J. Michael - Question for you....

by cubrock, Sunday, October 13, 2019, 20:28 (1650 days ago)

Was talking to someone in our state's gun collector association today who was telling me about a competitive shooter and gunsmith from New Jersey named Richard "Hitch" Hitchcock. He shot on the US Coast Guard team in the late 1930s and was a gunsmith up at least until the 1970s. He evidently did a lot of work for competitive shooters, from what I understood from our conversation.

I know it is a long shot, but I was curious if you had ever heard of him. I wound up with a lot of grips that came from his estate, including several pairs of genuine Ropers. What really got my curiosity up was some semi-finished to finished grips that sure look a lot like Ropers, but don't have the telltale jig holes that one typically sees on the real deal. Made me wonder if Mr. Hitchcock ever made custom grips in the Roper style.

Thanks, either way!