the guy that made those grips...a jeweler from Santa Fe.

On Wednesday, June 19, 2002 at 8:13:33 AM UTC-5, mdwerner wrote:
# Does anyone know more about this firearm or the history of it?
# I wrote to Graceland Archives Dept. (archives@elvis.com) thinking they
# of all people would know and they had no idea!
#
# Thanks for any info!
#
# TCB!
#
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# From: 3DfxCOOL (fans@3dfxcool.com)
# Subject: Elvis' 1911
# Newsgroups: rec.guns
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# Date: 1999/05/03
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# Anybody here ever tour Graceland?
#
# They had a few of his pistols on display and I saw possible the
# prettiest
# set of grips I have ever seen on a 1911 and I would love to have a set
# on my
# Kimber.
#
# They looked like turquoise Native American jewelry. Jagged little
# pieces
# fit together like a puzzle with a shiny metal, circular emblem in the
# center. A real eye catcher. If anybody has seen these and knows
# anything
# about their availability I would love to hear.
#
# The tour was nice and he had some cool guns including an M16 circa the
# mid
# 60's His gun range, still set up, was in the back next to his office
# in the
# back yard. While the back-stop was inside you had to stand outside
# and
# shoot through a door to hit the target. A life-size torso target was
# still
# set up but had no bullet holes were in it. In a little glass case
# just in
# front of the target were some casings that he had and his buddies had
# fired.
# All kinds of calibers, both rifle and pistol were in the clear case.
# I
# looked hard and either they had fixed them or Elvis had never sent all
# rounds through the door without hitting the frame or surrounding wall.
# Pretty amazing considering all the liquor that was consumed there.
# They
# also had his Memphis Police Department ID card on display and his
# badge.
# Bet you didn't know they deputized him!!
#
# If you ever get the chance take a look. A wondrous yet tragic story
# that
# will touch even the most die hard Elvis haters. (Of which I am not
# one.)
#
# --
#
# Bart A. Lane
# fans@3dfxcool.com

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